Thread Number: 17023
British hoover purepower. In the usa! |
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Post# 182173 , Reply# 1   5/23/2012 at 00:44 (4,349 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 182177 , Reply# 2   5/23/2012 at 01:24 (4,349 days old) by thevacuumlover1 ()   |   | |
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I know most people in the uk hate them ahaha, I dont know why exactly :P i think they are well built for the price |
Post# 182180 , Reply# 3   5/23/2012 at 02:27 (4,349 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 182190 , Reply# 4   5/23/2012 at 06:19 (4,348 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Well said JM! Do yourself a favour when you do get yourself a transformer and invest in ear plugs too. Word of advice - gently tap the push down handle release pedal - never use brute force as the pedal is one of the first things to break and if you want to make it easier to push, select a higher height setting to avoid the "pushing potatoes-in-a-sack" feeling. Again, gently tickle the height adjuster slider as this can break off too.
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Post# 182325 , Reply# 6   5/23/2012 at 16:45 (4,348 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 182326 , Reply# 7   5/23/2012 at 16:46 (4,348 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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werent there two versions of this unit New model made to a cheap price and a older better model but they look the same , I have worked on a few here and although they look the same earlier versions had a better brush bar and felt moe sturdy, the last one i worked on had the most rubbish brush bar I have ever seen on a proper hoover looking more like something from china. Interestingly all the models I have worked on here have good quality amatek motors in them.
Noisy ,, WHAT DID YOU SAY I WENT DEAFF FROM THE LAST ONE |
Post# 182327 , Reply# 8   5/23/2012 at 16:53 (4,348 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 182329 , Reply# 9   5/23/2012 at 16:55 (4,348 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 182332 , Reply# 10   5/23/2012 at 17:01 (4,348 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 182336 , Reply# 12   5/23/2012 at 17:06 (4,348 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 182339 , Reply# 13   5/23/2012 at 17:10 (4,348 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 182342 , Reply# 15   5/23/2012 at 17:14 (4,348 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 182343 , Reply# 16   5/23/2012 at 17:18 (4,348 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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I dont mind them either, the one on my dc40 is less springy than other models, I can walk a fair distance from the machine without t following me. like with most modern conveniences there are positives and negative sides, for me in my household the positives outweigh the negatives.
If you use them correctly they are great, you can't treat them like a normal crushproof hose. |
Post# 182346 , Reply# 18   5/23/2012 at 17:26 (4,348 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 182347 , Reply# 19   5/23/2012 at 17:34 (4,348 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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"Also the slim brushroll - God alone knows what their idea was with that design." Oh that was the worst bit, which is saying something.
I don't know why they ever stopped using the activator. Well, actually I do. It was no longer effective because of the constantly increasing wattages of the PP motors making it spin faster. The activator was only REALLY effective on the Turbopower 1, but still pretty good on the Turbopower 2/1000/3, however completely useless on the Purepower ranges. |
Post# 182352 , Reply# 21   5/23/2012 at 17:47 (4,348 days old) by thekirbylover (Warrington, cheshire )   |   | |
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Post# 182354 , Reply# 23   5/23/2012 at 17:59 (4,348 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Another reason I "believe" candy took away the activator brushroll, along with other features like the bag light and autosense, is because it wasn't there design, it was "hoovers" so they had to take all hoovers little nifty features off there vacuums, I guss for copy right purposes when they got bought out, but not 100% sure.
well that is what I heard anyway. |
Post# 182367 , Reply# 29   5/23/2012 at 18:36 (4,348 days old) by Rolls_rapide (-)   |   | |
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No not you, I was disagreeing with Alex. You just posted quicker than me. My gran had a Rolls "Rapide" twintub washing machine. |
Post# 182407 , Reply# 31   5/24/2012 at 08:55 (4,347 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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That's very true Benny, since the Senior range ceased production in the late 70s (with the exception of a few store exclusives like the Co-op Ranger etc...) the "Beats as it Sweeps as it Cleans" reputation was lost.
