NZ Electrolux machines

[cheesewonton]

Here is a Euroclean Star, a Eureka Forbes copy of an old Electrolux.
https://external-content.duckduckgo...3b2cca2fe000f94a0794b8bd42c19e586b3179d88f2bb

 

[cheesewonton]

Interesting while poking around looking at Euroclean models I discovered that the Intelligence is sold in India as the Eureka-Forbes Euroclean Xtreme.
https://pricee.com/eureka-forbes-euroclean-xtreme-dry-vacuum-cleaner-price-in-india-54017

 

[cheesewonton]

Beko 2000 has a video of one of those old style Euroclean 2000s he disassembles to troubleshoot an intermittent refusal to run.

 

[ddk848]

The Intelligence is so fragile, especially the bottom, I have a hard time believing Electrolux AB designed it.

All of the plastics in the Sauber models seem to be very poor - the difference between a Lux 1 and the Sauber internally is like night and day - the sauber motor is just a single stage unit that is also used in wertheim, pullman, hoover and other backpack vacuums - definitely NOT a lux product. The plastics used in the base, lid and throughout the sauber are so thin and brittle that you can snap them by hand, or they shatter if exposed to shock. I tried to dismantle a sauber and things just ended up breaking apart, definitely not the sort of high quality thick ABS plastics used in the last of the Lux 1 Royal / 820 models. I wouldn't be surprised if the Sauber intelligence is one of the reasons that Godfreys went bust, so many warranty claims and pissed off customers who found bits of their $1500 vacuum would snap/break/shatter so easily. I didn't recongnise much Lux / Electrolux internals inside the Sauber. Most Saubers are now being sold on marketplace for $200 or less.

Thinking out loud, but because the Sauber was sold through Godfreys and it shares components with Wertheim/Pullman/Hoover vacs, would it have been commissioned by Godfreys and built by Wertheim etc? I remember when they first came out, Godfreys had old Electrolux 300 / 700 series vacs on display next to them in stores and were touting the Sauber intelligence range as the successor to the Electrolux vacs and a high quality vacuum that were just as good. Ironically you'd now pay more for a good / restored Electrolux than a Sauber.