Electrolux Velocity
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Eureka has ruined the Electrolux name
Both here in the US and now abroad using it on their cheap poor products. Our Electrolux became Aerus which still sells the same quality products that used to be under the Electrolux name. When Eureka bought the name rights here in the US the US company renamed to Aerus. Eureka sold Electrolux branded vacuums here at big box stores and unknowing consumers bought them and soon were disillusioned at how they didn’t last before having issues and couldn’t get them fixed. Then it got worse with Redesigns and finally they have pulled out of the US market. I’ve used a Eureka similar to the Electrolux velocity displayed here and it was horrible...no suction. Cleaned the filter and it was just ok then quickly clogged again. It was lightweight, junky and just a piece of crap. I imagine it was probably around $40 or so. The strange thing was I wondered if the person who had this (a customer of mine) actually liked it as he had two of them??? And they were both just as clogged as the other. Maybe he thought he got a bad one the first time and bought a second to see if things would be better. But no, just a bad choice by a company who used to make quality products and now has fallen to making disposable cheap junk.
Both here in the US and now abroad using it on their cheap poor products. Our Electrolux became Aerus which still sells the same quality products that used to be under the Electrolux name. When Eureka bought the name rights here in the US the US company renamed to Aerus. Eureka sold Electrolux branded vacuums here at big box stores and unknowing consumers bought them and soon were disillusioned at how they didn’t last before having issues and couldn’t get them fixed. Then it got worse with Redesigns and finally they have pulled out of the US market. I’ve used a Eureka similar to the Electrolux velocity displayed here and it was horrible...no suction. Cleaned the filter and it was just ok then quickly clogged again. It was lightweight, junky and just a piece of crap. I imagine it was probably around $40 or so. The strange thing was I wondered if the person who had this (a customer of mine) actually liked it as he had two of them??? And they were both just as clogged as the other. Maybe he thought he got a bad one the first time and bought a second to see if things would be better. But no, just a bad choice by a company who used to make quality products and now has fallen to making disposable cheap junk.
crazykirbydude
Well-known member
Fortunately, "Eurekalux" has completely pulled out of the USA vacuum market. Eureka is now owned by Midea, Sanitaire was sold to Bissell, and the "Electrolux" branded vacuums made by Eureka have now been completely discontinued. Aerus really needs to buy back the rights to the Electrolux name in North America. No one knows who Aerus is, but everyone and their grandma (literally) know who Electrolux is. I love my Aerus Electrolux vacuums. They're quiet, durable, and they clean better than any other clean air vacuum on the market.
Ok thanks for commenting guys. Here in the UK the Electrolux Velocity isn't very popular unfortunately. A lot of people think there rubbish but they look nice. Apparently the people who own that Holiday Cottage have got rid of that Electrolux Velocity because it was broken. When my Mum turned it on to pick up some crumbs on the kitchen floor in the holiday cottage the Electrolux Velocity just made a high pitched noise and I thought to my self that doesn't sound right the vacuum sounded broken and it didn't pick up the crumbs on the floor. Next year when I went to another holiday cottage that was next to the one with the Electrolux Velocity in there was a vax canister vacuum I was interested if the Electrolux Velocity was still in the cottage next door but when we asked they said "we don't have it any more I think it got thrown away".
crazykirbydude
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In my opinion, the Eureka Altima (Electrolux Velocity) looks like a godawful cheap plastic contraption. I'll attach some picture of what I (and quite a few others on here) consider to be good looking vacuums. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so if the Electrolux Velocity is what you like, go for it.
