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Dissatisfied with Eureka The Boss SmartVac Vacuum
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| chemqueries 2005-08-28, 4:21 am |
| I bought a Eureka Smart Vac Vacuum a few days ago, and I'm planning on
returning it to the store. It is one of the worst appliances I've ever
purchased anywhere. "Consumer Reports" rated it as one of their "Best
Buys." In the future, I will not make decisions based on "Consumer
Reports" ratings, especially their so-called "Best Buy" products. First
of all, the vacuum gets incredibly hot after just a couple of minutes.
I've had several vaccums in my life, and I've used many others that
belonged to friends and relatives, and I don't EVER remember a vacuum
getting so hot. In fact, this is the first time I've ever had to be
concerned with a vacuum over-heating. It happened immediately, the
first time I used it, long before any debris could have possibly
accumulated or obstructed the air flow.
Secondly, like so many products we buy nowadays, I had to do some
assembling of the vacuum on my own. Two of the parts are not flush with
each other. They just don't fit! And if that weren't bad enough, all
the parts and attachments are made of the cheapest, most easily
breakable plastic.
I'm really disgusted by this. I'll stick with Hoover in the future.
Thanks for listening to my rant. I hope this serves as sufficient
warning to anyone shopping for vacuums that they shouldn't waste their
time with Eureka.
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| James \Cubby\ Culbertson 2005-08-28, 12:21 pm |
| I listen to Consumer Reports but rarely buy strictly based on their reviews.
I find a lot of times, their research is incomplete and biased.
That said, I did buy the Eureka vacuum and it's been great (2 years now
without a single problem). The funny thing is I bought this to replace a
Hoover that quite frankly, was the biggest POS vacuum I've owned. The
motor kept eating it's brushes and dying. I won't be buying Hoover again.
Cheers,
cc
"chemqueries" <chemqueries@aol.com> wrote in message
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>I bought a Eureka Smart Vac Vacuum a few days ago, and I'm planning on
> returning it to the store. It is one of the worst appliances I've ever
> purchased anywhere. "Consumer Reports" rated it as one of their "Best
> Buys." In the future, I will not make decisions based on "Consumer
> Reports" ratings, especially their so-called "Best Buy" products. First
> of all, the vacuum gets incredibly hot after just a couple of minutes.
> I've had several vaccums in my life, and I've used many others that
> belonged to friends and relatives, and I don't EVER remember a vacuum
> getting so hot. In fact, this is the first time I've ever had to be
> concerned with a vacuum over-heating. It happened immediately, the
> first time I used it, long before any debris could have possibly
> accumulated or obstructed the air flow.
>
> Secondly, like so many products we buy nowadays, I had to do some
> assembling of the vacuum on my own. Two of the parts are not flush with
> each other. They just don't fit! And if that weren't bad enough, all
> the parts and attachments are made of the cheapest, most easily
> breakable plastic.
>
> I'm really disgusted by this. I'll stick with Hoover in the future.
>
> Thanks for listening to my rant. I hope this serves as sufficient
> warning to anyone shopping for vacuums that they shouldn't waste their
> time with Eureka.
>
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| Edwin Pawlowski 2005-08-28, 12:21 pm |
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"James "Cubby" Culbertson" <Nospam@null.invalid> wrote in message
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>I listen to Consumer Reports but rarely buy strictly based on their
>reviews. I find a lot of times, their research is incomplete and biased.
That's for sure. Especially the biased part.
> That said, I did buy the Eureka vacuum and it's been great (2 years now
> without a single problem). The funny thing is I bought this to replace a
> Hoover that quite frankly, was the biggest POS vacuum I've owned. The
> motor kept eating it's brushes and dying. I won't be buying Hoover
> again.
> Cheers,
> cc
No matter how good the reputation of the brand, there will always be a
lemon. The brushes, while made to wear, are probably not the problem, but
the part they run against. Tiny defect in machining could have caused that
to happen.
I don't think either brand is a good as they were 25 years ago, but nothing
else is either. They are not made to last. At work we have both a Hoover
and a Eureka and I'd rate them about the same.
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| >I bought a Eureka Smart Vac Vacuum a few days ago, and I'm planning on
> returning it to the store. It is one of the worst appliances I've ever
> purchased anywhere. ..the vacuum gets incredibly hot after just a couple
> of minutes.
> Secondly, like so many products we buy nowadays, I had to do some
> assembling of the vacuum on my own. Two of the parts are not flush with
> each other. They just don't fit!
I'm guessing that the airflow is blocked. One way or another, this is the
normal cause of overheating and was the cause of problems in the last half
dozen vacs I've repaired.
