My 30 year old Eureka finally crapped.
Nothing over $200.
My 30 year old Eureka finally crapped.
Nothing over $200.
Hoovers really suck.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Junk stores, Bill. Find an old Oreck upright. If you were closer, I 'd give you one of mine. Those things are bullet proof. I have 3 of them, the last one I got at a garage sale for $10.
Tempting to drive down there and buy you a beer.Originally Posted by nx6d
This Eureka I have was bought as a rebuilt by my ex in 1986 from a vacuum shop. For at least 10 years after it was purchased it smelled of highly perfumed carpet "cleaner" when it was running. I want to put my own stink into a new one. Will have to look up Oreck for a newbie price.
Any time, brother Bill. The Tomato is about 10 hours from you.
I was in that area Sept 09. Tried to contact you then but no luck.
Heard pretty good things about the Oreck.
My Dad bought a Kirby setup last year ($1,500). Don't do that.
Best cheap upright according to Consumer Reports is the Hoover Tempo Widepath U5140-900. Under $100, if you can find one. The Orecks and Dysons are way down on their list. Highest rated is a Hoover Platinum Bagged UH30010COM, but it's expensive ($3-400).
Not a huge fan of CR, but they do run tests.
We got an old Sears Kenmore canister here that has an electric "broom" for floors. Seems to work okay, but after 10-15 years, it's starting to fall apart. Still works fine.
Nothing sucks like an Electrolux.
(That was an actual advertising slogan used in England.)
Them darned Swedes always have something nasty on their minds...
(Electrolux is a Swedish company, which surprised the hell out of me when I found out about it.)
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Have one here that has been in use steadily for twenty years; it is a tank, not an upright -- though it has a hose attachment that is a powered beater brush for carpet just like an upright. Plain brush for hard floors. It replaced one that was my mother's; she bought it in 1954, to replace the one she bought just after the end of War II.
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