The cleaning abilities of an Electrolux Canister

[vacuumlad1650]

Hi Folks...


I noticed some recent discussion of the true deep cleaning abilities of an Electrolux Canister. Here are my personal thoughts...


 


Picture it...Chicago, 1955. (My I sound like Estelle Getty right there) A young Couple is going to be married, and the Soon-to-be-wife receives an amazing wedding present, a Brand New Electrolux Model 61/LXi Canister. Featuring a swing open Cord Winder and an air driven Floor Polisher.


This was a gift my (Paternal) Grandmother received. In fact, she loved it so dearly it was regularly used until it's untimely demise in 2002. The cord was severely cut in multiple places. Down to bare wire. Combine that with a nice sized puddle on a kitchen floor...


 


My Grandmother LOVED Electrolux Vacuum Sweepers. She had SO many of them. My favorite quote from her is "If it doesnt say Electrolux on the side DONT LET IT IN THE DAMN HOUSE!"


 


1962...A Turquoise Trimmed Electrolux hospital G and PN-1 Arrive in my grandmother's living room. The LXi is now the upstairs vacuum. She had the Hospital G until 2007. My grandparents were moving to an Apartment and it was brought along. The ride in a pickup bed left it without rear wheels and the rear filter...and then in the Dumpster. I was Devastated...


 


1971...She Buys a 1205 and PN-2. This one is still in use, my uncle uses it to clean the showroom at his store in Chicago. I rebuilt the motor this past summer, and replaced the hose. He adores it.


 


1987...My grandmother adds a Diamond Jubilee and white PN-5 to the fleet. This is my Aunt's daily Driver to this day.


 


1991...The purchase of an Electrolux Diplomat LX. This one was pitched 2 years back when the hose collapsed. My uncle had it.


 


1992...an Epic 6000 becomes her final Lx. The VERY last to be sold by her former dealer, who was retiring. This one is with my Cousin. She wont part with it!!


 


After all these, she had 2 Kenmore Uprights, and a Hoover Upright. I still have the Hoover, and one Kenmore.


Just my 2 cents...These were the BEST vacuums out there. They still are


Andy

 

[kenkart]

I Agree Andy

In my hometown, a Electrolux was a status symbol, just as Frigidaire appliances were, if you had them,you had arrived,Donalds mother will not have anything else, neither would most of my Aunts.

 

[suckolux]

It was here too

 

[electroluxxxx]

I would have to

Agree as well, there are a lot of Electrolux machines in this area too! Most of the estate sales that I go to usually have Electrolux machines or even when I go out thrifting. Hell we have even traded in quite a few of the plastic bodies machines. So yes I completely agree with both you and Hans

 

[human]

Growing up, I wasn't all that attuned to other people's vacuum cleaners, although I somehow remember our next door neighbors having a 1205 because I liked the color--and still do. This was not the machine that my dad rescued from the curb when I was in high school. We moved just after I started 11th grade and that happened at the new house. My grandparents had an older one, an LXI, I think, that was still in regular use when my grandfather went to assisted living around 1997. I have no idea whatever happened to it. I don't recall ever playing with it as a kid--vacuuming was the maid's job in their house--but always liked the design of that machine and how quiet it was.

These days, I rarely see an Electrolux in the thrift shops I frequent around here, although this past year turned up four and I bought two of them. The first one I saw this year was an Epic upright that was priced too high but later that same week, I found my Discovery Plus in nicer condition for about $12 less. The other one I left behind was a decrepit looking Model G that I spotted a couple of days after I bought my Diamond j. On a different day, I might have taken pity on it but at that point, I was like the boa constrictor that had just swallowed a rat. I had no need of anything more.