Electrolux EL6988A Bagged Canister Vacuum

Pros: Powerful, cleans deeply. Beautiful finish and color. Well-made.

Cons: Exhaust air sometimes blows into your face.

The Bottom Line: I would tell a friend to purchase this vacuum. It is well designed, looks cool and cleans extremely well.

Review: We recently moved, and left behind a central vacuum system. The new house doesn't have one, so my wife began talking about retro-fitting a central vacuum system. She missed the powerful cleaning and filtering (waste air goes outside) of a central ...

Pros: Great suction
Excellent for pet hair
Quiet
Pretty easy to carry around

Cons: Attachments dont all clip to the machine
Some attachments are somewhat hard to attach

The Bottom Line: Excellent vacuum - I would recommend it to anyone. Worth the price

Review: I did as much research as possible before buying this. I have not been disappointed.  My basement is carpeted - and I have long haired cats.  After vacuuming with my old machine I would go over the carpet with a sticky roller (like a lint ...

Pros: power and size

Cons: bag life, cord length

Review: I do not know why everybody else has such a problem with this vacuum, it is the very best vacuum my family has ever used (we say this after using the original (Aerus) Electrolux vacuums for OVER 50 YEARS!!) This thing can pick up anything you throw at ...

Pros: Excellent suction, bags hold anything, literally whisper quiet, can have a second life.

Cons: Poorly made extension wands, some supplies are expensive. $450-$500.

The Bottom Line:

The hose may not be that great, but the main unit is indestructible.
Recommended for the possible use of straight suction only second vacuum.

Review: When our Dirt Devil Swivel Glide decided to try and run without its handle, we said,"That is it! Forget this, we are going to Lowe's!!!" at Lowe's we were getting tired of buying cheap pieces of plastic that only lasted anywhere from 3 weeks to 10 ...

Pros: Vacuum has great suction, is lightweight, easy to move around, and was priced was right.

Cons: The hose can kink if it's in a tight position, but doesn't happen very often.

Review: We recently built a new home and needed to buy a new canister vacuum.  We have all tile or laminate floors and a few area rugs.  We have always had Kenmore canisters, but were disappointed in what we saw at the store and read in reviews about ...

Pros: good power

Cons: smells, wasn't supposed to.

Review: The product is fine. however, watch for independent owner/dealer's aerus salespeople who are jacking up the prices because of the product's old and dependable name. i was foolish enough to pay $1200. these are independent dealers. and the one in ...

Pros: It has good suction and is light weight.

Cons: Needs constant maintenance. Belts have to be special ordered (takes 3 weeks).

Review: When it works.. it does a nice job. This machine likes to eat belts (which are difficult to find, so far I have had to order every one). I have been through four belts in less than four months. Owned a Sears model for almost 8 years and I don't think ...

Pros: AERUS salesman took it as trade-in and gave $300 off towards our new LUX Guardian.

Cons: It was an expensive lesson to learn, Aerus LLC is still making the LUX products.

The Bottom Line: Would not recommend this, the double-branded Electrolux-Eureka was confusing. wasn't the reliable "classic" vacuum Aerus Electrolux.

Review: My Mom also owned the same Electrolux canister for 22 years before she replaced it. My sister is still using that vacuum. My dad tells me it was 12 years old before it needed some minor work done to it. However, this Red Electrolux we bought at Lowe's ...

Pros: It's lightweight

Cons: It doesn't do what it is suppose to do--It can't Clean carpets.

The Bottom Line: I feel cheated by a brand name I used to trust.Electrolux fooled me this time. Bottom line--it doesn't work.

Review: We purchased an Electrolux EL6988A at Costco since we had our last Electrolux for 20 years and it only quit a year ago. When we used the vacuum cleaner it did not clean the rugs so we returned it, figuring we had purchased a lemon. So we bought another ...

Pros: Nice styling. Snappy red color and sleek body design.

Cons: Extremely cheap materials and shoddy engineering!

The Bottom Line: Never buy this brand or a Eureka either as I understand from another reviewer they are one in the same company now.

Review: I bought this vac when they first hit the market because of my allergies to dust. I paid over $500 for it at a Sears store. My mother had had an Electrolux canister vac since her wedding day which we used while growing up. The thing had sled ...