turbopowerpaul
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followed by the Electrolux 614...
Electrolux 612
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turbopowerpaul
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and during a holiday week away, when we werent going to look for appliances, we picked up a 616 from a car boot sale for the princely sum of a fiver...
turbopowerpaul
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Have to say Matt that your new finds plastic work looks in fine fettle - layer of polish will work wonders.
Good luck with remedying the small defects - once sorted, you will have a beaut!
Be sure to keep us updated with progress and some nice showroom shots when she is all sorted.
Merry Christmas
Paul
Good luck with remedying the small defects - once sorted, you will have a beaut!
Be sure to keep us updated with progress and some nice showroom shots when she is all sorted.
Merry Christmas
Paul
turbopowerpaul
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Hi James.
Love the 600-series lineup picture!
Have never seen a 615 before - was it an exclusive machine or part of the core model lineup?
Am liking the light mustard yellow colour too, though looks strange on an electrolux non 500-series upright.
Regards
Paul
Love the 600-series lineup picture!
Have never seen a 615 before - was it an exclusive machine or part of the core model lineup?
Am liking the light mustard yellow colour too, though looks strange on an electrolux non 500-series upright.
Regards
Paul
james
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Haha, glad it worked for you Matt 
Paul, thanks, I believe the 615 was an exclusive model.
Im not 100% sure if it is meant to be mustard colour, or just very badly sun damaged etcc.
The dusting brush is much whiter, but the "wings" themselves are very yellow.
I strangley like it that colour too haha.
Nice machines you have there
Paul, thanks, I believe the 615 was an exclusive model.
Im not 100% sure if it is meant to be mustard colour, or just very badly sun damaged etcc.
The dusting brush is much whiter, but the "wings" themselves are very yellow.
I strangley like it that colour too haha.
Nice machines you have there
Hi guys
Thanks, the more I hear about these vac's the happier I am about my purchase. I'd never really thought about them much before, never used one, have just seen them in neighbour's garages, most people I knew had the 500 series or the later Glider and Contour models.
Seems strange that there aren't more around, poor build quality would be the obvious answer, but to my hand this feels very sturdy and the plastics have a nice feel to them (excluding the bag door...which bows in if you put your hand on the end of the hose *LOL*)
If definately needs a good polish and a few little (mostly cosmetic) repairs (the camera flash picks up every little mark, but in nomrmal lighting it looks very smooth!)
Have never head of the 615, the colour does strike me as being rather odd, I thought perhaps a case of yellowing too, but the other white models from the range don't appear to suffer from this. Odd!
That German model must be quite a rare beast, I can't imagine these sold too well on the cylinder-dominated German market (can't imagine it being too practical either, considering most German homes I have been in have had hard floors throught!)
As you say Rob it is rather light and easy to move, it's excellent for stairs (especially with the half landing at my parent's house). Mother has been a cylinder girl for about 10 years now, this is the first upright she's used and enjoyed using. Perhaps it has coverted her....
Take care all!
Matt
Thanks, the more I hear about these vac's the happier I am about my purchase. I'd never really thought about them much before, never used one, have just seen them in neighbour's garages, most people I knew had the 500 series or the later Glider and Contour models.
Seems strange that there aren't more around, poor build quality would be the obvious answer, but to my hand this feels very sturdy and the plastics have a nice feel to them (excluding the bag door...which bows in if you put your hand on the end of the hose *LOL*)
If definately needs a good polish and a few little (mostly cosmetic) repairs (the camera flash picks up every little mark, but in nomrmal lighting it looks very smooth!)
Have never head of the 615, the colour does strike me as being rather odd, I thought perhaps a case of yellowing too, but the other white models from the range don't appear to suffer from this. Odd!
That German model must be quite a rare beast, I can't imagine these sold too well on the cylinder-dominated German market (can't imagine it being too practical either, considering most German homes I have been in have had hard floors throught!)
As you say Rob it is rather light and easy to move, it's excellent for stairs (especially with the half landing at my parent's house). Mother has been a cylinder girl for about 10 years now, this is the first upright she's used and enjoyed using. Perhaps it has coverted her....
Take care all!
Matt
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Congratulations Matt, great find.
My mum had a 610 model for years when I was growing up- as a young kid I managed to rip the hose handle off too and it was replaced with the grey hose from another model- must have been a weak point in the design! Sadly that one is long gone, but it's good to see from this thread that they are still out there to find.
Attached below is a copy of the user manual from ours..
Rob
Congratulations Matt, great find.
My mum had a 610 model for years when I was growing up- as a young kid I managed to rip the hose handle off too and it was replaced with the grey hose from another model- must have been a weak point in the design! Sadly that one is long gone, but it's good to see from this thread that they are still out there to find.
Attached below is a copy of the user manual from ours..
Rob
Hey Matt,
very nice first find! I do have a soft spot for these, all credit to Electrolux for building well designed clean fan action machines after Hoover lost interest. Quite a revolutionary machine really, apart from yer Orecks and Kirbys, just about every upright nowadays has attached tools.
ISTR the advertising slogan at the time was 'The vac with the hose at the back'...
Simon
very nice first find! I do have a soft spot for these, all credit to Electrolux for building well designed clean fan action machines after Hoover lost interest. Quite a revolutionary machine really, apart from yer Orecks and Kirbys, just about every upright nowadays has attached tools.
ISTR the advertising slogan at the time was 'The vac with the hose at the back'...
Simon
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I had one of the later Electrolux ContourII models in dark blue (great colour, best thing about that vac!!), and I really didn't like it, yeah it worked, but, even a piece of stray sellotape was enough to block it up, it just didn't have the power (and it was an "ESP" one, Extra Suction Power) to fold a piece of thin plastic film.
