What I used to vacuum my house tonight...

[swingette]

wasnt that one of the earliest ESPs? did those early ones use the heavy duty motor? we need to see more Eurekas around here. very nice.

 

[ohio_tuec]

I thought the earliest ESP's had a perforated vinyl outer bag, just like the Hoover Convertibles of the day. Does anyone know when Eureka switched from vinyl to the tietex material? Oreck changed around 1990.

 

[hoover1060]

first ESP's

Were 1979, and they were called the "Brandywine" series. Derreck has the MOL canister pictured above. There were 4 uprights, and three canisters. The upright bags were shiny maroon vinyl with white stripe and big Eureka letters.
I think I may have a brochure still I can scan....

 

[robgwisdala]

I stand corrected

I stand corrected. My Eureka 632B upright has the 5.5 amp "Sanitaire" motor with the tall fan blades.

 

[myhooverco]

Here is what I used tonight...

Here 'tis...this is the vacuum I used tonight...sorry it is not a eureka...it is a Hoover Convertible! Beat up yes...but it did suck up the loose pine needles from the tree like nobody's business. You just can't kill these old machines. By the way...beautiful eurekas!

--Tom Anderson

 

[convertible68]

I'll admit

I certainly wouldn't attempt to pick up broken glass with any of my Eurekas. Now the metal-base Convertibles on the other hand I would feel less hesitant about using for that job...

 

[seamusuk]

Tom...

Good one to have as a daily driver - was having the nice 1020 in the background for comparison intentional

Seamus

 

[myhooverco]

Seamus...no it was not intentional just a coincidence. The 1020 is a rough and tough machine that handles a lot of real dirty jobs around the house. It has been in my family for a long time now 25+ years. My parents bought it at an auction when it was already well used. It has not missed a beat since.

--Tom

 

[1926700]

what i used

a 1926 hoover 700 . it will probibily out last all of us put together.

 

[compactc9]

Well, since we are all sharing what we used, I used my Silver King 73-B2. I don't have a picture of it yet though.

 

[petek]

Here's my Eurekas, all a bit dusty from a cross country trip and I've misplaced the floor tool on the canister.

 

[petek]

The Vanguard naturally is my favorite. I was lamenting the fact a year ago or so that I didn't have one Eureka and within a day or two I was in a thrift store and there it was waiting for me like magic. Then they started popping up all over the place.

 

[74simon]

One from the UK

Just finished doing the flat with my Hoover Deluxe 652 - which as you can guess was the European equivalent to the Model 65.

For a laugh I used the floor brush in the bathroom where some (clean!) kitty litter had been spilt. The 652 has a looong hose, but pretty bad suction (this first model has a one-speed 375 watt motor), so once it does pick up the litter, which is a struggle in itself, you can hear it rattle up the hose very slowly before it gets to the fan. Reminds me about how dinosaurs had a delayed reaction to pain and things...

Si

 

[seamusuk]

Nice....

Hey mate

The 652 looks great - tis very odd ours only had the single speed but the 65 had twin speed .

Seamus

 

[ian88]

Probably use my kirby heritage 2 when i give the house a goin over tomorrow, maybe my dial a matic.

Ian

 

[centralvacman]

pretty smile

great to see a nice smiling face with the owners toys,thet look happy with them

 

[myhooverco]

Si...what a beautiful 652! Our 65 had a long hose too but even with the higher speed, it still was no power house. This model was made for cleaning carpet which it did perfectly. I would not be able to get used to that huge switch hanging off of the side of the machine. All of my table legs would be nicked!!

--Tom