It was eureka's answer to the Hoover portable. Except the Eureka had awesome suction, and attachments that actually cleaned something.

Now there's a wry sense of humor...hehe.

Kevin

so it would seem there was some healthy competition, maybe even plagiarizing, of the period popular suitcase/hamburger/canned ham/saucer type vacs. Who had the best/strongest motors, well-designed/functional floor attachments and stellar PN'S?

Kevin

From the drift of this thread, it sounds like maybe Sunbeam had a slight edge on the competition of the day?  

I guess the irony of all this is that I collect vacs now, but when I was younger, I walked by literally hundreds of ma & pa vac shops in my travels without even going in. So now I play catch-up and try to strain my brain to remember if I saw any of these models in use somewhere. Some look familiar, some don't. My parents were against anything coming from Sears, Montgomery Ward et al......so unless I saw something in someone's home from there, I missed that boat entirely just by prejudice.  

Kevin

on the Net about Sunbeam vacs....other than Gasko's piece on the Dual Delux. Since the motors were made in-house, he said armatures and even brushes have long since disappeared. Rare and probably not a DD...lol.

Kevin

Its really horrific when you see people using something we consider priceless as a workshop or garage vac.

Oh I dunno....if it gives them pleasure and they take care of it, what's the harm? As I get older, I ask myself, "Just who am I saving all this stuff for (actually junk to most)? Certainly not my surviving son who thinks I'm a hoarder because I might have two vacs of the same model.

My parents had some near priceless china locked in a hutch and only came out twice a yr for T-Day and Xmas. One day they said what the hell and started using it for everyday dishware. I applauded them for that, although when they passed the stuff vanished.

Kevin