turbo500
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that's a fabulous collection, Doug, well done! I particularly like the Canadian Domestic 245. I had no idea that even existed
UK Electrolux through the years
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paulinroyton
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UK Electrolux Vacs
Chris
This is a great thread. I love the vintage Elelctrolux vacs we had in the uk.
I think the 170 was the dirty fan method.
Cheers
Chris
This is a great thread. I love the vintage Elelctrolux vacs we had in the uk.
I think the 170 was the dirty fan method.
Cheers
turbo500
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Hi Paul,
The 170 certainly is dirty fan and came with a pan adapter for the tools. The first of that style was the 152, launched in 1967 and was the first Electrolux upright.
The 170 certainly is dirty fan and came with a pan adapter for the tools. The first of that style was the 152, launched in 1967 and was the first Electrolux upright.
collector2
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I've posted these before but thought I'd do it again - you might find the information handy for reference.
Doug
Doug
Thanks for this thread; an awesome array of Electroluxes most of which I have never seen. Nice collections, everyone who posted.
Here's another Vacuumland thread that provides a list of Electrolux UK cleaners. It only goes through the 1970s, so your information provides a more complete timeline.
http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?27996
The polishers in reply #25 look very similar to the 1949-1962 Electrolux USA turbo polishers.
Here's another Vacuumland thread that provides a list of Electrolux UK cleaners. It only goes through the 1970s, so your information provides a more complete timeline.
http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?27996
The polishers in reply #25 look very similar to the 1949-1962 Electrolux USA turbo polishers.
turbo500
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I got this recently - this style fits between the earlier 502S and the Twin Turbo style cleaners and is dated 1982.
Lux and Electrolux confusion
Turbo 500
You have impressive Electrolux collection. We never had uprights in the Finland. I really like those 500-series uprights from the 70's and the 80's.
Now to my point. Some of those models you have is called Volta in here and made in Sweden. Especially z2020 which was very popular during the 80's.
Do you know Lux brand? They sell vacuums door to door only.
What makes me confused is that some older Lux models look just like Electrolux.
Does someone know when Lux started to make their own retro style vacuums like the Lux Royal D790 (from mid 90's) what I have?
Turbo 500
You have impressive Electrolux collection. We never had uprights in the Finland. I really like those 500-series uprights from the 70's and the 80's.
Now to my point. Some of those models you have is called Volta in here and made in Sweden. Especially z2020 which was very popular during the 80's.
Do you know Lux brand? They sell vacuums door to door only.
What makes me confused is that some older Lux models look just like Electrolux.
Does someone know when Lux started to make their own retro style vacuums like the Lux Royal D790 (from mid 90's) what I have?
collector2
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Hi Mikko
Very nice Lux Royal. That's a version I haven't seen before.
Doug
Very nice Lux Royal. That's a version I haven't seen before.
Doug
turbo500
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Do you know Lux brand? They sell vacuums door to door only
We don't have those here, but I'm pretty sure there's a connection with Electrolux. I think they're more related to Aerus Lux machines that the US members have.
We don't have those here, but I'm pretty sure there's a connection with Electrolux. I think they're more related to Aerus Lux machines that the US members have.
collector2
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Lux is the door to door branch of Electrolux AB (In Europe). And yes, Aeris's present top of the line is made by Electrolux AB and is a modification of the ones being sold by Lux
Aerus Guardian made by Electrolux AB?
Interesting comment that Aerus’s top of the line is being made by Electrolux AB? I wonder if this is indeed true. I do know it is made in Europe rather than the Lux Classic or Lux Legacy which are American made machines. And this top of the line guardian model seems to share the entire hose connection and wand system with Tristar. It is my understanding that Aerus owns tristar now? Guess I’m due for a visit to my local Aerus branch to pick the brain of my salesperson. I live in Dallas, TX just around the corner from the Aerus headquarters office. Maybe I can stop by there and get more info. All these mergers, partnerships, acquisitions, sales of names, etc....now I’m learning Electrolux AB doesn’t sell their vacuum cleaner products in the US anymore after they made that big fuss to buy out the US Electrolux’s name around 2000 causing Electrolux of the US to rename to Aerus.. Perhaps Aerus will strike up another deal to add the Electrolux name back onto their products, especially if Aerus is in partnership of some sort to have Electrolux AB build the guardian and since Electrolux AB isn’t selling here in the states anymore.
I think most everyone can agree that the name change from Electrolux to Aerus did not help the US Company in any good way, as people generally think what was the US Electrolux is just gone and was taken over by the European Eureka owned company that sold their machines here in the US and they didn’t measure up in quality disappointing many who bought them thinking they were getting an Electrolux made by the US company. Part of this problem I think is due to Aerus’s lack of advertising and informing the public of the name change right from the get go. Something they still fail to do to this day. Though I have have seen an occurrence of an Aerus ad in a magazine such as Good Housekeeping but since I don’t get magazines maybe I’m wrong on this?
And public knowledge of the product by door to door sales is gone because no one answers their doors to strangers or sales people anymore due to safety and security reasons so door to door salesman can’t say they are selling the Aerus, formerly Electrolux vacuums anymore and therefore that opportunity simply never existed anymore. Yes, one can get a salesman to come out, but you must call your local branch to ask for someone to come out to the house.
