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Post# 456366   8/31/2022 at 16:07 (793 days old) by wstonehockertv (North Carolina)   |   | |
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A forgotten Hoover product is very likely to not have a single video or two of it on Youtube. |
Post# 456369 , Reply# 1   8/31/2022 at 16:25 (793 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 456371 , Reply# 2   8/31/2022 at 17:27 (793 days old) by wstonehockertv (North Carolina)   |   | |
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I never heard of that unit. Looks like an Electrolux Discovery machine... |
Post# 456373 , Reply# 3   8/31/2022 at 18:12 (793 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)   |   | |
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Post# 456375 , Reply# 4   8/31/2022 at 19:18 (793 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 456376 , Reply# 5   8/31/2022 at 20:10 (793 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree)   |   | |
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I’ve seen it in Europe as a Fakir or as a Nilco. One of its earliest iterations in the U.S. was as a Clarke Combi-Vac. |
Post# 456390 , Reply# 6   9/1/2022 at 13:09 (792 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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It's possible it came from England, but I'm pretty sure the pictures were taken in France when I found them online.
Technically these were sold in multiple brands including Sebo. In the US, they were sold under as Powr-Flite, Sandia, Bissell, my personal favorite Oreck, etc.
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Post# 456391 , Reply# 7   9/1/2022 at 14:13 (792 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 456392 , Reply# 8   9/1/2022 at 14:13 (792 days old) by wstonehockertv (North Carolina)   |   | |
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There are more Hoover products that are not on Youtube. |
Post# 456404 , Reply# 9   9/1/2022 at 19:16 (792 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 456410 , Reply# 10   9/2/2022 at 05:31 (792 days old) by wstonehockertv (North Carolina)   |   | |
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Hoover Telios and the Kmart-exclusive Runabout variant. |
Post# 456427 , Reply# 11   9/2/2022 at 15:35 (791 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 456430 , Reply# 12   9/2/2022 at 16:40 (791 days old) by wstonehockertv (North Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 456431 , Reply# 13   9/2/2022 at 17:32 (791 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Never seen either one before, fascinating! It looks as the Telios was sold in other countries according to the wattage but the Runabout was sold here in the US according to the amps. Very much reminds me of the orange S1361 canister that I knew Hoover sold here before and it looks very similar to both of those other ones, they're probably made by the same manufacture which I don't know who it is.
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Post# 456433 , Reply# 14   9/2/2022 at 17:59 (791 days old) by wstonehockertv (North Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 456438 , Reply# 15   9/2/2022 at 20:56 (791 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 456447 , Reply# 16   9/3/2022 at 12:10 (790 days old) by wstonehockertv (North Carolina)   |   | |
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I can't find a pic of that orange Windtunnel Home Depot once sold. |
Post# 456453 , Reply# 17   9/3/2022 at 14:03 (790 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 456454 , Reply# 18   9/3/2022 at 14:10 (790 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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*courtesy not curiosity.
Two more Hoovers that I also don't think are on YouTube, at least not anymore. A green Windtunnel Widepath LS upright and this Steamvac that was only sold through HSN.
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Post# 456456 , Reply# 19   9/3/2022 at 14:36 (790 days old) by wstonehockertv (North Carolina)   |   | |
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Even though the green Windtunnel Widepath LS and the HSN Steamvac are not on Youtube, it's no big deal because other variants are on there. |
Post# 456468 , Reply# 20   9/3/2022 at 21:26 (790 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 456490 , Reply# 21   9/4/2022 at 07:49 (789 days old) by wstonehockertv (North Carolina)   |   | |
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There's that. Those Runabout pics I found online that are essentially rebadged Fold Away, Telios, Windtunnel/Tempo, Spirit, Sprint upright, and Futura machines, they're kind of a rarity. All I know is that they were Kmart exclusives back in the day. |
Post# 456711 , Reply# 22   9/12/2022 at 17:01 (781 days old) by RoyalFan103 (Bremerton, Washington)   |   | |
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The Hoover Preferred Windtunnels. They barely have any vids of them on Youtube.
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Post# 456721 , Reply# 23   9/13/2022 at 00:14 (781 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 456727 , Reply# 24   9/13/2022 at 10:40 (780 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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The rare Windtunnel Widepath LS. An extremely rare translucent variant of the Limited. Honestly has to be one of the coolest windtunnels I ever saw.
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Post# 456729 , Reply# 25   9/13/2022 at 13:20 (780 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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Also the rare variant in a bright teal green called the hoover Tempo.
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Post# 457069 , Reply# 26   9/26/2022 at 21:15 (767 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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THere usued to be old QVC photos of the hoovers they sold in the 1990s and the turbopower 5200 was one of them. Theres some photos of it on flickr as well. Surprisingly that one is more common than the Widepath LS. My aunt had the version with no dirt finder, the 5100. So did my mother before a screw was sucked up and burnt the belt out.
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Post# 457072 , Reply# 27   9/27/2022 at 03:02 (767 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 457139 , Reply# 28   9/29/2022 at 08:28 (764 days old) by compuvac ( )   |   | |
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Soteco commercial tubvac branded as a Hoover HP9D
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Post# 457144 , Reply# 29   9/29/2022 at 11:51 (764 days old) by OldCrankman (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 457149 , Reply# 30   9/29/2022 at 17:25 (764 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA)   |   | |
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I guess this one qualifies. I've never been able to find any videos, pictures, or information about it.
