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In this episode we will take a look at the Czechoslovak Tiger 808 vacuum cleaner, which was an export version of the almost identical Standard vacuum cleaner, intended mainly for the Czechoslovak domestic market. Both of these vacuum cleaners had the same designation, type V 401, and differed only in the inscription on the casing. These devices have been manufactured since 1955 at the Elektro Praga Hlinsko factory, which changed its name to ETA in 1960. According to the information I found, these vacuum cleaners were made until the mid-1960s. The Tiger 808 vacuum cleaner presented here was probably made in the early 1960s, because its nameplate and motor bear the characteristic logo of devices manufactured under the ETA brand.
Tiger 808 - as mentioned - was intended mainly for export, including to the German Democratic Republic.
The vacuum cleaner has an electric motor also produced in the ETA plant, with a power of 300 watts and a speed of 14,000 revolutions per minute.
The author of the design of the Standard and Tiger 808 vacuum cleaners is Stanislav Lachman, one of the leading Czechoslovak designers, who gave form to countless products present in all Czechoslovak households (irons, hair dryers, mixers, and vacuum cleaners). One of the features of the devices designed by Stanislav Lachman is the concealment of mounting elements - there are no screws visible on the outer part of the housing of the Tiger 808 and Standard vacuum cleaners.
A video on this channel about an earlier model of the Elektro Praga V300 vacuum cleaner:
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Description of the Tiger 808 vacuum cleaner (PDF file):
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The illustrated history of the ETA brand on the ETA-Polska website:
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List of ETA vacuum cleaners (Wikipedia):
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Biography of Stanislav Lachman (Wikipedia):
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