Perhaps you should disassemble the parts you "couldn't fit" and try
again...or just try running it without any accessories, tanks, filters or
hoses attached and if it then runs normally, then you should be able to find
what's causing the blockage.
R
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| chemqueries 2005-08-28, 3:22 pm |
| James "Cubby" Culbertson wrote:
> I listen to Consumer Reports but rarely buy strictly based on their reviews.
> I find a lot of times, their research is incomplete and biased.
> That said, I did buy the Eureka vacuum and it's been great (2 years now
> without a single problem). The funny thing is I bought this to replace a
> Hoover that quite frankly, was the biggest POS vacuum I've owned. The
> motor kept eating it's brushes and dying. I won't be buying Hoover again.
> Cheers,>cc>
Hi. Do you know the name and model number of the Eureka you have? The
model number on mine is 4870.
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| chemqueries 2005-08-28, 3:22 pm |
| Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> lemon. The brushes, while made to wear, are probably not the problem, but
> the part they run against. Tiny defect in machining could have caused that
> to happen.
Well, I think I got the lemon. It was priced well, lower than at other
stores, so now I'm wondering whether it was an "irregular." It wasn't
labeled as such, but sometimes I wonder about that when prices are
significantly lower.
> I don't think either brand is a good as they were 25 years ago, but nothing
> else is either. They are not made to last. At work we have both a Hoover
> and a Eureka and I'd rate them about the same.
Are there any particular model numbers you'd recommend?
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| chemqueries 2005-08-28, 3:22 pm |
| Rudy wrote:
> normal cause of overheating and was the cause of problems in the last half
> dozen vacs I've repaired.
> Perhaps you should disassemble the parts you "couldn't fit" and try
> again...or just try running it without any accessories, tanks, filters or
> hoses attached and if it then runs normally, then you should be able to find
> what's causing the blockage.> R
Hi. I actually did disassemble and re-assemble those parts three times
before I finally said "To hell with this!"
It's possible there is an obstruction, but the overheating happened
immediately, during the first use. I will check again, but because I
don't like other things about the machine, I'll probably return it
anyway.
Are there any particular brands and models that you like?
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| User Example 2005-08-28, 4:21 pm |
| chemqueries wrote:
> I bought a Eureka Smart Vac Vacuum a few days ago, and I'm planning on
> returning it to the store. It is one of the worst appliances I've ever
> purchased anywhere.
Isn't the Eureka Boss one of the cheapest vacuums you can buy? That
should have clued you in.
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| In article <1125211817.768836.126820@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"chemqueries" <chemqueries@aol.com> wrote:
> I bought a Eureka Smart Vac Vacuum a few days ago, and I'm planning on
> returning it to the store. It is one of the worst appliances I've ever
> purchased anywhere. "Consumer Reports" rated it as one of their "Best
> Buys."
we had one too. The belt broke the FIRST day. It was heavy and awkward
to use. assembling it was a PITA. less than six months after we bought
it the motor died. It was just doing light vaccuming in a small house
with wall to wall carpet. It was a POS as far as I am concerned. we
returned it.
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| James \Cubby\ Culbertson 2005-08-29, 1:21 am |
| Yeah, mine's the 4870 as well. It has worked pretty well for me.
Cheers,
cc
"chemqueries" <chemqueries@aol.com> wrote in message
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> James "Cubby" Culbertson wrote:
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> Hi. Do you know the name and model number of the Eureka you have? The
> model number on mine is 4870.
>
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| Muvin Gruvin 2005-08-29, 2:21 am |
| strange growin up as a kid can only recall having one vacuum that lasted
for eons.
Think it was a Eureka.
Can tell you not to bother with the Rainbow vacuum.....talk about a POS.
And dumping all that dirty water.....since when did dirt dissolve in
water?
Purchased an Oreck and couldn't be happier......its so light weight and
easy on the ole back. Luckily there is an Oreck store about 5 minutes
from my house.
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| chemqueries 2005-08-29, 2:21 am |
| User Example wrote:
> should have clued you in.
I don't know whether it's one of the cheapest. It was rated by
"Consumer Reports" as a Best Buy, and I think that might mean cheaper
in price but I didn't know that meant cheaper in quality, at least as
far as CU ratings.
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| The Hoover Windtunnels do a great job. I have a windtunnel head on my
central vaccuum. Although it looks and feels cheap we haven't had any
trouble with it in the 2 or 3 years we've been using it.
"chemqueries" <chemqueries@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1125211817.768836.126820@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I bought a Eureka Smart Vac Vacuum a few days ago, and I'm planning on
> returning it to the store. It is one of the worst appliances I've ever
> purchased anywhere. "Consumer Reports" rated it as one of their "Best
> Buys." In the future, I will not make decisions based on "Consumer
> Reports" ratings, especially their so-called "Best Buy" products. First
> of all, the vacuum gets incredibly hot after just a couple of minutes.
