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Thread Number: 6683
Jack's Hoover 'Freedom' Airvolution Upright. |
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| Post# 73927 , Reply# 1 7/1/2009 at 12:19 (5,405 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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Sorry, Calum, I missed this thread earlier! The Freedom does indeed lock at each 'stage' of reclining, so you can lift up the head as you tilt it back. 
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| Post# 73939 , Reply# 2 7/1/2009 at 14:03 (5,405 days old) by retardturtle () | ||
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i really have a dislike for bagless...but man i love the look of this one...really nice...hows it perform and whats its weak points/dislikes.....what you pay for it. | ||
| Post# 73959 , Reply# 4 7/1/2009 at 16:10 (5,405 days old) by kirbfan94 () | ||
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Whats so nasty about this brushroll you speak of? | ||
| Post# 73962 , Reply# 5 7/1/2009 at 16:25 (5,405 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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Horrible, rough, cheap, shiny plastic bristles, no beaters... This is actually from my 100th Anniversary Dustmanager, but they all use the same brush-roll now. 
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| Post# 73964 , Reply# 6 7/1/2009 at 16:31 (5,405 days old) by kirbfan94 () | ||
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Yeah that is kinda gross...haha | ||
| Post# 73968 , Reply# 7 7/1/2009 at 16:36 (5,405 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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To be fair, Which? Magazine do actually commend the Freedom and the Slalom for their carpet-cleaning abilities...it's just...it's not how a Hoover should be! It's hard to beat the Activator brush-roll... | ||
| Post# 74021 , Reply# 8 7/1/2009 at 21:16 (5,405 days old) by retardturtle () | ||
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vintagehoover thanks for the info...great detail. still love the look tho. does the brushroll not deep clean well? too firm/soft..whats the activator brushroll look like... | ||
| Post# 74081 , Reply# 9 7/2/2009 at 02:29 (5,404 days old) by ibaisaic () | ||
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Hoover Activator Howard, You can see two examples of the activator brushroll in threads 6603 Hoover Vortex V2000 and 6619 Hoover Turbopower 2 | ||
| Post# 74086 , Reply# 10 7/2/2009 at 06:43 (5,404 days old) by rolls_rapide (-) | ||
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Cheers, Jack! I don't think my mother would want a machine that is too heavy or is ultra-cheaply made (what happened to the glittery finish being embedded in the plastic? - nowadays it seems to be a sprayed on lacquer.) | ||
| Post# 74134 , Reply# 12 7/2/2009 at 14:43 (5,404 days old) by retardturtle () | ||
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ok now i remember...thanks ibaisaic...im sooo gonna hunt for one of those at the shop nxt saturday....im almost positive i saw one somewhere. | ||
| Post# 74136 , Reply# 13 7/2/2009 at 15:04 (5,404 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
I understand Hoover moved to China. | ||
| Post# 74137 , Reply# 14 7/2/2009 at 15:07 (5,404 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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What ever happened to--- | ||
| Post# 74147 , Reply# 15 7/2/2009 at 16:10 (5,404 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 74247 , Reply# 16 7/3/2009 at 03:00 (5,403 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
Rolls_rapide... | ||
| Post# 74321 , Reply# 18 7/3/2009 at 18:55 (5,403 days old) by retardturtle () | ||
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that lux is a nice looking vac and at only 130aw...what a waste...i was expecting more from the lux name. | ||
Post# 74628 , Reply# 19 7/7/2009 at 11:08 (5,399 days old) by bagintheback  (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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| Post# 74773 , Reply# 23 7/8/2009 at 19:07 (5,398 days old) by rolls_rapide (-) | ||
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'Slalom' Thanks for crevice tool info. Does the 'Slalom' lock into the 45° position for hopping over rug fringes and threshold strips? (God, it used to be so easy to shop for a vacuum cleaner!!!) | ||
| Post# 74921 , Reply# 24 7/10/2009 at 19:16 (5,396 days old) by rolls_rapide (-) | ||
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Bump | ||
| Post# 74922 , Reply# 25 7/10/2009 at 19:38 (5,396 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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No, it doesn't - wouldn't be possible with the universal joint Hoover used. | ||
| Post# 74923 , Reply# 26 7/10/2009 at 19:54 (5,396 days old) by rolls_rapide (-) | ||
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That's what I imagined - cheers Jack. | ||
| Post# 74928 , Reply# 27 7/10/2009 at 21:31 (5,396 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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Video demo of the Slalom: | ||
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