No joke, I have Eureka Whirlwind PTSD. I worked on so many of those dirt belching monstrosities.

These are so rare to find in this condition, most sound like a blender full of glass

I use to own a big cup but mine was the early one from 2000 where the filter is a foam with a screen instead of a cartridge filter on the later ones and that thing let so much dust into the motor and the motor sound progressively gotten worse and worse then it started to fall apart on how brittle it's getting.

So many memories I have with these machines! I especially remember along with other people how the motors on these vacuum cleaners sounded awful and had a nasty screech if they got in really bad shape! Wonderful video!

God, what an awful machine design! A twin chamber would do the job just a bit better.

These are awful. I had a bagless one given to me and the motor was so quiet and pleasant sounding. The filters would clog after cleaning only one room and within a matter of a handful of uses the machine progressively became louder and louder. The bagged versions of these were fantastic though in my opinion. They didn't trash the motors with dirty air and they had great suction for their time.

When the dirt goes in the motor your vacuum dies

Mine is still going strong and bought it over 20 years ago ..lol

Interesting review. I have one from 2000 and still works wonderfully. You don't need to change the filters as often as recommended. This machine suction is so strong this makes me laugh. I swear you must have a dud.

The only other good bagless vacuum I can think of that were around this timer were Rainbow since it captured all the dirt in the water and just needed to be disposed of down the toilet. The only bagless vacuums I’ll ever own will be my vintage Kirby’s with shake out bags and yes those are direct air vacuums aka dirty air vacuums but don’t spew dust like these bagless vacuums from the 2000’s with filters that need to be replaced every few months along with being cleaned after every use. Come to think of it, bagless vacuums from the 2000’s REALLY are dirty air vacuums since they spew and belch out dust whenever you use them especially if the filters are worn out or haven’t been changed in awhile.

I remember seeing these commonly in the 2000s and now I barely see them, I know someone who had one and it was very loud

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My favorite Eureka Vacuum and history too.

Woo Wee that motor and sounds really rough yep I have Eureka PTSD

My favorite eurekas are the victory’s. Just acquired a 9 amp eureka victory model 4326

On the Whirlwinds Big Cup Limited Edition and Limited Plus you had a Class 3 Premium Washable Filter

You made me join the discord 😉 I actually collected a vacuum a year ago but the brushroll died

I have 2 of the black Whirlwind bagless machines and 2 dark green EnVisions, the EnVision and the Vision that preceded it are far superior machines, they still require regular maintenance but they can run a lot longer before needing maintenance especially with the updated filters which have a washable foam prefilter, One nice thing about the EnVision is the filter cartridge is higher up in the bin away from the larger particles similar to the Sanitaire bagless machine which I also don't quite mind. Still won't own one in favor of the bagged variant but I worked on one awhile back and it had been working trouble free for 6 years until the brushroll bearings melted and the belt started burning which led to it ending up on my work bench with a burning rubber smell complaint. Brushroll spun fine out of the machine but when installed it had too much resistance and the bristles were just about gone, in went an OEM brushroll and belt and after a cleaning and tuneup it was out the door with a spare belt, hasn't been back since so I think it's still going. Had an identical machine in for low suction, needed a new hose but customer refused the repair and tuneup so I repaired it with tile tape and sent it on its way, either the repair is holding up or the machine died due to neglect as I haven't seen it since.

Most bagless vacuums from the 2000’s were junk since they needed a lot of maintenance to keep them going since the filters would clog fairly quickly and thankfully my mother bought a Hoover Breathe Easy instead of buying into the bagless vacuum craze of the late 90’s and 2000’s. Only good bagless vacuum I think was decent for what it was around this time were the Workhorse Cleartrak vacuums and a friend of mine told me they got away with selling them since they were sold as “refurbished”.

I had one and traded it for an electrolux upright that lux is still going and working at 22 years old