Yes guys, I think these plastic bodied machines have not so good motors in them. They make that loud high pitched noise all the vacuum cleaner motors make these days. Just doesn’t sound like a quality motor. Maybe Aerus is just importing motors from China for these models and hoping they last the period of the warranty. I have an Aerus Lux Classic and Lux Legacy both of which I obtained recently, before that I never had any experience with any plastic bodied machines except an Ambassador my Mother got free several years ago at the free exchange at the town trash transfer station (dump). They call it “the gift shop”. It’s a couple of sheds that you leave or take perfectly good things rather than throw them away. We have found so much good stuff there and at least 7 very good working Electrolux’s and an 8th that was on the fritz in the 29 years we have had our family vacation home there. Seeing that my parents don’t sit there at the dump waiting for stuff (some people actually do and they look creepy...like hoarders) and they got that many machines over the years in their weekly few minute visit there during the 3 months out of the year they live there...I’m intrigued to wonder just how many Electrolux’s pass through the place....good thing I don’t live there...just visit for a week once a year in the summer. I might have ended up with a heck of a LOT more Electrolux’s as I almost never pass up a completely free one. I did however, pass up an XXX there when I was visiting and we went to ”the gift shop”. I already have the one that was my Father’s Mom’s which is a complete set and didn’t need another and no one was in need of a suction only machine. My Mom actually tried to take the dusting brush and the lady manning the gift shop yelled at her telling her she couldn’t take the attachment. I told Mom she should have taken the entire machine, brought it home, kept what she wanted, and brought it back the rest on the next trip...but that’s ok...if so,some has it it’s got all the attachments. In that area, I rarely see other brands of vacuums passing through “the gift shop”...I think since there were a lack of big box stores in that more remote area but Electrolux had stores around and offered deliver and door to door service...Electrolux was the way to go. This is Cape Cod Massachusetts I’m talking about...and the further away from Hyannis one is where most of the bigger stores are the more hassle it is to get things like appliances but the Cape has somewhat improved over the 30 years we’ve had the family home there with more vendors and Home Depot coming there. Sears was there for a long time and most people were getting their washers and dryers there. There was an Electrolux store not far from my parents there but it has closed down, now I think there’s only one on all of Cape Cod which is much farther away from them as Cape Cod is a rather large area. Not sure why Aerus is closing down these stores, maybe the franchise owners are retiring and closing down the franchise and no one is opening a new one. I don’t ever see new Aerus franchise stores “popping up” anywhere.
I visited some friends who were renting a house for the week on Martha’s Vineyard...the house was equipped with an Electrolux...it was a reconditioned Automatic F, G, or Automatic E, I can’t remember for sure which one it was. But I thought...gee, getting parts and service all the way out here on the Island must be a hassle but I’m sure if there wasn’t a dealer on the island, he or she would surely get on the ferry and come out to you for service and I think they still will to this day but it’s a long and expensive trip especially if a car is needed on the island to get to the customer and bring a loaner.
