Forgotten Eureka Products

[eureka1998]

White Eureka ESP self propelled

That flickr user that I found the power plus on had a photo of a white self propelled ESP. is this that vacuum?????

 

[eureka1998]

And I just found this!

 

[panasonicvac]

YES

That's the one! Do you also have a picture of the black Powerline I was talking about?

 

[panasonicvac]

Whoops, looks like you posted first before I did lol. But no that's not the one. The one he had was from the original Bravo line. It looked just like this but it was black and I think it was just called the Powerline.

 

[eureka1998]

Closest I could find

Deep navy blue power line. But I know for sure I e seen a black one.

 

[panasonicvac]

Interesting

That Powerline Plus looks different than the other one, it has a hose built into the machine.

Anyways here's a red version without the headlight, I remember his had a hose that looked just like this.

 

[eureka1998]

Yo!

I think I found it! Had to go to duck duck go!

 

[panasonicvac]

YES THAT'S THE ONE!

 

[panasonicvac]

In case you're interested

He did had that same ESP Self-Propelled pictured in his collection post. If I had lived nearby to him when he was selling his collection, I would've snatched that Eureka up in a heart beat!

https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?28893

 

[eureka1998]

Never saw this one!

 

[durango159]

Some of these came from FB vac group pages but here's a gathering. Unfortunately, I'm missing the Express canister. The Express was a great machine with VG3 RugMaster nozzle.

 

[eurekaprince]

Thanks for posting these pics Rob! The Eureka World Vac was a great cleaner, and top rated by Consumer Reports in the early 1990’s. Two things I did not like: those big plastic wheels accumulated a lot of wall paint as they scraped along baseboards and other furnishings…and there was no rubber bumper anywhere on the canister. Even the World Vac powerhead had no rubber bumper like earlier Eureka power heads.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Durango159

Rob,

Of these machines, there is one on my mind right now: Sanitaire's only machine with the "canned ham" bodystyle was the S440A, part of their Blue Line series, which used the non-lighted Power Team nozzle. That was produced only from 1983 to 1985.

~Ben

 

[durango159]

Ben, I know that model, a collector brought one to the Missouri convention last year Canned hams are good machines. I've always wanted to try the Brandywine Canned Ham 1289 but have never come across one.

EurekaPrince, yes I agree. I am surprised that Eureka never really had a furniture guard on those. Granted Hoover Power heads at the time were similar, all plastic around the edge. The Hoover suction units though did have a thick rubber bumper guard, or at least the S series body styles did.


I remember that March 1996 of Consumer Reports was a big vacuum ratings article. They rated the Eureka WorldVac 6865 canister as Excellent for Carpet cleaning. Due to that article, my parents decided to get one for my aunt and uncle as a gift. They also rated a Powerline upright very highly so we bought one of those for our home. It only lasted 16 months though so it got replaced by a Hoover TurboPower 5000 canister. Consumer Reports rated the Hoover PowerMax and Hoover Futura canisters at Very Good for carpet cleaning. I ended up taking one of our PowerMax's to my aunts a few times to clean as I liked it better than their WorldVac canister which was rated better cleaning by CR. The WorldVac was still good, I think I was just more used to ours. Plus, I know how ours was maintained. I never popped open the power head on my aunt's unit to see how they were treating the belt, etc. I'd definitely be down to try another system. I do have a WorldVac power nozzle in my collection that gets run on occasion but no Eureka suction units of that era. It would be really cool to come across a Europa model.

 

[eurekaprince]

Because I did not like the basic hose handle set-up on the red World Vac that I bought, I upgraded to the fancier quick disconnect gas pump handle, which was much more comfortable to use. With this Eureka “Express-style” gas pump handle, the headlight stayed on for bare floor cleaning when you shut off the brush roll! The set-up had a three-prong wire which allowed for this.

 

[thevacuumman]

The Eureka Aero comes to mind to me.

 

[eurekaprince]

I love the Eureka Aero Series! This was exclusively sold in Sears stores and was kind of like an aerodynamic version of the Eureka Express.

 

[durango159]

The Aero was a nice looking suction unit. Not quite as common as some others. The last of the Aero suction unit body style was the Powerline canister. They were power nozzle canisters on the market at same time as WorldVac. A more economy line with cord wrap storage. There was a white and gorgeous blue/ green.

Attached is a catalog page from 1996 JcPenney. Bottom right is the PowerLine entry level PowerLine canister. Middle right is high end WorldVac canister with covered tool storage. Top right was one of Eureka's TOL canisters of the time and Excalibur canister.

Left side of that page are two of my favorites. The top left is a mid range Futura canister and bottom left is PowerMax S3603-040.. They are both terrific machines!

I also found a YouTube video for the PowerLine with Aero body style.

 

[eurekaprince]

Wow! Thanks for that post Durango!!!

So, I guess when the Aero was rebranded as a Powerline canister, it was no longer exclusively sold at Sears. I think the Sears’ Aero models also had deluxe versions with the Express power nozzle in the early 1990’s. I may be mistaken though.

For our European friends, that Excaliber Power Team is comprised of a Swedish-made Volta canister married to an American-made Eureka World Vac power nozzle. Top-rated in Consumer Reports in the mid 1990’s. Not a fan of the very small tools stoted under the hood.

 

[oldcrankman]

Well here you go....

My Eureka Millennium 2000.