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Lots of General Electric vacuums in the 1940’s and 1950’s were coloured in brown tones - often a combination of “milk chocolate” bodies and attachments with “dark chocolate” bumpers and highlights. My parents’ first vacuum was a Canadian GE AirFlo cylinder vac in those colours. The tools look...

In Canada, we had a lot more corded canister vacs branded as Black and Decker. It seems that this may have been the result of Canadian General Electric appliances being bought by Black and Decker in Canada some time in the 1980’s. All our CGE toaster-ovens and irons became B&D items at some...

Thanks Jimmy!!!! What memories! My Eureka 1425 had the same kind of box! I proudly took it back to Montreal on a flight back from Florida in the winter of 1982! It fit in the overhead compartment in the cabin! My carton showed the 1425 picture though (royal blue base with everything else...

Oops! Ignore my last post!!! I was confusing Model 1925 with the old Model 1425! Sorry for the error!!! 🙁

Oh yes…colour fading due to sunlight or smoking…that makes sense! It’s great to see the last version of Eureka’s venerable basic Model 1925. If you Google Eureka Model 1925, you will see the various versions over the years. Yours is the nicest one, I think! Cool Eureka Precision motor hood...

*correction: “….but not too much suction so that the cleaning tool can move freely over the surface….”

You’re welcome! There is always a “sweet spot” in vacuuming with a very powerful cleaner…just enough suction to provide enough airflow but not too much suction so that the cleaning tool can’t freely move over the surface being cleaned. In the case of power nozzles with rotating brushes, the...

If the power nozzle is hard to push, why not just open the suction relief valve on the hose handle? You’ll still get enough suction to bring the dirt up into the hose, but it won’t be so hard to push.

I think the better floor washer is the Hoover Streamline. But in any case, with the Karcher, you should only use the cleaning fluid sold by Karcher with the cleaner. Companies that sell these floor washers design specific formulas that are compatible with the brush roll in the machine and that...

Oh yes…that Lewyt lawsuit is quite important. I wonder if the user that was injured died. Something must have happened to cause all Eureka vacuums to have the following warning clearly displayed on all their hose handles: “Electric shock could occur if used outdoors or on wet surfaces.”

That is a nice Eureka! Though I wonder if that’s the original bag as it does not seem to match the sea-green tone of the motor hood. The bag seems to have more purplish tones, not green.

I wonder if any consumers ever sued a vacuum-maker due to injuries or due to false advertising.

I read somewhere that Hoover USA sued Bissell for copying the clear brush roll chamber from their new WindTunnel uprights. Not sure if they won or not.

Interesting! Thank you!

Reading all the cautionary warnings in vacuum cleaner instruction manuals, I have always wondered which warnings were the result of some injury that caused a lawsuit. You read warnings such as: electric shock could occur if used on wet surfaces, or keep hair away from spinning brush rolls, or...

I wonder if Napco was responsible for Eureka’s pure white attachments and upright handles from the 1980’s. These attachments and handles have yellowed very badly over the years. You can see the severity of the yellowing because they are oftened found along with pure white rubber dusting...

Thanks for another great post Paul!!! Interesting side note: Eureka also used these cartoon critters on their shipping cartons. When my parents bought me my first Eureka upright in Florida (basic white and blue Dial-a-Nap upright), the box it came in featured the “gets dirt you can’t see” tag...

I loved the “Cordaway” cord winder on our Eureka Deluxe Rugulator upright 2083 from 1974 in Queen Anne Gold. Never ever gave us any problems. Best part was: the metal control clasp was high up on the vacuum’s handle - no stooping required ever! Mom loved that feature. Always thought the...

But most canister vacuums since the debut of that kind of cleaner are “bag first” vacuum cleaners. Only the NSS pig canister vac has a “motor first” configuration.

The Eureka/Sanitaire Mighty Mite is a much easier to use vacuum for regular indoor cleaning of floors and furnishings. It’s got a longer 7 foot hose compared to a Shop Vac. It has a more compact shape which makes it easier to use on stairs and easier to store. It uses a standard diameter hose...