1521 vs Guardian

[electrolux~137]

I am wondering how the performance and suction power of the 1521 series compares to the Guardian. (According to the Aerus site, the newest version is the Guardian Ultra.)

I have only used one vacuum cleaner from this series and that was the first Renaissance, and that was about 15 years ago. I do recall that it had a lot of power but was VERY noisy.

When I first saw photos of the Renaissance I thought to myself, if someone in the 1930s sat down and designed what they thought an Electrolux would look like in 60 years' time, they probably would have come up with the Renaissance! I do really like its soft, rounded-off "Machine Age" aesthetic.

I just have to wonder "what were they thinking" when the WHITE Guardian came out. What worse color for a vacuum cleaner could there possibly be -- especially with a matte finish that's surely impossible to keep clean and free of scuffs and scratches?!

I wish the Guardian would come out in gray or blue. Then I'd start saving up my quarters for one.

 

[sireluxomatic]

Wish I could chime in on the Guardian vs. 1521, but have never used either. I agree about the Renaissance, though. Since the end of the classic metal canisters (early '70's), the Renaissance has been the best looking machine by far.

 

[electrolux-dude]

As an avid Electrolux fan, hence the name "Electrolux-Dude", I have used both machines, and have in my collection both models of machines. Personally, IMHO, I think the metal bodied machines have better suction. It seems to me like that machines made after the Silverado have steadily gone downhill, in quality. They are a lot noisier. If Electrolux would have stuck with the older style motor found in the older Silverados, they would still be great machines. I have a couple of the Epic series machines, that I've replaced bearings in, and they still sound extremely loud. Also, it seems to me like that once you take apart one of the plastic bodied machines with the slides on the sides that hold the 2 halves together, that they don't stay together like they should, they tend to want to fall apart. If Electrolux would go back to making machines that were all made out of metal I think they would still be a great machine.

 

[normvac]

White- What were they thinking ?

About the same thing I was thinking when my Aunt Gerre back in 1957 came to visit for Thanksgiving. Wanted to tell me about the "new PINK Hoover" she just bought, with a plastic bag on it". PINK, was it rebuilt ?? As she had an old 25 or 26, not sure. That someone had given her. Then a "Plastic Bag " on it. I pictured a plastic Dry Cleaners bag, that she put over it, to keep the smoke smell away. After all it was 1957,
almost everyone smoked. Needles to say, I had not seen the new Convertable at my local Hoover dealer. Then I understood, A zippered plastic bag, with a paper bag inside. How "Neato" was that ! LOL . Lux and our Air Way 66 were the only machines I knew of with a paper bag back in the 50's. Kirby did not have that, and they had the most engineered and expensive machine on the market !
Norm