I’ve found some of the public sort of knows that Electrolux of the US still exists mostly because they got some sort of information that the name changed from a friend or someone who still has a US Electrolux and went by the store and learned of the name change and eventually it came up in a later conversation but often the information is wrong...that there was a buyout or sale of the company or name or something...all sorts of wrong information is floating around out there and really it’s a result of Aerus’s lack to properly publicize this widely enough to prevent the disaster that has happened.
Jon
Interesting comment that Aerus’s top of the line is being made by Electrolux AB? I wonder if this is indeed true. I do know it is made in Europe rather than the Lux Classic or Lux Legacy which are American made machines. And this top of the line guardian model seems to share the entire hose connection and wand system with Tristar. It is my understanding that Aerus owns tristar now? Guess I’m due for a visit to my local Aerus branch to pick the brain of my salesperson. I live in Dallas, TX just around the corner from the Aerus headquarters office. Maybe I can stop by there and get more info. All these mergers, partnerships, acquisitions, sales of names, etc....now I’m learning Electrolux AB doesn’t sell their vacuum cleaner products in the US anymore after they made that big fuss to buy out the US Electrolux’s name around 2000 causing Electrolux of the US to rename to Aerus.. Perhaps Aerus will strike up another deal to add the Electrolux name back onto their products, especially if Aerus is in partnership of some sort to have Electrolux AB build the guardian and since Electrolux AB isn’t selling here in the states anymore.
I think most everyone can agree that the name change from Electrolux to Aerus did not help the US Company in any good way, as people generally think what was the US Electrolux is just gone and was taken over by the European Eureka owned company that sold their machines here in the US and they didn’t measure up in quality disappointing many who bought them thinking they were getting an Electrolux made by the US company. Part of this problem I think is due to Aerus’s lack of advertising and informing the public of the name change right from the get go. Something they still fail to do to this day. Though I have have seen an occurrence of an Aerus ad in a magazine such as Good Housekeeping but since I don’t get magazines maybe I’m wrong on this?
And public knowledge of the product by door to door sales is gone because no one answers their doors to strangers or sales people anymore due to safety and security reasons so door to door salesman can’t say they are selling the Aerus, formerly Electrolux vacuums anymore and therefore that opportunity simply never existed anymore. Yes, one can get a salesman to come out, but you must call your local branch to ask for someone to come out to the house.
I’ve found some of the public sort of knows that Electrolux of the US still exists mostly because they got some sort of information that the name changed from a friend or someone who still has a US Electrolux and went by the store and learned of the name change and eventually it came up in a later conversation but often the information is wrong...that there was a buyout or sale of the company or name or something...all sorts of wrong information is floating around out there and really it’s a result of Aerus’s lack to properly publicize this widely enough to prevent the disaster that has happened.
Jon
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centralsweeper63
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Yes, Lux Guardians are made by Lux International. The tools are made in China though.
https://www.france-purification.com/lux-s-115/188345-lux-s-115.html
https://www.aerusvacuums.com/globalassets/sellsheets/GPC_SS_00951-1954_EA-03968_1123.pdf
https://www.aerusvacuums.com/Site/LuxPlatinum
https://www.france-purification.com/lux-s-115/188345-lux-s-115.html
https://www.aerusvacuums.com/globalassets/sellsheets/GPC_SS_00951-1954_EA-03968_1123.pdf
https://www.aerusvacuums.com/Site/LuxPlatinum
cheesewonton
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Lux International was the direct sales subsidiary of Electrolux AB and received Electroluxes premium products. Electrolux AB decided to get out of the direct sales business around 1998 and sold Lux International off in two parts. The Lux Asia - Pacific side was sold to Vorwerk while the European side was sold to Swiss Investors. The Swiss investors did poorly and joined a partnership with Eureka Forbes of India around 2009. About two years later circa 2011 Eureka Forbes bought out the Swiss investors and became the sold owner of the Lux International brand in Europe.
cheesewonton
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The Aerus Guardian Platinum is based on the Lux D920 ( blue skins ) and Lux Intelligence Classic ( bare metal skins ). Here is a Guardian Platinum I have to which I swapped the original skins for D920 skins, an Intelligence Premium hose ( with the Bluetooth controls replaced by a rocker switch from another Lux hose ) Intelligence Premium telescopic wand and a Sebo ET-1 that has a neck from the ET-1 sold in Australia with the Sauber Excellence, a version of the Intelligence with gaudy gold skins.
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centralsweeper63
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Very cool.
cheesewonton
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This is the way Aerus should have sold the Guardian Platinum in the US. It is much nicer to use this way and the larger diameter Lux hose and wands flow more air on my anemometer than the smaller diameter hose and wand used by Aerus. Same vacuum, change the hose and you get more airflow.. No other change.
centralsweeper63
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Very simple indeed.
vacerator
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I must have been thinking of the US model following the Renaissance with the top mounted hepa filter. That was introduced before the Aerus name change.
What is the model of the power head? Was it the UK's only one?
centralsweeper63
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It is just a Sebo et-1, with a cool and unique detaail. It has a different neck that came from Australia or New Zealand.
