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I guess they could convince the hotel chains that it has the connected hose like a Windsor/Sebo but is less expensive to buy. Maybe these commercial versions were built better than the residential ones?

Okay…that’s great! Another recommendation: always lower the vacuum’s handle first before turning on the vacuum, and turn it off before bringing the handle back to the storage position. This reduces stress on the bag when the motor is on and prevents any dirt from staying in the “neck” of the...

Felicitations Antoine! Was this Eureka made in Canada at Kitchener’s Onward Manufacturing factory? To install the F&G bag, it’s always easier to do it with the handle release in the lowest (flat to the ground) position and the entire vacuum turned over with the bag facing up and bottom of the...

Just curious about the air path inside this Kenmore upright: how does the dirty air get from the brush roll chamber up to the top of bag compartment? If this is a Dial-a-Matic clone, you would expect to see some external hose dropping down from the back of the bag compartment to the base where...

In terms of what’s on sale now, I find that bagless vacuums make more noise than bagged vacuums. All that plastic tends to transmit and echo motor noise, whereas a bag inside a compartment tends to dampen any motor noise.

Eureka’s 12 amp World Vac and Powerline uprights from the 1990’s were real screamers. You could hear them clear across all the other sales departments at Sears whenever they were being test driven!!! 😳😳😳

I like the Kenmore Intuition bagged upright in Rose Gold. It’s less expensive than the Sebo Felix and has a headlight on the power nozzle. The main power unit is removable to be able to be used as a lightweight canister. The revolving carpet brush can be shut off so that bare floors can be...

If it were me, I would get the famous Model 1205 because this was the top-rated canister vacuum in Consumer Reports ratings in the year 1969….at least I think it was 1969. Would love to see a scan of that report to see how the other canisters on the market fared that year. I think the only...

Oops! Did not see that your Eureka is a Dial-a-Nap….should have said: set the Dial-a-Nap to its lowest setting to retract the front wheels before shipping.

You’re welcome! The only other bit of shipping advice I would give is to make sure the motor base is resting on a nice cushion of protective material so the four wheels don’t break if the box is dropped. Sliding the Rugulator to its lowest setting will retract the front wheels sufficiently...

These great Eureka Rugulator uprights were shipped in a square cubed carton. Though the handle has wires going from the motor base to the handle switch, you can still unscrew the two handle parts from the base and from each other for shipping. There is enough cord inside the handle to take it...

I have never seen this Panasonic model! That’s unique! The closest thing I can remember was a silver Panasonic Dual Sweep with a two short suction hoses leading to each side of the brush roll housing - looked like a Martian or a deep sea diver’s helmet! But it also had two brush rolls. Would...

Forgot to mention…this trick works for classic old-fashioned fan-first uprights. Really does not apply to bag-first uprights where the bag is inflated by the suction motor at the bottom of a bag chamber.

I don’t own a vacuum shop, but one trick I have for bagged upright vacuums is: always bring the handle down to the operating position before turning on the vacuum. And always turn off the vacuum before returning the handle to the upright’s storage position. This way you put less strain on the...

These were sold as Dometics in Canada and Vikings in the USA. After acquiring Eureka in 1976, Sweden’s AB Electrolux was still restricted in using that brand name in both countries. In the USA, they were able to sell these European Electrolux cleaners through their Husqvarna power tool...

Nice classic tv ad with animation! In the 1960’s, a standard tv commercial was 60 seconds long….so maybe at the start of European television, they even allowed 90 second commercials! Most ads today are only 15 seconds long….the world has gotten faster!

Wow! That’s news to me! What a find!!! Those 8 foot hoses are really the length we need even today!

Eureka’s Dial-a-Nap Upright Model 2042 turned into the company’s most dependable and widely sold model in the mid 1970’s. It was the top-rated upright in Consumer Reports 1973 testing and earned a “Best Buy” award by CR because it provided excellent value for the price. It had just enough...

Thanks for that info Patrick. So I wonder how Westinghouse allowed “I Love Lucy” to show several of their products on the show in those early years. Viewers can clearly see the Westinghouse name on the refrigerator in the kitchen and on the upright and canister vacuums in the two episodes that...

It’s an excellent dusting brush! Because I have a suction-only Miele C3, I can take off the hose handle and attach the Universal Dusting Brush directly to the hose. I power up the motor to full suction because the wide mouth of the brush allows me to do that. I have used it for cupboards...