> I've had several vaccums in my life, and I've used many others that
> belonged to friends and relatives, and I don't EVER remember a vacuum
> getting so hot. In fact, this is the first time I've ever had to be
> concerned with a vacuum over-heating. It happened immediately, the
> first time I used it, long before any debris could have possibly
> accumulated or obstructed the air flow.
>
> Secondly, like so many products we buy nowadays, I had to do some
> assembling of the vacuum on my own. Two of the parts are not flush with
> each other. They just don't fit! And if that weren't bad enough, all
> the parts and attachments are made of the cheapest, most easily
> breakable plastic.
>
> I'm really disgusted by this. I'll stick with Hoover in the future.
>
> Thanks for listening to my rant. I hope this serves as sufficient
> warning to anyone shopping for vacuums that they shouldn't waste their
> time with Eureka.
>
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| chemqueries 2005-08-30, 12:21 am |
| Sue wrote:
> In article <1125211817.768836.126820@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> "chemqueries" <chemqueries@aol.com> wrote:>
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> we had one too. The belt broke the FIRST day. It was heavy and awkward
> to use. assembling it was a PITA. less than six months after we bought
> it the motor died. It was just doing light vaccuming in a small house
> with wall to wall carpet. It was a POS as far as I am concerned. we
> returned it.
Hi Sue,
Do you remember where you bought yours? I'm probably wrong about this,
but sometimes I think that "irregulars" and defective merchandise are
sold at the cheaper discount stores. I also noticed that a lot of the
appliance models sold at places like Sam's Club are the models that are
rated worst by various consumer-oriented magazines and websites. Of
course, at this point, I'm not going to go by what the magazine
"Consumer Reports" says. This is not the first time they've given an
excellent rating to an inferior product.
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| chemqueries 2005-08-30, 12:21 am |
| Muvin Gruvin wrote:
> strange growin up as a kid can only recall having one vacuum that lasted
> for eons.> Think it was a Eureka.> Can tell you not to bother with the Rainbow vacuum.....talk about a POS.> And dumping all that dirty water.....since when did dirt dissolve in> water?> Purchased an Oreck and couldn't be happier......its so light weigh
t and> easy on the ole back. Luckily there is an Oreck store about 5 minutes> from my house.
I'm not familiar with the Rainbow Vacuum. Is that a brand name or a
model name?
When I was growing up, the only vacuums I knew of were Hoover and
Electrolux. I believe that Electrolux owns Eureka (or maybe Eureka owns
Electrolux).
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| chemqueries 2005-08-30, 12:21 am |
| Art wrote:
> The Hoover Windtunnels do a great job. I have a windtunnel head on my
> central vaccuum. Although it looks and feels cheap we haven't had any
> trouble with it in the 2 or 3 years we've been using it.> >
Hi. Thanks for that information. Is the Hoover Windtunnel a bagless
vacuum or does it use bags? I prefer vacuums with bags. Even though the
bags can be expensive, I can't stand emptying out those dirt cups on
the bagless models.
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> Are there any particular brands and models that you like?
Not really. We have a built in central vac system.
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| In article <1125368756.968920.311820@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"chemqueries" <chemqueries@aol.com> wrote:
> Sue wrote:
>
> Hi Sue,
>
> Do you remember where you bought yours? I'm probably wrong about this,
> but sometimes I think that "irregulars" and defective merchandise are
> sold at the cheaper discount stores. I also noticed that a lot of the
> appliance models sold at places like Sam's Club are the models that are
> rated worst by various consumer-oriented magazines and websites. Of
> course, at this point, I'm not going to go by what the magazine
> "Consumer Reports" says. This is not the first time they've given an
> excellent rating to an inferior product.
>
Well maybe you're right because we bought it at costco, because it was
the CR 'best buy". It was not as good as the 15 year old panasonic I got
rid of. Now I have a Kenmore that is awsome (too lazy too look up the
model, but I will if some one really needs to know), but it was a lot
more expensive.
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| Ross Richardson 2005-08-30, 3:21 pm |
| Interesting, I bought one and it has worked fine. The only problem is
where the electrical cord come out and the little clip. I don't use it.
I have had it over a year and not mechanical problems at all.
Regards, Ross
chemqueries wrote:
> Art wrote:
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> Hi. Thanks for that information. Is the Hoover Windtunnel a bagless
> vacuum or does it use bags? I prefer vacuums with bags. Even though the
> bags can be expensive, I can't stand emptying out those dirt cups on
> the bagless models.
>
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