Favorite upright with on board tools?

[vacuumfreeeke]

I wonder what the brushroll looked like? I know it was the top of the line... I have the JC Pennys add from 1996 that has it in there.... I'd love to scan and post it some time if I can figure out how to use my all in one's scanner function.... I don't even know where the manual is.... I'm sure they have it at Cannon.com, it's less than a year old.... I had some Sears ones from the 80s as well that I stole from a class in high school (we were cutting magazines for project), but I can't find them to save my life.... had some beautiful machines (a black Concept one with chrome handle, so cool!).

It was rare for an upright back then to have a bare floor setting, so that is a truly unique feature for machines of that time period. The only person I know who had one is the minister of the gay church here in Orlando and he adored it and said he hoped it lasted forever.... he was really proud of it when we about vacuums and I asked him what kind he had.

The Kenmore/Panasonic direct drives also had the feature that would turn off the brushroll when the hose was removed, but I thought it was overkill because the brushroll was off when the handle was in the upright position anyway.... as it should be... all three of my uprights with on board tools have that feature and I wouldn't want one without it.

 

[kirbyeureka95]

here is a scan of the sanitaire version of the excaliber..

it says it had a chrome plated brushroll, looks like a vgII in the black and white diagram

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[kloveland]

Broken Eureka handle

Bobby,

The picture was taken in another member's house. The handle was brittle and cracked. Yes, I did it and felt so guilty over it. Hope this answers your question.

Kenny
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[nick]

the first dirt devils in red, were very good vacs excellent suction, great carpet cleaners, and good tools, even the later ones with cloth front bag were good
dyson wands are too bulky to use, i find on board tools of most uprights are fine for a quick use for a dust bunny in the corner, but for real cleaning in the real world get out a canister vac

 

[vac_whisperer]

I LOVE my 1996 Panasonic performance plus... Its green, but i dont know what model it is.

VW

 

[tazcatsdad]

I have two favorites ...

One is my Windsor Sensor SR12 (made by Sebo), and the other is my Electrolux Z612E.

The Windsor came into my collection from a thrift store that was going out of business: they were having a 50% off sale on the day that I wandered in, and this vacuum was marked $12! Needless to say, I snatched that one up in a hurry ...

As for the Electrolux, I found it on eBay UK. The seller originally wasn't going to post it (he just wanted to sell it as "pick up only" -- but an e-mail from me "pleading my case" convinced him to post it to my forwarding address in Dover, and the rest is history!

 

[electroluxxxx]

I have both tht Excalibur and the excalibur style Kent Dura vac, the excalibur is 12 amp and the kent is 10. the thing about the air path is that once the hose is removed a metal slide closes off the air path to the floor, the down side about the excalibur design was that they were weak at the hose, the upside was they were pretty strong at the floor. if the bag chamber was designed Differently then I am sure that there would be better performance at the hose. the Excalibur had a wooden brushroll while the commercial style had metal. these machines are pretty good groomers as I love the path they leave behind. easy to use but HEAVY!!!!

here are some pics, I will post some pics of the bag chamber tomorrow.

enjoy

 

[electroluxxxx]

excalibur underside

 

[electroluxxxx]

dura vac underside

 

[opelgtkarl]

Mine is.....

Hoover Powermax

 

[myvacsrock]

90's Panasonic

I love this machine. It is my daily machine, it is so much fun and quiet, and parts to maintain it are very inexpensive. I like the dirt senors and how long the cord is. Nice design and execution on Panasonic's part.

 

[tolivac]

I don't normally use tools on board uprights-they seem bulky,clunky,and the tools sometimes fall off when being used.My choice for that style of vacuum would be the Meile S7 Tangh yes when you have to use their attached hoses-you feel like you are in a wrestling match with the vacuum.The hose and wands are good "cobweb" grabbers in room or ceiling corners.

 

[vacuumfreeeke]

That's why machines like the Eureka Smart Vac are a pleasure.... the hose does not have its own "will", it submits and complies without complaint! Of course the attachments fall off readily, the nested wands can only go on one way, and the crevice tool can only be inserted onto the 1st wand and not the 2nd one (doesn't fit!), but I guess no vacuum is prefect!

Mike, I had no clue they made a Kent version of the Excalibur.... so is this a fan first, round belt machine? I would have never thought it!

 

[electroluxxxx]

hey bobby!
this bachine is a round belt machine, Clean Air, and 2 motor system. very well made just not to well thought out.