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Hoover windtunnel u5750 |
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Post# 158766   11/12/2011 at 11:55 (4,520 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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will what a nice surprise.
I love the hoover windtunnel machines ( the origional ones) they were only sold here in limited numbers and only two models , the 13 inch bagged 1300 and the one pictured here in even fewer numbers.
I also have a self propelled green bagged windtunnel that was imported from the states.
so a freind who is a rep found this sitting behind some matresses in a furniture store still covered in plastic but missing its box. it had never been used ( till i got it home ) |
Post# 158767 , Reply# 1   11/12/2011 at 11:56 (4,520 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 158769 , Reply# 2   11/12/2011 at 12:05 (4,520 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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so any way I got it home , took some pics and then took it inside to use. we are having some building work done so the place needs lots of vacuuming.
we have ben using the miele s7 for a while ( still with leaky bag) and the lounge had just been vacuumed . this is what I find shoking . the amount of dust this machine pulled out of the carpet turnd the filter to a light brown color. I couldn't believe it.
so I vacuumed with the dyson and nothing more came up . cleaned the hoover bin tried again . nothing just some lint.
so I ran a few tests in the lab and yet agian . this machine pulled out dirt that a , miele s7 , dyson dc27, Kirby legend ll , Kirby sentian and rainbow e left behind.
sure it may be built cheaply but if it works that well then who cares.
I have often thought to my self that premium machines may just be a waist of money , sure they will last longer but I have often found that the cheaper ones clean better.
I am trully impressed with this machine.
here it is with my 1300 bagged version |
Post# 158804 , Reply# 3   11/12/2011 at 17:17 (4,520 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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My CAD$120 Hoover Tempo Widepath is essentially a bagged Hoover Windtunnel. It is an excellent deep carpet cleaner, easy to use, relatively quiet for a 12 amp bag-first upright, and does the job with ease. I do not use it for anything else but carpets, and that's fine with me. My apartment is small and I don't have a lot of carpeting so I only need to replace the bag 2 or 3 times per year, so maintenance is a breeze. Even if it lasts me only 5 years, I figure I have already saved myself several hundred dollars.
Your silver bagless Windtunnel was one of the best bagless cleaners when it came out (according to Consumer Reports - it cleaned carpets much better than any of the early Dysons that were on the market at the time.) |
Post# 158807 , Reply# 4   11/12/2011 at 17:54 (4,520 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 158832 , Reply# 6   11/13/2011 at 02:34 (4,519 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 158833 , Reply# 7   11/13/2011 at 03:07 (4,519 days old) by godfreys_guy (Melbourne, Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 158835 , Reply# 8   11/13/2011 at 03:42 (4,519 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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I just couldn't believe how much dirt it picked up that the miele s7 upright left behind, I am a little ocd as far as dirt and dust goes so it was a real eye opener. I have only ever had bagged versions of the windtunnel before and that is the one thing about bagged vacuums , you can never tell that they are working properly . so I never realized how well it cleaned. |
Post# 158851 , Reply# 9   11/13/2011 at 10:27 (4,519 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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A few years back i found a blue self propelled version during trash week and took it home it was one of the first bagless vacuums i've ever used so it was cool to me to be able to see things gather in the bin, the major problem with this is how quickly they lose their airflow they were fine when the filter/screen were clean but after cleaning the living room it would already have lost a massive amount of airflow, it was a shame. I've used the bagged versions and i think they're pretty good won't last forever but they do clean carpeting pretty well.
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Post# 158856 , Reply# 10   11/13/2011 at 10:56 (4,519 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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I've got the updated 2009 version of this and I actually really like it! It is the black and chrome model. An Oreck dealer saved it for me so I was nice and took it, thinking I would hate it. Boy was I wrong! I put a new belt on it and it takes off on all of my carpeting! They are really agressive and great deep cleaners. You are very lucky to have found that one brand new! I used to have a very similar model that I found in the garbage about 6 years ago and I really miss it.
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Post# 158858 , Reply# 11   11/13/2011 at 11:04 (4,519 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 158859 , Reply# 12   11/13/2011 at 11:05 (4,519 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 158885 , Reply# 13   11/13/2011 at 12:20 (4,519 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 158923 , Reply# 14   11/13/2011 at 22:11 (4,519 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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I have one w/Powered Hand Tool (PHT stores on front) How rare are these bagged non S/P WTs w/PHT storage on front? |
Post# 158958 , Reply# 16   11/14/2011 at 11:23 (4,518 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Hi I think allot has to do with how you look after the vacuum and maintain it, I have 11 cats 2 inside bunnys and 3 dogs , That hoover works its butt off every day at the moment, after each use I empty the container and wash the filter it takes all of a few seconds. so many machines that are brought into our shop under warranty ( bought from bbs not us ) just have a snapped belt or a clogged filter, most snapped belts occur as the customers set the machine to low as well |