When it finally broke it's belt, I decided it was time to get rid of it, by then it was about 10+ years old, and was long past it's best (plus I got a free Kirby LegendII, so no real loss to me)...
I actually saw a Contour nearby being thrown out a couple of months ago, I took a few looks at it, wondering if I should save it, but I didn't, mainly cos I remembered about the past experiences with my ContourII...
When it finally broke it's belt, I decided it was time to get rid of it, by then it was about 10+ years old, and was long past it's best (plus I got a free Kirby LegendII, so no real loss to me)...
I actually saw a Contour nearby being thrown out a couple of months ago, I took a few looks at it, wondering if I should save it, but I didn't, mainly cos I remembered about the past experiences with my ContourII...
Hi Simon
Definately revolutionary at the time, you could almost get away with selling them now (albeit with less 80s styling perhaps).
David, I have an original Contour 'Varipower', that replaced my Mum's Hoover Junior back in 1993, a very powerful and effective cleaner I find! IIRC the ESP was simply a 'boost' button, which gave you a few seconds of max motor power. Mine has a variable power dial, so I can run it at full power all the time if I so choose.
Matt
Definately revolutionary at the time, you could almost get away with selling them now (albeit with less 80s styling perhaps).
David, I have an original Contour 'Varipower', that replaced my Mum's Hoover Junior back in 1993, a very powerful and effective cleaner I find! IIRC the ESP was simply a 'boost' button, which gave you a few seconds of max motor power. Mine has a variable power dial, so I can run it at full power all the time if I so choose.
Matt
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You know, I don't actually recall a button for a power boost on that thing, the only buttons being the release pedal and the power button (and the bag compartment too I guess), if there was one on there, they hid it well... :S
The only differences between that one and the other Contour models that I could see was it had a loop-handle, where the other models just had a plain, straight handle, I liked the loop handle, just like the one on my Sanitaire, makes them easier to use...
The only differences between that one and the other Contour models that I could see was it had a loop-handle, where the other models just had a plain, straight handle, I liked the loop handle, just like the one on my Sanitaire, makes them easier to use...
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Contour 2...
I don't believe there was a contour 2 with ESP, as they were all 1000w by that point. It was the second generation of contours that had the ESP and the boost button, from what I remember.
I have a 1995 Electrolux Airclean (a contour, but with 1200w and a looped handle) and I love it. It really is a great vacuum!
And Matt, congratulations again on the 612. the 600 series are some of my all time favourites. My grandma had a 610 when I was a kid
I don't believe there was a contour 2 with ESP, as they were all 1000w by that point. It was the second generation of contours that had the ESP and the boost button, from what I remember.
I have a 1995 Electrolux Airclean (a contour, but with 1200w and a looped handle) and I love it. It really is a great vacuum!
And Matt, congratulations again on the 612. the 600 series are some of my all time favourites. My grandma had a 610 when I was a kid
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Well, our ContourII boldly proclaimed that it had "ESP", printed on the base above the nozzle, so, it was either a misprint, or someone made an error when manufacturing the thing...
I think it was a 900 Watt model too...
I think it was a 900 Watt model too...
turbomaster1984
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ESP
Ok folks,
When the Contour range first came out in 1990 they had several models rranking in wattage and various feature order, it went like this
Elite (Red 500w)
Twin Turbo (White 600w)
Contour (White 700w)
Contour (Turquoise 800W - Pulse power- a 10 second burst at 800watts reverting back to 600watts after)
Airstream (Grey 1000w Variable down to 300)
Then in 1992/3 they kept the same models but altered the Turquoise contour to be an 800w variable power machine with a slider like the airstream albeit a thinner disc to turn.
Then came ESP in 1994.
Same line up of machines but instead of having black or grey elbows on the hoses they were made clear.
Also ESP aka Extra Suction Power was printed on the hoods for whatever reason, IIRC they tweaked the motor fans to produce more suction.
Then in 1996 a whole new range came in various NEW colours, looped handles were put on some mostly TOL in the Contour/Airstream categories, ESP stayed as a feature and advertised on hoods. There were several wattages of Contour from 700w to 1100w, maybe even 5 models on the go at the same time superseding the Elite, Twin Turbo etc etc.
Airstream went to 1200 watts.
As i remmeber more il post, but thats the jist of it.
Several models ran until about 2002 or so and some did indeed stil have ESP printed on the machine.
Ok folks,
When the Contour range first came out in 1990 they had several models rranking in wattage and various feature order, it went like this
Elite (Red 500w)
Twin Turbo (White 600w)
Contour (White 700w)
Contour (Turquoise 800W - Pulse power- a 10 second burst at 800watts reverting back to 600watts after)
Airstream (Grey 1000w Variable down to 300)
Then in 1992/3 they kept the same models but altered the Turquoise contour to be an 800w variable power machine with a slider like the airstream albeit a thinner disc to turn.
Then came ESP in 1994.
Same line up of machines but instead of having black or grey elbows on the hoses they were made clear.
Also ESP aka Extra Suction Power was printed on the hoods for whatever reason, IIRC they tweaked the motor fans to produce more suction.
Then in 1996 a whole new range came in various NEW colours, looped handles were put on some mostly TOL in the Contour/Airstream categories, ESP stayed as a feature and advertised on hoods. There were several wattages of Contour from 700w to 1100w, maybe even 5 models on the go at the same time superseding the Elite, Twin Turbo etc etc.
Airstream went to 1200 watts.
As i remmeber more il post, but thats the jist of it.
Several models ran until about 2002 or so and some did indeed stil have ESP printed on the machine.
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