Jacob, you're a star! Thank you! Keep 'em comin :)

Personally I've noticed a fair few cleaning companies who have bought new Henry (and James) machines in the last few years and they all seem to be going strong - and that's from a commercial point of view where they're being used every day. Like the other thread of mains powered hand helds versus cordless, the same adage applies here - a lot of cleaning companies are turfing the old metal canister machines because they're far too heavy compared to the lighter current Henry vacs.

Sadly the brand that a lot of cleaning companies are avoiding are Karcher. Their Sebo based uprights don't tend to last long due to the cheaper plastics that Karcher lace into their appliances. As the owner of a Karcher tub vacuum, I can sympathise greatly - the plastics are shockingly thin and poorly made.

Of course, what came next in these catalogues, especially from Index were the awful Electrolux Contour based Dirt Devil, JMB, Swan and anything else ALBA PLC could re-label from their budget brand companies, upright vacs. You'd need muscles of steel to steer these ones.

Well, that's actually a Hoover Turbopower 2 that ran until about 2003. The last proper Turbopower was the U1650, which ran until 2001. 

Also, that style of Hitachi actually out-lived the newer floating head design and wasn't discontinued until about 2004. 

The Purepower was launched in 1997, with both the Turbopower and Turbopower 2 continuing as more budget models. By about 98/99, the Turbopower Total System's were completely discontinued and only a basic hardbag Turbopower with no bag full light or air freshener was on sale. By 2000, this was also discontinued. The last Turbopower 1 was the soft bag U1650, which I only ever remember being stocked by the Co-Op department stores, but it could have been sold elsewhere.

The Turbopower 2 ran until 2003, although by the end of it's run, it had been reduced to a very budget cleaner. The last lineup consisted of the yellow 900w model, blue 1000w and bright red 1200w models with no bag full light and quite cheap looking logo's and writing. I remember the whole line up being stocked by Woolworths/Big W stores and Tesco Superstores in 2003, with the Hoover Studio cyclinders (again, another budget cleaner).

Jamie, I think they did. It was certainly after the discontinuation of the Turbopower 2 that Hoover stopped using the activator brushroll in the Purepowers - my friends 1600w Dust Manager has the activator in it.

Steve, the Hoover Junior ran, with a few cosmetic changes, from 1945 - 1988 (although the later and more popular style ran from 1958 - 1988) and the original Hoover Turbopower ran from 1983 - 2001 with, again, very few changes. Similar story with the Electrolux 500/Twin Turbo cleaners which were launched in 1971 and were still on sale as late as 1994. In history, it has not been uncommon for cleaners to run for long periods of time. Although I do agree that Hoover need a new bagged cleaner. There recent Freedom, Slalom and now Turbo Power uprights have been a considerable improvement on their older bagless cleaners, it's about time they brought out a higher performing bagged cleaner. Having said that, if a cleaner continues to sell, the company will still produce them. The Purepower is the best selling bagged upright in the UK (despite the Panasonic bagged cleaners being cheaper, higher performing and better made) - as long as people buy them,  Candy will make them.

Steve, a few points.

The Hoover Junior 1334 was launched in 1958 and mostly resembles the rest of the junior range. The 375, 119 and 1224 are the only Junior's that look radically different to the rest. 

The problem with the Turbopower 2 and 1000 is that they were very top heavy. A contact in my local vac shop was recalling how, back in the day, a little old lady had gone out and bought one from some big chain shop but found it too difficult to push - she exchanged it in his shop for a Panasonic. 

Argos did stock both the X1.1 and several of the K series cleaners a few years ago, but they only lasted 2 catalogues as they weren't big sellers. The problem with Argos is that people buy things based on the facts infront of them. A 7.5kg, 1150w, £200 bagged upright is never going to out sell a 6kg, 2100w bagless upright at £79.99 - your average consumer would think "this one is more powerful, cheaper and bagless - duh, no brainer!". It's stores like John Lewis, Euronics and independent retailers where Sebo find their customers, because a. the staff tend to know what they're talking about and b. the customer can test drive the machine in-store and see the performance for themselves. If Argos did a full display listing all the features of the Sebo and what makes it so good, drawing particular attention to the lower wattage motor,  S class filtration (I think those would be big selling points in todays market) and the reliability record, they'd be much more successful. However, Argos simply stuck them on the page next to all the other bagged uprights

Jacob, do you have anymore of these? If possible, can you confirm the model number of that Panasonic in the top left of page 464?

I promise I will in the immediate future, I have Spring Summer 1999, Spring Summer 2001, Spring Summer 2002 and Autumn/Winter 2004. I will get them up soon.