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Thread Number: 16164
does hoover still make the constalatoin? |
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| Post# 172347 3/7/2012 at 14:10 (4,426 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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| Post# 172350 , Reply# 1 3/7/2012 at 14:22 (4,426 days old) by Trebor () | ||
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Nope... Asked the Hoover reps at VDTA, and unless you found one tucked away in storage room somewhere, no luck. | ||
| Post# 172354 , Reply# 2 3/7/2012 at 15:09 (4,426 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Hey Alex - here's a white version of the new stainless steel one on eBay...a little pricey though!
CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK on eBay | ||
Post# 172361 , Reply# 3 3/7/2012 at 15:50 (4,426 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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It was NEVER marketed correctly. | ||
| Post# 172385 , Reply# 5 3/7/2012 at 17:25 (4,426 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
I think it's not just straight suction canisters, but canisters in general. It seems these days when people think of a vacuum, they think of an upright. Look at the vacuum section at Walmart, and I'm not even sure there are any canisters there anymore, all uprights. Even Sears doesn't have any Hoover canisters aside from that compact one that comes with the Platinum upright.
It seems that the general public is no longer in to canisters anymore. I don't understand why people with little to no carpet seem to buy an upright vacuum anyway, and then use a broom on their hard floors. Now that I've derailed the topic, back to the Constellation. I agree it was marketed poorly and they could have sent it to more retail channels. Perhaps the retail price was too high for it to be a vacuum comparable to other canisters and uprights on the market. | ||
| Post# 172391 , Reply# 6 3/7/2012 at 17:33 (4,426 days old) by massagemiracle () | ||
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Constellation Stainless Steel 
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| Post# 172392 , Reply# 7 3/7/2012 at 17:41 (4,426 days old) by ziggyzig () | ||
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Hi Alex I think the one you are talking about is now made by Maytag. It's called the Maytag S3340001 Satellite Floating Vacuum Cleaner but I think that even Maytag have discontinued production of it Hope this helps David 
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| Post# 172398 , Reply# 9 3/7/2012 at 18:01 (4,426 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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I used to own one of these newer generation Constellations and here is my take on it:
It was an excellent canister cleaner - the suction was great and most of the tools were quite well-made. The turbo carpet nozzle actually worked quite well in removing surface litter. You can still get this turbo carpet nozzle through the UK's Numatic Company - see my link below. The nozzle sits very nicely on the carpet, and if you let it do it's thing and move it slowly across the carpet - it works great with the strong suction of this new Connie. It came with a nice long cord, and the stretchable hose indeed stretched to at least 10 feet! Great for cleaning tall curtains and the top shelves of high wall units! The bare floor brush was nice and wide and had long bristles to get into the gaps between tiles. The other tools were not the best - the uphostery nozzle has removeable bristles which left behind a very basic nozzle with sharp edges that could damage fabrics. The dusting brush supposedly had "horse-hair" bristles, but I found the bristles to be as rough as a regular dusting brush. My biggest two problems: This vac convinced me that I will never again buy a canister if the exhaust does not blow upward from the top of the main unit. I could not believe the dust-storm created by the downward exhaust of the floating Constellation. It makes great sense for use on carpets - but it is horrible on bare floors. My second problem - you really could not store the tools on the caddy provided: if you placed the caddy on the back of the canister, the tools stuck out far beyond the bumper and the unit would constantly go floating into my white walls which caused the on-board tools to scratch and mark-up my walls. I sold the vac on Craigslist for CAD$60.00! The newlywed couple who bought it had no vacuum cleaner for their apartment and they were ecstatic to get it for such a deal! :-) CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK | ||
| Post# 172404 , Reply# 10 3/7/2012 at 18:47 (4,426 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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Hoover made a Constellation with a TRUE Powermatic Nozzle! VERY, very super-duper RARE! Now I'm wanting a Constellation! | ||
| Post# 172420 , Reply# 11 3/7/2012 at 20:42 (4,426 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
I Agree!! | ||
| Post# 172426 , Reply# 12 3/7/2012 at 21:56 (4,425 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 172428 , Reply# 13 3/7/2012 at 22:06 (4,425 days old) by massagemiracle () | ||
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I use this constellation daily! I love the power that they have. 
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| Post# 172440 , Reply# 14 3/7/2012 at 22:49 (4,425 days old) by pnluxconvlvr (Georgia) | ||
Now I want a Contellation ! | ||
| Post# 172448 , Reply# 15 3/7/2012 at 23:29 (4,425 days old) by pnluxconvlvr (Georgia) | ||
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Nice pic ! | ||
| Post# 172452 , Reply# 16 3/8/2012 at 02:47 (4,425 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
Maytag
The story has been told before, but here goes again ......
The cleaner branded Maytag is the same cleaner (aside from voltage) sold in US and Canada. However TTI, who hold the rights to the Hoover name there and who updated the Constellation, do not have the rights to the Hoover name in Europe, hence these machines had to be branded differently. They could have called it a Vax I suppose, but how much sense would that have made? In my opinion the cleaner itself is quite good, although it was expensive for what it was and lacked a number of features (not least a suction control) that many, much cheaper cleaners had. And although it had a good hard floor nozzle, as Brian says, on hard floors the old problem of dust being shot to every corner of the room, was even worse due to the powerful suction of the motor. Al | ||
| Post# 229761 , Reply# 17 4/23/2013 at 23:28 (4,013 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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I have heard of a Constellation with Powermatic; but I don't know if anyone here owns one & if those were for sale or just a prototype? | ||
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