Thread Number: 10787
Are any Hoovers MAade in the USA anymore? |
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Post# 116579   12/1/2010 at 10:51 (4,866 days old) by frosty29 ()   |   | |
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Or did TTI move all production to China |
Post# 116604 , Reply# 1   12/1/2010 at 16:21 (4,866 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona)   |   | |
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Post# 116605 , Reply# 2   12/1/2010 at 18:04 (4,866 days old) by frosty29 ()   |   | |
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That is really sad |
Post# 116607 , Reply# 3   12/1/2010 at 18:13 (4,866 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 116610 , Reply# 4   12/1/2010 at 19:13 (4,866 days old) by gusherb (Chicagoland)   |   | |
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Mexico and China are the only current production places I know of. |
Post# 116615 , Reply# 5   12/1/2010 at 19:42 (4,866 days old) by frosty29 ()   |   | |
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They should put a tariff on all imports this is getting ridiculous |
Post# 116619 , Reply# 6   12/1/2010 at 20:01 (4,866 days old) by xraytech ()   |   | |
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the production of Hoovers in North Canton came to an end at the end of 2007, they are now made in China thanks to TTI |
Post# 116621 , Reply# 7   12/1/2010 at 20:03 (4,866 days old) by Sablekid ()   |   | |
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I think Kirby is the last one left here in the states. |
Post# 116623 , Reply# 8   12/1/2010 at 20:11 (4,866 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 116624 , Reply# 9   12/1/2010 at 20:14 (4,866 days old) by xraytech ()   |   | |
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so is Filter Queen |
Post# 116629 , Reply# 11   12/1/2010 at 21:32 (4,866 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 116686 , Reply# 14   12/2/2010 at 13:49 (4,865 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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Some of their new machines have been pretty nice.. I, and I am sure many others would have been very sad. Number 1- Hoover's name would be gone as we know it completely. I love the Hoover Windtunnel Air, that was a very nice design, and there is a lot of other machines that I do like. I am not trying to start up a fight or anything, I am just saying.
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Post# 116696 , Reply# 16   12/2/2010 at 15:50 (4,865 days old) by Ohio_Tuec ()   |   | |
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Perhaps you could paraphrase some of it here for those of us not fortunate enough to own a copy.... |
Post# 116743 , Reply# 17   12/3/2010 at 00:08 (4,865 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC)   |   | |
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They recently restructured their system and they take very good care of their dealers. One of their latest creations is keeping the junk lines at junk stores (big box stores) and keeping decent stuff in dealer protected showrooms. The warranties are taken care of in a reasonable amount of time. Their cheaper products live up to their cheaper price, their more expensive products live up to their more expensive price tag.
Most people who hate TTI aren't even dealers and have no clue how they work, they simply are just stuck in time periods decades ago. While it is great to appreciate long-term appliances, great manufacturing, excellent construction and reliability- we do have to move along with the times, just as Jack and Chase have already said. The latest Hoovers and Royals are still decent machines. They live up to expectations- and peoples' expectations of appliances are much less than they were decades ago. |
Post# 116757 , Reply# 18   12/3/2010 at 06:05 (4,865 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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This reminds me of how sad I am at the disappearance of my beloved Eureka Williams Company. The last time I saw the name "Eureka" put on a vac of decent quality was when Sweden's Electrolux slapped the name on North America's 110-volt version of the Oxygen canisters (beautiful colours, by the way). The only way I can actually see "Eureka" anymore is through the Sanitaire line of uprights. I sometimes imagine what all those new high quality Electrolux's (e.g. the new "ultra one") would look like with the old Eureka logo on them!
It's interesting that Electrolux chose Hungary as their preferred factory location! |
Post# 116778 , Reply# 20   12/3/2010 at 12:05 (4,864 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC)   |   | |
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Couldn't agree with you more Karl! When you combine instant gratification, big box stores, low customer service and consumers with low expectations- this is what you get.
If I had $5 for every customer who says, "We just buy a new vacuum every year or so after this one dies" ... I do feel there will be a shift in the next 10-15 years back to locally owned businesses selling decent products. Many people want to go "green" and one of our sales techniques capitalizes on that idea. Buying bad vacuum cleaners is a danger to the environment and increases useless landfill waste. The only inexpensive TTI Product we carry is the T Series bagless and that is at the $89-99 price point. We sell very few of them as we generally use it as an entry level machine to gain a customer. My theory is if a customer walks because they cannot afford a more expensive vacuum, then we have lost that customer for life. Many companies such as Bissell have designed vacuums for big box stores- bright graphics and colors, novelty attachments that are relatively useless (fold down pet hair felt strips) are among some of the things that you see on display at these stores. There are stickers describing features, etc in a way that the general consumer can walk up to the machine in Wal Mart and read for themselves "why" they should purchase a vacuum. If you look at the progression of machines in the 80's-90's you notice more and more stickers on the machines describing their features. This goes right along with the lack of customer service provided by these big box stores. |
Post# 116793 , Reply# 22   12/3/2010 at 14:32 (4,864 days old) by sireluxomatic ()   |   | |
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Aerus vacuums are still made in the States, aren't they? |
Post# 239080 , Reply# 23   7/5/2013 at 21:37 (3,919 days old) by director12 ()   |   | |
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Yeah, they still are. |