Thread Number: 22115
I've had my fill of the Eureka The Boss Smartvac |
[Down to Last] |
Post# 248051 , Reply# 2   8/28/2013 at 10:36 (3,865 days old) by ncovert (Grove City, PA)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
I know a lady who has a green version with the newer "sealed HEPA" filter on it. The power switch had broken, so she brought it to me a year ago and I fitted a household wall switch in there. It still works, too :) |
Post# 248195 , Reply# 4   8/29/2013 at 03:43 (3,865 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Oh yes--those poor Eureka plasti thing vacs-see so many of them in vac shop and the dump dumpsters-so pitiful-dirty,dusty,and broken.Then waiting to be interred at the landfill. |
Post# 248264 , Reply# 5   8/29/2013 at 11:58 (3,864 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
I have a grey and yellow model and love it to bits, Yes the bag is very small and this machine is so powerful it fills the bag fast, I dont use it much any more as I prefer my dyson. In our old house it was so powerful that it would lock itself to the carpet in the one room, ( a close weave very short pile )
I totally embarrassed a Kirby salesman with it one day aswell as it outcleaned the sentria they were trying to sell me. They did the whole salt on the carpet trick and it sucked it all away. The poor girl was lost for words. Down side is the bags filled really fast and the belts were expensive if they broke, But for what it cost it was a great vacuum. |
Post# 248266 , Reply# 6   8/29/2013 at 12:09 (3,864 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
|
Post# 248311 , Reply# 7   8/29/2013 at 16:30 (3,864 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
We bought one new when the Elite Soft & Lite went out years back (Over a fan, Don't blame me as I was too little to do anything!), I was in charge of picking the replacement, and smartly chose the Eureka THE-BOSS Smart-Vac. I loved it, very powerful and a great all-around cleaner. That poor machine meet it's end when a "Friend" borrowed it and a Bissell Pet-Hair Eraser styled machine without me knowing, And it came back with a loud, odd noise. I've seen Eurekas make this noise before, and now know that tone meant the end. That Bissell came back with no cord, and still has no cord years later. It's in the Attic, Sitting until I decide to do something with it. On a plus side, That "Friend" also came back with a black Kenmore Whispertone from the 90s, The powernozzel was frozen-up and it was MISSING THE WHEELS, But it worked, and still serves as a clean-up for the Utility Room at times. Also came a bunch of random attachments, including what appeared to be the top of some sprayer/foamer nozzle, didn't look Kirby, though, but still new and plastic.
I have the older version, too. The base is still fine, And I used HEPA Cloth bags in it, which are awesome and don't seem to fill as fast.
I've seen many with cracks in the base, but not many busted up. The BIGGER Beefy Bagless cousin of this model shared the same base, I have one in a box out here, I never figured out how to put the cool dirt-sensor back together! Could anyone held me with this?
-Alex. |
Post# 248325 , Reply# 8   8/29/2013 at 17:39 (3,864 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
|
Post# 248811 , Reply# 10   9/2/2013 at 17:24 (3,860 days old) by director12 ()   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
I used to have a 4870, but it was green. That was the best vacuum I ever had. |