Of the two woven Electrolux hoses I have, the older one actually has the better suction. It's one of the fairly rare teal electric hoses with a plastic pistol grip. Like most hoses of that type, the pistol grip has several hairline cracks where it attaches to the hose and was wrapped with several layers of clear packing tape when I got it. It now has a couple of nylon cable ties holding it together.
I've never measured the suction with any sort of fancy test equipment, but testing it against my hand, the teal hose feels like its suction is comparable to that of my two vinyl hoses. The newer white hose feels like it has maybe two thirds the suction of the others.