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Thread Number: 45496
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Eureka Bravo II Widetrack models |
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| Post# 470833 , Reply# 1 4/23/2024 at 15:50 by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 470836 , Reply# 3 4/23/2024 at 16:18 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
Welcome!
I believe there are four variants of those machines, at least from what I've seen so far. You got The Boss Special edition soft case which I'm pretty sure was the more common one and my personal favorite. There's a blue Bravo II with a hard case. Two World Vacs that are both hard case, one maroon and one green. And if this one counts, there's a black Ultra Boss hard case but it's like the Bravo III version.
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| Post# 470840 , Reply# 6 4/23/2024 at 18:19 by Paul (USA) | ||
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The Boss Wide Track Model 5856-BVZ Bagless Vacuum | ||
| Post# 470842 , Reply# 7 4/23/2024 at 19:11 by Paul (USA) | ||
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There is also a Model 7821 Boss Special Edition soft bag (video) and the Model 7822 Brovo II soft bag originally posted by Scott (OldCrankman).
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| Post# 470844 , Reply# 8 4/23/2024 at 19:33 by DoraTheExplorer (Virginia, USA) | ||
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Thanks for the pictures and info, Paul! Unfortunately as my account is new, I can only post/reply to a post every 30 minutes as I meant to say this earlier when you first responded but couldn't. | ||
| Post# 470847 , Reply# 10 4/23/2024 at 21:21 by Paul (USA) | ||
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Brush Roll 60244-1 for 7800-7900 Series I'm guessing that the 7800 Series models listed are Bravo II The BOSS wide tracks (listed on the Vac Shop North, Chcago website):
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| Post# 470880 , Reply# 14 4/24/2024 at 20:41 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Welcome to Vacuumland Sofia!
I think in order to help you find more Bravo Twos, we need to differentiate two very different Eureka model names here. The Bravo II (like the Bravo One before it) was Eureka’s answer to the Hoover Elite and it featured a side-facing fan which allowed the other side of the motor to be used to drive the brush roll. Other similarities between the Bravo and Elite were: motor integrated into the bottom of the handle with an integrated dirt path to the dirt bag within the handle itself. Both models featured a front-mounted soft dust bag or hard dust bag compartment. The “Boss” terminology was used by Eureka to brand a lot of vacuum designs including uprights, canisters, stick vacs and hand vacs. I was never quite sure of Eureka’s marketing strategy in using the word Boss, but they would often select one basic, no frills model in a certain line-up to market as a basic powerful “I mean business” machine with not a lot of bells and whistles and extra features. Boss models were always coloured black. There were definitely some black Bravos that were branded with the Boss name, but not a lot. It’s important for us to focus on the words Bravo Two here, and ignore other Eurekas that had the Boss name branded on them. Just my two amps worth to keep us focused on what I think Sofia is really looking for. 😀 | ||
| Post# 470881 , Reply# 15 4/24/2024 at 20:54 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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I actually owned a basic, no headlight, soft bag Bravo One in the early 1990’s. It had a much sleeker hood than the Bravo II and the provision for a sleek, low profile headlight was at the very front of the motor head. The Bravo Twos I find to be less attractive - with the boxy headlight installed at the very back of the motor hood.
Consumer Reports gave excellent carpet cleaning scores to the Bravo when it first came out. I even think it received the coveted “Best Buy” label as it only cost about USD$80 in the stores at the time. One thing I remember is that Eureka’s Bravo had a much larger bag than the Hoover Elite. | ||
| Post# 470882 , Reply# 16 4/24/2024 at 21:29 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 470888 , Reply# 18 4/25/2024 at 11:43 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Hi Paul,
Thanks for the compliment! 😀 I wish I had the time and cash to simply buy up those old binders of Eureka spec sheets that appear on eBay from time to time. Then I could at my leasure just create a computer database of all models. The spec sheets really do provide all the detail you need to create a proper history of the company’s beautiful products. There are even some YouTube clips of posters slowly leafing through these binders of spec sheets, and if you slow down the video clip, you can glean a lot of information. Re my dark blue basic no-frills Bravo upright: it really is an amazing carpet cleaner! The pros = lightweight, huge dust bag, sleek design and superb deep carpet cleaning for only US$80! The cons = quite noisy, short power cord and a partial furniture bumper that stopped halfway down the sides of the motor head - the end of the bumper used to catch on corners of walls and furniture. I actually got it for about CAD$120 at a Canadian Tire hardware/housewares store in Toronto. Lots of “suck for the buck”!!!! 🤣 | ||
| Post# 470970 , Reply# 21 4/29/2024 at 13:20 by Paul (USA) | ||
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Glad you found a bunch of NOS parts and in the process of getting everything ship-shape. Looking forward to the photos of the resto! | ||
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