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Thread Number: 44436
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Vibra-Groomer II with Square Ends |
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| Post# 462401 , Reply# 1 4/18/2023 at 19:00 (707 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
I actually think that Eureka’s classic 1960’s Disturbulator brush roll came with hexagonal ends, because I remember that you could set the roller to a “worn” setting so that used bristles could stick out further, extending the life of the brush roll before replacing it. I may be wrong, but I think all Eureka Disturbulator brush rolls had hexagonal ends. The Vibra Groomer always had square ends from the very beginning, if I remember correctly.
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| Post# 462409 , Reply# 2 4/19/2023 at 08:40 (707 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Hey Brian, I recently saw a Sixties Disturbulator with only brushes and it had the square ends, so maybe both types were made concurrently - one for budget models and one for higher end models. Thanks for the info. | ||
| Post# 462412 , Reply# 3 4/19/2023 at 11:43 (706 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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You know Paul, I could be totally confused on this one. The brochure for the 260 also shows a Disturbulator with square ends. I personally was involved with four Eureka fan-down uprights: 260, 2083, Walmart orange DAN and blue 1425. Only the 2083 had a VG - the others had basic Disturbulators. And one of them had a hexagonal end that could be installed either showing a “New Bristles” setting or a “Worn Bristles” setting. Maybe it was the later 1425? I can’t remember exactly….
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| Post# 462415 , Reply# 4 4/19/2023 at 14:11 (706 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 462417 , Reply# 5 4/19/2023 at 14:28 (706 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa) | ||
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| Post# 462422 , Reply# 6 4/19/2023 at 17:16 (706 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Come to think of it now, the 2083 Rugulator (from 1974) came with a VG One with square ends. I remember that you had to secure the small square ends with a very tight green metal spring clip that hooked around a small nub on each side of the metal motor base. Usually had to use a Robertson square screwdriver to push that clip into place!!!!
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| Post# 462439 , Reply# 8 4/20/2023 at 16:49 (705 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa) | ||
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| Post# 462503 , Reply# 13 4/22/2023 at 16:29 (703 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Another Vibragroomer variant... | ||
| Post# 462511 , Reply# 14 4/22/2023 at 22:12 (703 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Many Sanitaires now come with a Vibra Groomer One helix brush roll that only has bristles - no beater bars. This works better on flat commercial carpeting that has very shalow nap, so no need to aggressively beat the carpet. This commercial carpeting is often glued directly to concrete, and so hitting it with steel beater bars is actually quite damaging to both carpet and vacuum cleaner.
I’ve always been kind of skeptical of the benefits of a hard beater bar over a row of bristles. The brush rolls are spinning so fast that even rows of bristles create a “beating” vibration on any carpet. And if I remember correctly, a Eureka upright with an all bristle Disturbulator fared better in Consumer Reports tests in the early 1960’s than a Hoover Convertible with beater bars. | ||
| Post# 462515 , Reply# 15 4/23/2023 at 05:06 (703 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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Paul and Brian Thank you for all this info, this has been a really informative thread. | ||
| Post# 462517 , Reply# 16 4/23/2023 at 10:53 (702 days old) by Kloveland (Tulsa) | ||
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I’m not sure when this one came out. Late 70s? But it has the VG I hex ends. I still don’t think originally the VG II had square ends. I could be wrong. My vacuum room looks tragic. I know.
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| Post# 462642 , Reply# 19 4/26/2023 at 10:34 (699 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Good thought about the change from square ends to hex ends. Thanks for adding the Sanitaire brush roll round ends to the discussion; that's the first I knew of them. | ||
| Post# 462655 , Reply# 20 4/26/2023 at 19:25 (699 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 476003 , Reply# 22 3/13/2025 at 17:54 by 2011hoover700 (owosso michigan) | ||
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