Thread Number: 33135
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
AB Electrolux, Lux International Vid |
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Post# 361913 , Reply# 2   11/3/2016 at 11:46 (2,701 days old) by n0oxy (Saint Louis Missouri, United States)   |   | |
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I'm not sure where the ultra one is made, I think that's their top of the line vacuum, it's very quiet and very powerful, my only issue with it is that the hose end is nonstandard, but an adapter takes care of that. This series of canisters is very well made. |
Post# 361936 , Reply# 3   11/3/2016 at 19:09 (2,701 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Some historical notes about Viking vacuum cleaners: In Canada, the Timothy Eaton Company owned the copyright to the brandname "Viking" and used it as their store brand for household appliances. Just like Sears Kenmore, Eaton's sourced their Viking appliances from many reputable manufacturers. By the end of the 1960's, it seems that most of Canada's Eaton Viking vacuum cleaners were made by the Canadian division of the Eureka Williams company. The Canadian Division of Eureka Williams was Onward Manufacturing in Kitchener, Ontario - just a day's truck drive from the American headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois. When Sweden's AB Electrolux bought Eureka in 1974, they continued to supply Eaton's with Viking branded vacuum cleaners. Most Viking vacs after that year were still made in Kitchener, but Eaton's also sold some Viking vacs imported from Electrolux plants in Europe.... including German "Progress" canisters fitted with Eureka power nozzles.
The Eaton's company went bankrupt in 1999, and its assets were bought by Sears. Once that happened, the brandname Viking was available for use by anyone, and it seems that AB Electrolux, through its Canadian Euroclean division, began to market European-made vacs under the Viking name, along with the Dometic name. |
Post# 361952 , Reply# 5   11/4/2016 at 07:08 (2,700 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan)   |   | |
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saw an E-Lux Ultra One for sale in any vacuum shop. Plenty of Sebos, and Mieles. |
Post# 362008 , Reply# 8   11/5/2016 at 01:36 (2,700 days old) by electromatik (Taylorsville, North Carolina, U.S.A.)   |   | |
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Are you saying that Electrolux USA was independent of Sweden's Electrolux AB as early as 1928? I've never read that in any Electrolux history. The sources of my information came from Electrolux USA's corporate materials and can be found online. |
Post# 362014 , Reply# 9   11/5/2016 at 05:11 (2,700 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 362136 , Reply# 12   11/8/2016 at 03:47 (2,697 days old) by Mike81 ()   |   | |
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Here is my Lux Roal D790 in action: |
Post# 362138 , Reply# 13   11/8/2016 at 05:16 (2,697 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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I think one of the primary differences between the AB Electrolux company of Sweden and the Lux International company of Switzerland is that Lux vacuums are sold door-to-door with salespersons making commissions on their sales. When the door-to-door division of AB Electrolux broke away from the main company in 1988, it became Lux International. It seems that one of Lux International's biggest divisions is India's Eureka-Forbes company. They have lots of videos on YouTube. North America's Aerus is now an "associate partner" of Lux International too.
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Post# 362139 , Reply# 14   11/8/2016 at 05:27 (2,696 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 362142 , Reply# 15   11/8/2016 at 08:08 (2,696 days old) by Mike81 ()   |   | |
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Interesting. Lux seems to be Sauber in the Australia. |
Post# 362179 , Reply# 17   11/8/2016 at 19:21 (2,696 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 362567 , Reply# 21   11/19/2016 at 14:55 (2,685 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 362636 , Reply# 22   11/21/2016 at 16:20 (2,683 days old) by electromatik (Taylorsville, North Carolina, U.S.A.)   |   | |
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Are those your machines chester? They are all in great shape. That second one from the bottom is a terrific looking machine. Was that from the 50's? A lot of things were beautifully designed in the 50's. |
Post# 362637 , Reply# 23   11/21/2016 at 16:40 (2,683 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Hi Christopher, yes all my machines and in good nic thanks, the 2nd from the bottom is The Electrolux Z62 from 1958, a pale / dark green colour, its the one in the original video. Heres a few more pics...
Cheers, Mike CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK |
Post# 362667 , Reply# 24   11/22/2016 at 08:21 (2,682 days old) by lanchica82 (Croatia)   |   | |
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This is mine LUX vacuum cleaner. I think this is model VII from 1923. Can someone tell me more about it?
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