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Thread Number: 40876
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Electrolux Oxygen canister and upright question |
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| Post# 434175 10/25/2020 at 13:43 (1,277 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
Does anyone remember an orange colored Electrolux Oxygen upright and power nozzle canister vac line? I can vaguely remember them, somewhere in the mid 2000s but not exactly the year. It seems like they were either sold at Home Depot or Lowes, but I'm thinking more toward Home Depot, because it seems it was about 2004 I saw them, and our Lowes didn't open until 2006, Home Depot came in 2001. But I could be wrong.
Anyway, I've never really seen any of these turn up since then. I know they were made by Eureka and shared some characteristics. They were quite expensive, I think the canister was over $400, and it was also quite small. I don't remember what the upright looked like at all, but both used bags. | ||
| Post# 434181 , Reply# 1 10/25/2020 at 15:02 (1,277 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
These were sold at Sears in Canada just after Sweden’s Electrolux bought back the rights to use the brandname again in North America. The first Oxygen upright was actually exported to North America from the Electrolux plant in the UK - it was a British designed cleaner. The second generation Oxygen Ultra upright with automatic cord rewind was made by Eureka in North America or at its Mexican plant - can’t remember. It was actually rated the best upright in Consumer Reports tests when it came out.
The Oxygen canisters were all made in Sweden and exported to North America. They were first branded Eureka by its parent Electrolux company, then the orange ones were branded Electrolux. The first Eureka Oxygen Power Teams had either an Express Power Nozzle or a World Vac Power Nozzle. The orange Electrolux Oxygen’s were married to a newer power nozzle made in North America - I think these nozzles were also made at Electrolux’s Mexican plant in Juarez. I loved these orange Electrolux canisters because they came with a traditional classic deluxe Eureka upholstery nozzle...the exact same design that first came out on deluxe Eureka canisters in the 1960’s!!!!! Amazing that Eureka was still using the same mold for these upholstery nozzles - 40 years later!!! 😃 | ||
| Post# 434261 , Reply# 2 10/26/2020 at 23:08 (1,276 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 434281 , Reply# 3 10/27/2020 at 14:15 (1,275 days old) by Brando_husky (Las Vegas Nevada) | ||
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I have one I bought from Kyle K (myvacsrock) many years back. Have had it ever since. Been my main vacuum for years now. It works great and is very quiet and leaves a pleasant smell.
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| Post# 434414 , Reply# 4 10/31/2020 at 12:30 (1,271 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 434428 , Reply# 5 10/31/2020 at 21:29 (1,271 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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The original Oxygen canister had a t-shaped tool caddy that slid into the body’s parking slot - the slot was designed originally as a “parking” slot for the carpet nozzles in Europe. This little caddy stored a classic Eureka deluxe upholstery nozzle, deluxe classic square dusting brush with horsehair bristles and a crevice tool. Later versions of the Electrolux Oxygen featured a newer electrified hose handle that stored specially designed tools in the underside of the handle.
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| Post# 434677 , Reply# 6 11/7/2020 at 12:33 (1,264 days old) by Johnsmith96 (East Coast) | ||
I have the electrolux oxygen 3 upright. It was an expensive vac of it's time. Around 600$ if I remember correctly and they sold them at lowes. I know for a fact that's the only place I had seen one because we don't have a home depot, not saying they never sold them. I bought mine NOS. It was on Amazon so I snatched it up. I have a video of it on my youtube channel. It cleans very well. Small bags though.
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| Post# 434686 , Reply# 7 11/7/2020 at 20:05 (1,264 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Thanks for mentioning your video, John. It was nice to see the Electrolux Ultra Oxygen 3 in action. The orange Electrolux Aptitude you mentioned you saw at a lawn sale was made in the UK. It was first branded as a Eureka Oxygen upright (blue colour) then a year or two later, the parent company repackaged the same British cleaner as the Electrolux Aptitude for sale in North American stores. I don’t think the Aptitude performed as well as your Ultra Oxygen Three.
I am pretty sure that burnt orange line of Electrolux cleaners (Oxygen, Harmony, Ergorapido, Intensity Foldable Upright, etc) must have also been sold at Sears stores in the USA, since there were sold at Sears Canada stores for years. Maybe take a look at a catalogue from around 2004 or 2005? | ||
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