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Post# 265398   1/30/2014 at 14:34 (3,730 days old) by keiththomas (Northumberland, England)   |   | |
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I recalled a while ago seeing the Hoover One, it was the most ugly vacuum cleaner I saw. It cost a lot and was trying to compete with Dyson. I saw a review by the Which Consumer magazine saying it was a waste of time. When was it launched and dropped out of interest. I thought it was a ppor product when i saw it
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Post# 265413 , Reply# 1   1/30/2014 at 15:33 (3,730 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 265425 , Reply# 3   1/30/2014 at 16:10 (3,730 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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I think Hoover were so annoyed with the Which result that they promptly recalled The One and brought out a "new and improved" model. I don't know if they newer one improved things though. I have never had one but I was offered one a couple of years ago when the Slalom had just been brought out - bought the Slalom instead.
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Post# 265427 , Reply# 4   1/30/2014 at 16:20 (3,730 days old) by HI-LOswitch98 ()   |   | |
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I do know that the Hoover 'The One Infinity' one of the newer improved models came with a telescopic tube/handle & a very long 8m stretch hose. |
Post# 265542 , Reply# 7   1/31/2014 at 12:43 (3,729 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Frankly I think you're giving Hoover more credit than they are due, HiLO. Dyson certainly knocked the wind out of Hoover Europe's sails, as with every other brand.
Also Candy took Hoover Europe over in 1995 and to be honest with you, I don't think the home owner company had much to do with an improvement of whatever - to Candy, Hoover's existing larger home appliances like freezers, washers and dishwashers meant Candy could double their sales with their own machines as well as Hoover's own larger line up. I don't think Hoover were that bothered with The One until the media and consumers complained. It wasn't until problems started to surface (and probably helped by the damming report from Which?) that they made some kind of effort to improve the original One design, but as Steve says, any of the changes didn't really help the majority of the problems that the original design had. After all, bad news is never good news and Hoover were caught out for not properly testing the One thoroughly enough, hence a recall/newer changes had to be implemented. Suggesting that Hoover were going down the pan "for the previous 10 years or so," isn't fair to be honest - when you consider that Hoover were still producing and selling the bagged Turbopower 3 as far as 1997/8, those bagged uprights weren't half bad. Infact quite a few models were good - so much better than the Purepower. Then when the Vortex arrived and caused Dyson to take Hoover to court, Hoover then spun out the design with many other different models, essentially similar with colour changes and name changes such as "Hurricane," "Cyclean," "Whirlwind," and of course the "Vortex" with a big foot version - timeline wise - those Purepower BASED upright models were all released BEFORE The One was produced. I had a Cyclean for a while - nice colour but ever so bulky to use and mine came with plastic poly dust bags, which was weird given that it was supposed to be a bagless upright. See old link from Vacuumland. www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-... Also link added here of the existing Hoover Service "problem page" for The One. Click on the "cuts out/blocks" problem and see how many filters they suggest that need clearing! CLICK HERE TO GO TO sebo_fan's LINK |
Post# 265543 , Reply# 8   1/31/2014 at 12:48 (3,729 days old) by HI-LOswitch98 ()   |   | |
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I wasn't giving them credit, just mentioning how 'The One' did push Hoover to redesign it...eventually. |
Post# 265545 , Reply# 9   1/31/2014 at 12:51 (3,729 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Well I'm failing to see how you think The One "improved Hoover over a course of time," from your original reply.
It was the media and customers who complained that forced Hoover to recall The One, HiLo - nowt to with Candy other than a payout of rescuing the old vacuums and being forced to make improvements. |
Post# 265548 , Reply# 10   1/31/2014 at 12:57 (3,729 days old) by HI-LOswitch98 ()   |   | |
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I meant they had to make improvements to their newer vacuum cleaner ranges (such as the Airvolution models). |
Post# 265554 , Reply# 11   1/31/2014 at 13:54 (3,729 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Well, Hoover had to. Otherwise we'd still be used to the dust box idea seen on the Discovery cylinder vac or the Dustmanager Mk1 ranges.
The Airvolution process wasn't the first in the UK when it comes to multicyclonic design outside the realm of Dyson. Hoover might like to think they were but it was actually TTi/Vax who brought the multicyclonic "Zero" range two years prior to Hoover before the "Mach" series was developed to replace "Zero". Hoover simply copied the idea and badged it as "AirVolution." |
Post# 265560 , Reply# 12   1/31/2014 at 14:47 (3,729 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)   |   | |
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I have a 'zero' machine. I don't find it that bad- cyclone system isn't the most efficient ever but it doesn't lose a lot of suction as the filter gets more mucky! |
Post# 265568 , Reply# 13   1/31/2014 at 15:04 (3,729 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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I always wanted one of the many different Zero models that Vax made (I know they did a whole series of both cylinder and uprights) but the noise put me off when I tried one. TTI/Vax were very clever as they did was just remove the old paper pleated style filters and added the new multicyclonic filter assembly and tarted up an old body. Oldest trick in the book for a "new" vacuum cleaner with a different principle of containing the dirt.
I think Vax also added a VX Zero upright based on their old AVC/X3, X5 range too. |
Post# 265648 , Reply# 15   2/1/2014 at 04:12 (3,729 days old) by ultraperformer (Derbyshire, UK, Europe)   |   | |
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Post# 265673 , Reply# 16   2/1/2014 at 09:12 (3,729 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 265677 , Reply# 17   2/1/2014 at 09:47 (3,729 days old) by HI-LOswitch98 ()   |   | |
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Sensotronic had a Bagged Discovery 'Amigo', they later became the 'Octopus Dust Manager' IIRC. |
Post# 265684 , Reply# 18   2/1/2014 at 11:25 (3,729 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 265693 , Reply# 19   2/1/2014 at 12:53 (3,728 days old) by HI-LOswitch98 ()   |   | |
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The dust bags from this used to fit Sensory & Telios models. |
Post# 265695 , Reply# 20   2/1/2014 at 13:17 (3,728 days old) by ultraperformer (Derbyshire, UK, Europe)   |   | |
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