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Love this discussion! Of course, I could add all the Canadian-made Eureka “turtles” that were rebranded for our department stores up here: Viking, Baycrest and Beaumark. Re Eureka’s huge variety of models: that’s why the voiceover of their TV commercials ended with the confident male voice...

To add a twist to this discussion, the Singer company in France contracted Eureka to produce a brown Princess for them in the 1960’s!!! See the link below…. http://www.broc23.com/objets-vintage/aspirateur-singer-complet-fonctionne-vintage-841

I wonder why the turtle-shaped Princess lost its cool “cord wrap” plastic handle not long after its debut in the early 1960’s. Maybe it was not strong enough and broke a lot? It also had the new boomerang EW logo on it.

Thanks for those pics! Yes…1965 to 1970 would make sense. Such a unique colour! I don’t think Eureka used that dark green on any other vacuum in the 1960’s.

If you go to VL thread 44109, you’ll see your post showing several newspaper ads for this model from the mid 1960’s - especially the one from Zales Jewellers. They show the more modern font with the braided hose.

Wow! So cool! The braided hose keeps it firmly in the 1960’s, but the more modern font used for the brandname almost puts it in the early 1970’s. Very unique colour too! Maybe a JC Penney exclusive? Maybe Wards? Maybe Canadian?

Oh…I see…thanks Jimmy! But how did the dirt make the “jump” from the base to the back of the dust bag compartment? Was it through an air duct in the rotating axle of the handle?

Hi - your post belongs in the Super Market category….

Haha!!! 👍😁

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...