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Thread Number: 19758
Hoover PowerMax upright |
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| Post# 220376 2/22/2013 at 22:09 (4,073 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
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Post# 220379 , Reply# 1 2/22/2013 at 22:45 (4,073 days old) by bagintheback  (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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Nice Find!
If I remember correctly, these were made from the end of the Concept II production to 1992. If I'm wrong someone please correct me. You can definitely see how much cheaper this model is compared to it's predecessors. Very Elite like. These were replaced by the Hoover Powermax, a very deluxe, self-propelled, hard covered Elite upright. Those were replaced with the Legacy line. Both the Powerdrive and Powermax use the same brush-roll, which was been discontinued for years, and is quite a find even in decent condition. I would hold on to the PowerMax. I understand the build quality is not Hoover's greatest, and hence a rare model.
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| Post# 220390 , Reply# 2 2/22/2013 at 23:59 (4,073 days old) by RMS2192 (Oak Lawn,IL) | ||
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vacuum I have the same vacuum!!!! I paid $20.00 for mine but it didn't come with a hose so now i have to find one!! Ryan (RMS2192) | ||
| Post# 220416 , Reply# 3 2/23/2013 at 07:32 (4,073 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
Actually the PowerDrive is the Elite-style machine that replaced this model, the PowerMax. The Legacy models were on the market before the PowerDrive was introduced. This PowerMax was made from 1992-1994 and originally had a Concept type brushroll that was replaced later with the more Elite-style brushroll.
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| Post# 220423 , Reply# 4 2/23/2013 at 09:06 (4,073 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
I too have this same machine, although the base has seen a hard life, and the hose is broken where it fits into the port. If you look just below where the chrome handle enters the body of the machine, you'll note the block-off plate where the speed control LED's once were. Did the TOL PowerMax have a variable speed control? I've heard in the Concept II that design was somewhat problematic.
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| Post# 220548 , Reply# 8 2/23/2013 at 22:38 (4,072 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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Here's another picture. 
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| Post# 220549 , Reply# 9 2/23/2013 at 22:40 (4,072 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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My row of Concepts... Good variety of them. I've also rebuilt all of the other Concepts. The Concept II runs really nicely; very smooth. The only one that I'd still like to find is the TOL non self-propelled Concept II electronic. 
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| Post# 220592 , Reply# 11 2/24/2013 at 07:58 (4,072 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
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"Black Concept One"... | ||
| Post# 220645 , Reply# 12 2/24/2013 at 16:24 (4,071 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
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| Post# 341810 , Reply# 13 1/23/2016 at 15:25 (3,008 days old) by s_matt37 (Utah) | ||
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PowerMAX I thought that the PowerMAX was introduced in 1989, as a TOL model? | ||
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