Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

I stumbled across this last night while browsing through Amazon.  At first glance I thought it was another laughable bin-filter offering, but in between the lines the description implies that it *is* a dual-cyclone machine, Eureka's first since the 4880AT of the early-2000s.  Good news, no doubt; by this time I was wondering when, if ever, Eureka would bring out a dual-cyclone again.  It appears that this machine has not been out all that long, only for a few months. 

Here is the 6510A linked on the Eureka site, and on Amazon.

Venson wrote:
Hi Venson,

Thanks for the info, I thought that power nozzle looked familiar!  That GE canister of the early/mid-2000s was a good machine, earning consistently good scores from CR (it was tested until it was discontinued over a period of 3-4 years if I recall) as well as being a CR Best Buy every time.  The uprights, however, were pretty much undistinguished performers.  As with the other brands, the GE bagged upright earned a slightly better score.  With all models it was very obvious they were made by Eureka.  If you couldn't tell by looking, all you had to do was turn one on and you'd hear a Eureka Victory.  All were sold exclusively through Wal-Mart.  I had the bagless upright for a couple of years, bought it in the spring of '02.  It wasn't a bad machine (with a clean filter the suction was quite surprising) and held up well, until the bin filter started clogging more and more frequently no matter how often I washed it.  By that time I had enough and it went to the curb in favor of the Sanitaire SC899.

It will be interesting to see what the dust cup size actually is (working capacity vs. claimed capacity) on the Whirlwind; hopefully it's a good attempt to address the problem that cyclonic bagless cleaners seem to be notorious for, small bin capacity.  Notice how I didn't say filtered bagless...those, on the other hand, are notorious for a *lot* more

-MH

Venson wrote:
Nice theory but it doesn't hold true.  After only a few store demos the filters start to get dirty quickly and airflow starts to drop.  Too bad, it's a decent enough machine for the price.

Dusty