The Long-Forgotten Eureka Freedom

[fantomfan]

I had a few requests to post more detailed pictures of the rarest (or one of the rarest) vacuum cleaners in my collection, the 1989 Eureka Freedom. I don't know much about these, besides the fact that they didn't sell for long. I rescued this out of a vac-shop basement for $5. Sadly, It didn't have the battery or charger, so I don't have any idea whether or not it runs. It is in excellent shape though. it is very small, and the dirt passage set up is almost identical to an F & G upright. The vacuum has one filter- being the one-layer paper bag. The bag housing door comes on and off by a small button. It has a High and Low speed setting. It has a very small motor, very odd looking light bulbs and what appears to be a smaller version of a eureka F & G vacuum belt. No attachments were available for this machine. If anybody knows about this model's history, it would be appreciated!

 

[bagintheback]

Whoa, that's even cooler than I thought it would be! For some reason I always imaged it to have a bypass-motor, but the direct-air setup is awesome for a cordless vacuum! That plus the chevron brushroll must have made it a pretty decent vacuum in general for it's time.  I hope you can find a battery one day. I'm sure it would be heavy though. 

 

[marks_here]

The lights in it look like the ones I replaced for my license plate on my Volvo

 

[fantomfan]

So far, I've never seen anybody with a fully functional

The vacuum itself isn't heavy, but yes I'm sure the battery would be!

 

[centralvacs1928]

55 watts? I can't imagine this thing being terribly effective. I would assume, though, that most problems with this unit would be battery problems, so if you found some source of 12 volt DC power, it would probably run. Maybe a car battery and some cables? Or a plug-in power supply...

 

[gsheen]

No dont use a Car battery but why not try a 12volt battery from a cordless drill. I have uses them to power all sorts of things. Even a 14 volt one will work ok.

 

[pr-21]

I almost bought one of these brand new.....

Thank you for posting this, I almost forgot about this Eureka. I really did seriously think about buying one brand new when they came out. I don't remember off hand the price range of these, but I think it was the start of Eureka's venture into hard bodied uprights.....


Thanks,

PR-21

 

[super-sweeper]

Cool!

 

[electroluxxxx]

if you really wanted to test it out a 12v 12 amp gel cell would be a nice start to seeing if it powers up and they are not expensive.