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Post# 282436   5/31/2014 at 06:36 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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After reading a recent thread on the longevity of the Hoover PurePower, and how the PurePower may be dropped from the sale's following the new EU regulations, I took a sidewards glance at the Hoover products out there, including the PurePower.
As part of this, I saw a PurePower for sale at Argos, for £79.50. Not one to rush into things hastily, I did a bit of research, which involved reading customer reviews and sifting through the opiniated views of the Vacuumland bunch, on the PurePower, and it's past relatives. I was put off by the excessively powerful motor, and the dreaded PurePower lean, but I also wanted a machine for daily whizzing round the house with, and also I liked the sound of the long hose.
Surely Hoover must have done something right, to produce the cleaner for 17 years, albeit with minor changes. So, I went to Argos, and bought the PurePower. I came home that day with this...
Here are some unboxing photographs. |
Post# 282437 , Reply# 1   5/31/2014 at 06:39 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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... I encountered this, the Hoover service helpline. I hope I won't be needing this numer any time soon! This post was last edited 05/31/2014 at 07:02 |
Post# 282438 , Reply# 2   5/31/2014 at 06:43 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 282439 , Reply# 3   5/31/2014 at 06:46 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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... the cleaner pulls out, slight self assembly is needed, the handle unit and carry handle have to be screwed in, but it's only a two minute job to get it assembled.
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Post# 282440 , Reply# 4   5/31/2014 at 06:48 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 282441 , Reply# 5   5/31/2014 at 06:50 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 282442 , Reply# 6   5/31/2014 at 06:53 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 282443 , Reply# 7   5/31/2014 at 06:55 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 282444 , Reply# 8   5/31/2014 at 06:57 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 282445 , Reply# 9   5/31/2014 at 06:59 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 282446 , Reply# 10   5/31/2014 at 07:02 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Well, it is for now. I bought this on the 26th, and have used it a few times, but not enough to warrant a full detailed review. I will be reporting back with my review after a week or so, lets just say not as bad as I thought. Hope you enjoyed, well, there isn't really much to enjoy, but do - and I know you will - leave your opinions and questions below, and I will try to answer them as best as I can. |
Post# 282454 , Reply# 12   5/31/2014 at 09:10 (3,588 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()   |   | |
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Nice too see some Bagged machines being reviewed. I would have always thought Hoover would just reduce the motor power in the Purepower, & not o anything else. |
Post# 282457 , Reply# 14   5/31/2014 at 09:26 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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I agree with you on that, I don't think they will continue making them, which is sad really, as they looked ahead of their time and they still look modern. I was wondering, do they still do the PRC made Panasonic Bagged Uprights? I know they are not as good as their Spanish ancestors but surely they must be good if they have a similar design.
I hope there WILL be more bagged machines after these new EU laws come in, I assume Miele will continue doing cylinder's but we also need more quality bagged uprights.
I do like that AEG as well! |
Post# 282463 , Reply# 16   5/31/2014 at 10:26 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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I hope we will get more BETTER bagged vacuum's after these law's, but as you say, the market for bagged is limited now. It's been too long using bagless for some people, who won't go back to using bagged, so the companies only make the bagged machine's for the few, and not at all in some cases, which is sad in a way, and we know why bagless is more common know don't we??? |
Post# 282464 , Reply# 17   5/31/2014 at 10:30 (3,588 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Well, actually I can see Hoover doing that - they won't make much of a new design unless there's loads of other EU countries who favour uprights over cylinders - and the UK seem to be one of very few who prefer the upright design to cylinder. Either that or they will tart up the Hoover Freemotion upright Green Ray version and put a redesigned bag block and door on the back. Heck of a lot cheaper than designing a brand new model from the ground up, don't you think?
Infact I wouldn't be surprised if the whole Dustmanager range was replaced with rebadged versions of the Hoover Freemotion upright - after all, the Dustmanager Evo is such a model based on the Freemotion with a green colour and fancy paint. Hoover's Purepower upright did have low motors when they were first made, mind, such as 1200 watts (U3120 eg). I had a Lifetime 1300 watt model and it wasn't bad, but very heavy and the lifetime fabric dust bag outlasted the plastics on the Purepower upright, sadly. Mine had the bag LED light that is now a blanking plate on current and past models. As for that AEG, I would be more interested in the 700 watt version, the AEG UOGREEEN Ultra at £208 and also posted in previous thread www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-... CLICK HERE TO GO TO sebo_fan's LINK |
Post# 282466 , Reply# 19   5/31/2014 at 10:35 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 282467 , Reply# 20   5/31/2014 at 10:41 (3,588 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 282469 , Reply# 21   5/31/2014 at 10:44 (3,588 days old) by madabouthoovers ()   |   | |
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I think sebo_fan means the Freedom, rather than the Free Motion, which was a canister model.
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Post# 282471 , Reply# 22   5/31/2014 at 10:50 (3,588 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 282488 , Reply# 24   5/31/2014 at 11:17 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 282497 , Reply# 27   5/31/2014 at 11:45 (3,588 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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The planned obsolesence is just the people in HQ's wanting to make money, without realising that possibly, if people end up buying their product's several times and realising the bad design, they may turn to different manufacturers.
However, I doubt this will happen with Hoover, as they have the fact that people still think they make quality products like the older machines, but it's now the opposite of that. |
Post# 282498 , Reply# 28   5/31/2014 at 11:47 (3,588 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Good to see someone else knows what other brands are doing where converting from bagless vacs to bagged is concerned, Hi-Lo.
I dont think Vax have properly marketed themselves as a brand who can offer bagged vacuums in the UK. They have produced a handful of cylinder vacs in recent years but they don't get as much presence advertising wise and Vax don't let a lot of their models hang around. They produced that bagged AND bagless series for Argos Value but they have never released a bagged upright under their own name with that design - pity though as I had one and found it to be quite good. Even the old VCU02 bagged upright I bought only just a year ago has disappeared from Vax Commercial UK's website and they don't sell them any more. |
Post# 282506 , Reply# 30   5/31/2014 at 12:25 (3,588 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()   |   | |
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Dyson sued Vax over copyright to the DC02, not the DC05. |
Post# 286709 , Reply# 31   6/30/2014 at 14:05 (3,558 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()   |   | |
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How has the Purepower been, Jacob? |
Post# 286729 , Reply# 32   6/30/2014 at 17:06 (3,558 days old) by beerad (Beautiful Vancouver BC)   |   | |
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This Hoover?
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Post# 286733 , Reply# 33   6/30/2014 at 17:48 (3,558 days old) by matt8808 (Teesside - North East - UK)   |   | |
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They're launching new Eco purepowers. Take a look on the argos website |
Post# 286773 , Reply# 34   7/1/2014 at 07:36 (3,557 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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They have, yes, but they are all failing to mention the watts. One can only assume that PU7100010101010010 whatever the heck the number is, means 700 watts??
Actually the real name and number is Hoover Purepower PU71PU01001 I noticed Vax have done this with their Air-3 upright as well - failing to mention the actual motor power. On QVCUK, the motor power is listed as 1000 watts but is this correct? Anyone know? CLICK HERE TO GO TO sebo_fan's LINK |