Wessel Werk EBK 360 Power Nozzle with Integrated Wand for Central Vacuum Systems

Maybe this is you?Bought an older home with ancient central vac. It quit, home warranty replaced unit with new Nutone but left same piping, low voltage outlets measuring about 1.5in in diameter. I replaced with newer outlets, same low voltage, same diameter, just newer...real easy. Next problem, dirty heavy hose with no power attachments and it came apart because nothing locked together, it all pressure fit so as soon as I’d fit the pieces together and start pulling across my carpet, the suction would dig into the carpet and BAM, the hand piece would come loose. Gave up, started using canister vac, eyesore that lived in corner of kitchen for years getting tripped over. Finally visited vac shop after doing research and seeing that I could, with the right pigtail hose, get a wand and ELECTRIC POWER HEAD! Yaaaaas! I have carpet and bare floors, but more carpet, I want that power head baaaaaad. Tell vac shop guy. He says, buy a Miele canister vac. I leave. I come back week later. Still want power head. He says, won’t work with your low voltage unit. Buy Miele canister or upright. I leave. I come back a month later. He says, maybe you want new Simplicity Volt....499 dollars. I like it, don’t like price, and then I’d need new button lock hose which is another 100 dollars and doesn’t have a handle or on off switch...basically looks like my old hose but with button lock. Frustrated, I leave. Read vacuumland and reddit posts for days. Watch every YouTube video twice. Finally buy this unit and the beam 35ft pigtail hose because I have power outlet close to vac outlet on main floor, and can run extension cord on upper and lower floor.Get everything within a week.Vacuuming nirvana is had. Power head is heavy, like a Sherman tank, dragging me across my living room like I owe it money. The light is bright enough, not as bright as the Shark I used, but enough to illuminate under the table and chairs well. It works perfectly with the Beam hose, responds to the three way switch, no problems. The wand is quality, heavy, nice clicking noise when I adjust it, and one solid piece. The carpet height adjustment is sketchy, sort of skips around like an old stick shift. If my feet are flapping behind me, I know I’m on 1, if my shoulder isn’t being ripped from the socket, I’m probably on 3, and if I’ve got control, it’s on 5. I love it. It’s good pain. The fluff and fur from our two cats is GONE, finally...I can breathe again! It bumps over thresholds like nothing and keeps trucking. It eats Legos for breakfast. I get it out and my boys start frantically picking up their game controller cords and hot wheels. We play, let’s see who’s faster. Nothing is more satisfying than the sound of a lego being sucked through a 35ft hose.If you’ve got ultra soft carpets or delicate rugs, I’d worry about the agitation on the pile. We have hand knotted rugs but certain folks lost their complaining rights when we got cats, so I vacuum the tar outta these things and so far, no holes. If you have back or shoulder problems, be careful. The more suction behind the head, the stronger the pull because it’ll dig in and yank you around. If you plan on hauling it up and down stairs, be aware that the unit alone is as heavy as most uprights. Also, it’s probably too wide to do stairs, so think and a handheld or smaller turbo attachment for that. If you need a low voltage hose, the beam I bought on Amazon was cheap. It was 102$ with gas pump style handle, pigtail cord, three way switch, push button lock, and it works fine. It’s light, but kinks something fierce. I’ll probably upgrade later.The brush roller isn’t metal BTW, it’s not wood either. It’s very high quality plastic, better than anything I’ve seen. It’s a chevron style, single roll of bristles that channel towards the air inlet. I’ve noticed no scuffs on my pergo floors, but I’ve bumped the tar outta my baseboards and left scuffs so have a magic eraser handy. Also, eBay has good deals on central vac hose socks. Got a padded 35ft zipper sock for 18$ that helped with the kinking.One last thing, to release handle from the upright position, press button and gentle lean handle forwards before pulling back. It’s a catch release, so when you lean it forwards first, it gives the catch inside room to disengage and drop. If your pulling back, you’re putting tension on the catch inside and it can’t release. I noticed a few folks mentioned trouble with the release and it seems like it’d be easy to break.

Works well, very satisfied

we have high pile carpet and were looking for an adjustable power nozzle and this one did the trick.

How long do you think this should last? We have issues with the power turning off to the beater bar. We vacuum daily because of a shedding dog. I am leery to repurchase this brand. It's only been five years. I've had a Shark stick vacuum that has lasted longer. Dilemmas! When it works, it's amazing. Great suction. Easy to change floor levels.

All I can say is WOW! This thing is really powerful.I have a section of carpet that really gets beat down from foot traffic. Both my old power head and my Hoover canister vacuum would skip over the carpet as I vacuumed. This head beat (bad pun) the fibers into submission. No skipping. Probably the best cleaning that rug has ever seen.My only complaint is the wand does not lock into my hose. I thought I had the right one (I have a Nutone with the receptacle that looks like a house) but the locking mechanism does not line up. However, it has a pretty tight friction fit and it has not come apart yet so not a big complaint.If you have an old head for your central vacuum I would definitely recommend replacing it with this one.

Excellent product. 15 years ago we bought whole unit to replace Electrolux unit. Power head finally died. No brainer to replace power head This is best and toughest central vacuum u can buy. Period.

I just got this yesterday, so I can't comment on reliability, but this worked perfectly on my Allegro hose for my Eureka central vac unit. No problems at all - it plugged in and the hose and electrical connections worked perfectly. Seems like a lot higher quality than the last one. A bit heavy, maybe 30% more than the older (cheapo) unit it replaced. But FAR more power than the cheapo unit - it has crazy strong beater action. I like the extendable tube. And the turning swivel joint was a pleasant surprise - I wasn't expecting it, but it sure makes it easier to steer around the room.

Seemed to work fairly good for a little while, but then after about a month of use it started shuting off part way through use. I keep the height selector fairly high on my carpet and the power head seems to still get warm. After the head shuts down, it has to sit for about 20-30 minutes before it will startup again. Very disappointing!