Eureka-Electrolux Sanitare commercial

[kj]

I used to help a friend with his home cleaning company. His maids used these Sanitares, I still repair them for him as needed.

So I purchased a brand new one. This vaccuum really does an amazing job on the carpet! They ressemble older classic Hoovers, except they do not have a light, the top is chrome, with red trimmings.

I like these because they are "bagless" in the sense that they use no paper throw-away bags, only the main cloth bag which is easy to empty and does not spread dust everywhere. Do any of you use this type?

For hose-jobs, I use my Bissel bagless. I found it, brand new, in the trash room. The only two problems with it making the clueless owner trash it was a seized-up brush-roller and the top filter was clogged. I purchased a new brush-roller and belts from a local vaccuum store, cleaned the filters, and the machine works like brand new. It has a power-brush attachment for vaccuuming furniture... I have found, repaired and sold several discarded vaccuums found in the trash room on the top floor of my highrise where I live. There are trash rooms on every floor...Most recent fix & sell was an Orek XL, in like-new physical condition. I brought it in and started it up. It ran perfect, but no suction. I pulled it apart, one to fix it, and also to see why it was so light in weight. Wow! The motor and fan were not much bigger than that in a hair dryer! And the suction problem was a simple fix: The previous owner had vaccuumed up a small piece of steel wire which had lodged in the input tube of the fan, and then dust and dirt had filled the tube, making for a 6" long dust-worm. I removed that, installed the new belt that was lodged on the bottom of the vaccuum and cranked it up. That little machine was very strong, actually pulling me along as it vaccuumed! I sold it for $250 on Craigslist. Photo is before I sold it.

 

[stricklybojack]

$250?

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Salesman of the year award material! Or a typo, let us know.
Whatever the case we're on the same page, saving vacuums from the landfill is
good times. Glad to hear of your already many successes.

 

[kj]

No, I sold it for $250 to a guy from Washington DC. I know little about vacuum prices...Too much? No matter, it has a happy new home now. Only thing I dislike about the little Oreck is that the debris sucked up pass through the fan. I prefer models where the debris goes straight into the bag/canister. Only exception is my Sanitaire which is a powerful machine!!

 

[durango159]

Orecks have a very small fan and that makes their cleaning power indeed limited. I myself have issues with Oreck filtration. It's not their bags, but actually the weak handle connections and limited power not sucking everything up that the brush roll disturbs. They tend to well better on low profile settings like commercial environments than plusher home settings.

Sanitaires are very powerful. The shake out bag feature saves disposable bags but also inhibits filtration. You will notice in a little amount of time tons of dust collecting all around motor base on the gorgeous fire engine red platform, that's from the shake out bag. You may also notice severe dust clouds upon machines 1st restart after reinstalling bag from shaking it out. I strongly recommend seeking a replaceable bag unit for those with F&G or ST Sanitaire/ Eureka bags if in market for those.

I've gotten into commercial cleaning lately and have found many Sanitaires too powerful too handle many door mats found in commercial settings. They tend to overly stick to mats and drag them becoming near impossible to clean even with Dial-A-Nap set to 5 or 6!!

I've tried some Hoover Convertible units and found they cleaned much better than the Sanitaires without inhibiting ability to actually clean the rug and not eat the rug!! A Hoover Commercial Guardsman may definitely be something you should look at!

I've been looking into a Simplicity, Riccar, Panasonic like machine with great attachment power, solid design, great filtration and also Clean Air Design so dirt goes directly to the bag and doesn't get rejected by the fan. Sanitaire fan first machines seem to struggly greatly on rock salt, staples and some other small granular machines that a Clean Air Design or Canister style removes with ease!!