The old metal wands are a thing of the past, for the most part, at Aerus. Even the Classic comes with plastic wands (albeit still in the friction-fit style that's compatible with their older metal wand products). I think only the Classic's power nozzle still has a metal wand.
I agree that Aerus needs to bring metal wands back, but I don't necessarily agree that they should be the same type as their old stuff. The old friction wands fall apart too easily. It's aggravating having one split in half in the middle of cleaning. But the plastic click-button wands are trash, I agree. The spring buttons wear down over the years, and while they may have been high tech in 1994, they certainly aren't anymore. I think Aerus needs to bite the bullet and engineer a new steel wand setup that A) doesn't fall apart like the old friction wands, B) is telescoping/adjustable, and C) is in some way still compatible with old tools, even if through the use of adapters.
And yeah--not sure why the Platinum and Ultra have such long necks on the floor tools. All I know is that they use the Tristar wands. Who knows why. I think so that people had to purchase all-new tools, but it could be just to make them seem more elite and special compared to the Legacy. Who knows.
I have to say this on every Aerus post: I really believe the company needs to buy more rights back to the Electrolux name. They'd better off selling Tristar to finance the rights to putting some form of "Electrolux" back on their vacuums and storefronts.
