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Thread Number: 37294
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
The MOST RAREST Eureka Whirlwind Vacuum. Ever!!! |
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| Post# 397979 9/9/2018 at 01:51 (1,844 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
So I was looking around eBay during lunch break and I happen to come across apparently a rare Eureka Whirlwind vacuum from around maybe the late 90’s or most likely early 2000’s. I’ve never seen a Eureka Whirlwind like this before at all in fact I didn’t know they made one like this before at all! I only seen this as a bagged Electrolux Apitude, a video of a 2001 Kenmore Cyclonic commercial on YouTube, and some pics of a Electrolux cyclonic upright from the UK. Has anybody seen this before? What stores did they sell this Eureka vacuum at back then? I find this very amazing! And when I saw this on eBay I was like 😮. And the crazy thing is that this cost $200 on eBay.
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| Post# 398001 , Reply# 2 9/9/2018 at 19:52 (1,843 days old) by Kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 398008 , Reply# 3 9/9/2018 at 20:36 (1,843 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 398019 , Reply# 4 9/10/2018 at 02:46 (1,843 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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| Post# 398076 , Reply# 5 9/11/2018 at 11:44 (1,841 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
Eureka also sold a bagged model called the Airstream.
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| Post# 398091 , Reply# 6 9/11/2018 at 19:46 (1,841 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Sweden’s Electrolux made a bagged version of this vacuum in the UK and sold it there under the Electrolux brandname. At the time, they also owned Eureka and sold it in North America as the Eureka Oxygen - see below.
When the company bought back the rights to use their own brandname again in North America, we saw a red bagged version of this cleaner in stores - it was called the Electrolux Aptitude. CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK | ||
| Post# 398104 , Reply# 7 9/11/2018 at 22:28 (1,841 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Yes I remember seeing this online back around ‘01.
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| Post# 398117 , Reply# 8 9/12/2018 at 05:52 (1,841 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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What’s also pretty rare about the unit shown in the first post is the “1200 W” label on the hood. Most uprights in the last two decades advertised their power in amps in North America...with 12 amps being the maximum allowed. Europe always labelled the power of their vacs by wattage, like this rare Eureka. Therefore this vac is 10 amps (1200w divided by 120volts).
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| Post# 399107 , Reply# 9 10/2/2018 at 13:37 (1,820 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York) | ||
I have one of these... | ||
| Post# 399139 , Reply# 10 10/3/2018 at 09:10 (1,820 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
That RARE Eureka Whirlwind upright was sold in Vacuum Shops around 1998. It was offered (to my knowledge) only to Eureka dealers. It was called "The Fantom Killer" since the only bagless vacuums at that time were Fantoms (yes, I know about the Scamway but it doesn't count).
ChicagoMike's machine is in gorgeous shape, I believe he also has a package of the original, genuine filters as well. That machine has a ton of airflow, and cleans very well. | ||
| Post# 399143 , Reply# 11 10/3/2018 at 13:19 (1,819 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York) | ||
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There was also a Kenmore version
Called the “Cyclonic Cleaning System.” It had a few extra features: a headlight, height adjustment, and motor speed control. Sold very briefly around 2001-2002.
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| Post# 399144 , Reply# 12 10/3/2018 at 13:21 (1,819 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York) | ||
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