Until the early 1980s that I know of, Whirlpool made all of Sears canisters too with the agreement not to sell under the Whirlpool name in the US though not originally. Whirlpool offered their own machines on the market from the 1950s through the mid 1960s. They attempted again in the late eighties and Sears went King Kong all over them again. Now the partnership is over. Whirlpool is a mighty international company and Sears is on life support. Not exactly in a position of leverage anymore.

Wow, I actually used to have an Oreck 4300. I bought it at a garage sale because I wanted something less clunky than my dyson canister I had at the time. Unfortunately, not long after I got it, I sucked up something that must've been really hard, and the fan exploded, which damaged the fan housing, I remember thinking it was really flimsily built at the time.

Man one of those would be so cool to own

That's a nice lookin' GE in the background. The one with the headlight and different patterned bag.

It's funny that the Whirlpool's hood looks just like the Hoover U4007 Clean and Light. Whirlpool owned Hoover for some years after acquiring Maytag and before selling Hoover to TTI.

"Whirlpool - We only make crap!"

These were McDonald uprights in the UK before Oreck.

The entire Whirlpool powerhead looks like the powernozzle on the early seventies Kenmores

Alex, Will you be able to tear down a SupraLite or Freedom vacuum? I want to know if the same updates to the internal air path fittings done on the Hoover Royal Aerus machines were also updated in the Taconys. That's a Tacony product that makes allot of sense to me for my uses. I like direct air efficiency.

Any idea where I can find any spare parts for one of these or anyone who has extra parts laying around? I have one in great cosmetic condition but need an internal part.

Are you able to do a review or something with the rainbow e2 black?

Your camera view is too short to see all the height comparisons you made,l do like this video.I typed in my Oreck vacuum which is 15 and a half years old,I just bought it for $100.00 dollars got it home found the original receipt, warranty, and manual.Guess what it cost- $1,057.00! with taxes ! Dated August 2005!

He is 97 years old lol

Braden must've been here.

It the xl8300 rare