Recent content by odile

Hi, I got hurt this past summer, and vacuuming with anything has been a nightmare. Learning proper technique from my physical therapist helped somewhat (seems that if you keep the machine's business end fairly close to you and work slowly, it's less strenuous, and does a better job on the...

Back in the eighties I had an absolutely gawdawful Eureka plastic canister vacuum. Every time you turned it on, it smelled like wet dog, which was interesting, since I didn't own a dog at the time. The disposable bag had to be slid onto a small metal framework at the front of the vacuum where...

cloth bag washing I recently got Mom's Model XXX Electrolux. She hadn't used it in ten years, and hadn't dumped the bag before putting the machine aside in favor of those stick vacs (which she replaced five times before going into assisted living, but that's another story.) After...

metal model xxx attachments I did find a few metal attachments just this morning for a model 30 Electrolux at a vacuum sales and service shop near me. They are Queen City Vacuums in Cheektowaga, NY. I know I got the last of the new old stock power cords that they had, but they may have some...