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Thread Number: 41940
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Vintage Eureka vacuum and Clarke commercial vacuum |
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| Post# 442714 6/7/2021 at 19:49 (1,046 days old) by Maytagman1982 (Savannah) | ||
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I have two vacuums that look alime
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| Post# 442717 , Reply# 1 6/7/2021 at 22:16 (1,046 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I'm assuming the one on the left is the Clarke (looks to be a re-branded Sanitaire) and the one on the right is the Eureka. The red bag appears to be identical to the ones found on commercial Sanitaires. Replacements of these are readily available both as dump bags and as F&G or S type filter bag conversion kits. The lack of a metal bag topper on the green one would indicate it's likely got an F&G setup. They're nice machines and damn near indestructible.
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| Post# 468121 , Reply# 5 12/14/2023 at 19:12 by Paul (USA) | ||
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When did Bissell acquire Sanitaire? | ||
| Post# 468124 , Reply# 6 12/14/2023 at 19:56 by Paul (USA) | ||
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Just googled the answer to my question: "GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., August 8, 2018 – BISSELL Inc., a leader in floorcare, announced the acquisition of commercial vacuum brand Sanitaire from Electrolux." | ||
| Post# 468134 , Reply# 7 12/14/2023 at 23:23 by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
Repairman
Mike, correct, the Bissell uprights pictured are made by Perfect and are Sanitaire clones. However, they are JUNK! Poorly built motors in them with short lifespans before dying and having to be scrapped. I remember back when these uprights were first introduced, Sanitaire had a advertisement in the VDTA magazine that claimed 400 or 500 hours motor life for the Perfect upright, vs over 2,000 hours motor life for the Sanitaire.
In fact, the quality of those uprights is so bad, I suspect it may be the reason Bissell bought Sanitaire from Electrolux AB in the first place. And I wouldn't be shocked if they were discontinued and replaced entirely....after all, if Bissell owns Sanitaire, there's nothing stopping them from simply rebranding a Sanitaire as a Bissell model. | ||
| Post# 468143 , Reply# 8 12/15/2023 at 12:47 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
Actually I've had opposite experiences with Perfect versus Sanitaire, at least ever since Sanitaire switched from using metal motors to plastic. I've seen more Sanitaires with bad motors than with Perfect when I was working at a vacuum shop, that's one of the reasons why we no longer carry Sanitaire. I agree with Mike that the cord hooks and height adjuster knobs are better. Perfect still uses metal motors on their uprights that gives you the old Sanitaire sound which I also like better not to mention they're serviceable unlike the plastic motors Sanitaire uses. I have their canister copy of the Mighty Mite and it's almost in every way better than the Mighty Mite. I say almost because my only criticism with it is the hose doesn't lock itself into place unlike the Mighty Mite.
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