Yes, some say the Activator brush roll was better than the traditional beater bars, but I still disagree. I'm sure the main reason HOOVER stopped incorporating the beater bars with their brush rolls was due to the fact that the general consumer would see a big lump of metal on the brush roll and think "oh no, that'll ruin my carpet!". |
Post# 182444 , Reply# 33   5/24/2012 at 15:02 (4,347 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 182445 , Reply# 34   5/24/2012 at 15:05 (4,347 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 182448 , Reply# 35   5/24/2012 at 15:10 (4,347 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 182452 , Reply# 38   5/24/2012 at 16:52 (4,347 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 182453 , Reply# 39   5/24/2012 at 16:57 (4,347 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona)   |   | |
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From my experience, beater bars worsen the performance when used on carpets that are glued to floor, because the airflow can't lift the carpet. That is how many carpets are being installed these days. If it can't lift the carpet all it's doing is smashing the carpet. Plus most bypass motor vacuums have no where near the airflow necessary to utilize a beater bar correctly. I certainly was not impressed by the Hoover beater bars in my Dial-a-Matic, when I owned one. I think the Quadraflex brush roll was a good successor, and introduced at the right time. The Elite and Windtunnel brush rolls were good as well. I too would like Hoover to go back a few decades, but what they've been selling for the past 30 so years have been correct for the homes built today.
alexhoovers94, would you mind uploading some more of the Hoover brochures? I would love to see more of UK models. |
Post# 182456 , Reply# 40   5/24/2012 at 17:17 (4,347 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 182458 , Reply# 41   5/24/2012 at 17:25 (4,347 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 182459 , Reply# 42   5/24/2012 at 17:26 (4,347 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 182460 , Reply# 43   5/24/2012 at 17:28 (4,347 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 182461 , Reply# 44   5/24/2012 at 17:29 (4,347 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 182462 , Reply# 45   5/24/2012 at 17:30 (4,347 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 182463 , Reply# 46   5/24/2012 at 17:31 (4,347 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 182464 , Reply# 47   5/24/2012 at 17:32 (4,347 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 182465 , Reply# 48   5/24/2012 at 17:33 (4,347 days old) by SeamusUK (Dover Kent UK)   |   | |
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As you US guys are no doubt aware its actually an Elite 200 rebadged ....... Seamus |
Post# 182467 , Reply# 49   5/24/2012 at 17:35 (4,347 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 182473 , Reply# 50   5/24/2012 at 18:50 (4,347 days old) by thevacuumlover1 ()   |   | |
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Im very aware it's a hoover elite 200 rebaged. Not hard to see hence i have an elite 200........... |
Post# 182474 , Reply# 51   5/24/2012 at 18:53 (4,347 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR)   |   | |
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Post# 182475 , Reply# 52   5/24/2012 at 19:06 (4,347 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 182480 , Reply# 53   5/24/2012 at 19:50 (4,347 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)   |   | |
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Call me cynical if you will, and it goes without saying that I am not on the Christmas card list of the Queen of England, but I think I could safely suggest that she was not all that involved in the design of the Turbopower cleaners. |
Post# 182499 , Reply# 54   5/25/2012 at 06:54 (4,346 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Mmm if she was, I hazard she'd have requested a longer cord for starters!
Infact I recall watching a TV programme one year about how Buckingham Palace is maintained. I recall they used a selection of old Hoover upright vacuums and the entire sole plate was covered over with a metal grid, just so that the brushes wouldn't remove anything too harshly from the delicate rugs. Here's a fun spoof video of our Queen cleaning (but sadly not with any machine!). CLICK HERE TO GO TO sebo_fan's LINK |
Post# 182500 , Reply# 55   5/25/2012 at 08:08 (4,346 days old) by parwaz786 ( )   |   | |
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I had an Autosense one :D |
Post# 182508 , Reply# 56   5/25/2012 at 12:05 (4,346 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth)   |   | |
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I've got to say i've never 'hooverized' my carpets either lol might Hoover them but definitely not 'hooverize' |
Post# 182524 , Reply# 57   5/25/2012 at 15:18 (4,346 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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Is the Sovereign the machine that evolved to become the Elite? How many Sovereigns were sold/available in the USA? |
Post# 182543 , Reply# 58   5/25/2012 at 18:33 (4,346 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 182646 , Reply# 59   5/27/2012 at 03:12 (4,345 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 182674 , Reply# 60   5/27/2012 at 06:49 (4,344 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 182678 , Reply# 61   5/27/2012 at 07:07 (4,344 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 182978 , Reply# 62   5/28/2012 at 17:57 (4,343 days old) by Rolls_rapide (-)   |   | |
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I still say "hoover", even though the brands have changed. |
Post# 183035 , Reply# 63   5/29/2012 at 07:12 (4,342 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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