The Deluxe Convertible, Model U4145. I "fostered" this one for a while, before passing it along to its rightful owner. Sorry again for the sideways picture. I'll never understand how to turn them the right way. Barry
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Post# 457164 , Reply# 31   9/30/2022 at 12:20 (763 days old) by Adam-aussie-vac ( Canberra, Australia )   |   | |
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That are used to own, it was pretty unique as it didn’t involve any sort of cyclonic technology but it was still Baklis, there were three filters I think, a screen to prevent all the hair in large dust particles clogging the filter a large particulate filter and a small particular filter, so that worked extremely well, both in dust particle filtering and in cleaning the carpets, as back, so that worked extremely well, both in dust particle filtering and in cleaning the carpets, as back before my mum had replaced the carpet in her Bedroom, that Vacuum was literally sucking up loose bits of pile, as you could see the white fibres in the dust collection tank, that machine was awesome
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Post# 457166 , Reply# 32   9/30/2022 at 17:03 (763 days old) by OldCrankman (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 457168 , Reply# 33   9/30/2022 at 19:32 (763 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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Post# 457178 , Reply# 34   10/1/2022 at 18:54 (762 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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There seems to be only one YouTube clip of the rare Hoover “Denim” Convertible….see the link below.
This blue jeans Levis vacuum is a model I rarely see on EBay or even on Vacuumland…must have really been a limited edition. Love the tan leather name badge sewn onto the denim bag!!!! CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK |
Post# 457544 , Reply# 35   10/24/2022 at 05:35 (740 days old) by OldCrankman (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 457549 , Reply# 36   10/24/2022 at 10:44 (739 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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A white Hoover Elite Soft&Light. Never seen a later model in white like this!
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Post# 457556 , Reply# 38   10/24/2022 at 12:27 (739 days old) by wstonehockertv (North Carolina)   |   | |
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Interesting choices. |
Post# 457564 , Reply# 39   10/24/2022 at 18:06 (739 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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This one looks really nice and I couldve sworn something like this was being sold at Walmart a LONG time ago. A Hoover Preferred styled "Dimension". Kind of looks like the Breathe Easy but I like the red on this one ALOT more.
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Post# 457570 , Reply# 40   10/24/2022 at 20:26 (739 days old) by OldCrankman (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 458261 , Reply# 41   11/28/2022 at 17:55 (704 days old) by adiostoreador (Fredonia, NY)   |   | |
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I don’t have a picture of this vacuum right now and I’ll have to see if my grandma still owns, or if someone has a picture of it, but it was a fairly big machine that was silver with a bright green accent color. It was the first of what I remember of Hoovers bagless vacuums here in the US. If I remember correctly it was just a rebadged Vax Model for the US. It was a pretty good vacuum from what I remember definitely on the heavier side but she loved it and used it till she eventually got a shark a few years ago.
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Post# 458556 , Reply# 42   12/13/2022 at 21:48 (689 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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A translucent green Windtunnel Supreme, usually in blue or black. Never seen a green one except one labeled as Widepath.
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Post# 458578 , Reply# 43   12/14/2022 at 22:17 (688 days old) by Kirbytex85 (Houston, TX)   |   | |
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Saved this Hoover from the trash man. Works great, just needed a good cleaning. The attachments were all there and the self propelled works great. I remember these in all the Service Merchandise and Sears ads of the 90s. Anytime I’d go in those stores, these would be on a big display.
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Post# 458599 , Reply# 44   12/15/2022 at 20:01 (687 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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For some reason these have become really elusive. Probably not Hoovers greatest bagless but id assume better than the dirty fan Twin Chambers. I'd certainly like to get one for the nostalgic factor. Especially the one in teal (left). Saw one in Target years ago next to what was the last of the Elites (right) produced.
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Post# 458605 , Reply# 45   12/16/2022 at 00:49 (687 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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My grandfather had a Widepath before up at his cabin, it shortly got replaced by a Kenmore 2621 that he still has and uses today. I don't remember it too well anymore but this is as close as memory serves.
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Post# 458662 , Reply# 46   12/19/2022 at 05:47 (683 days old) by vacuuminfo (Mesa, Arizona)   |   | |
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This is basically a Hoover Elite Rewind but it is called "pet vac" and is a metallic purple and grey color. I have one that I was lucky to get but they are pretty rare.
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Post# 458668 , Reply# 47   12/19/2022 at 13:15 (683 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa)   |   | |
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Post# 458803 , Reply# 48   12/24/2022 at 19:56 (678 days old) by adiostoreador (Fredonia, NY)   |   | |
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So awhile back I posted about this Hoover Windtunnel Mach 6 and I was finally able to find it! I don’t really know to much about this machine and I can’t find any information on it anywhere. Excuse the dirtiness of it, my grandma has me doing a service on it.
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Post# 458807 , Reply# 49   12/24/2022 at 22:17 (678 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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I know exactly what youre talking about
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Post# 466730 , Reply# 50   10/10/2023 at 20:02 (388 days old) by powerstarenergy (Portland, Tennessee)   |   | |
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Here is a vacuum known as the Hoover Spirit
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Post# 466743 , Reply# 51   10/11/2023 at 21:31 (387 days old) by PowerstarEnergy (Portland, Tennessee)   |   | |
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Here is a machine called the Hoover Zoom. I actually don't think that this one was released in America because on every website it has .au which means Australia.
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Post# 466895 , Reply# 52   10/18/2023 at 13:46 (380 days old) by powerstarenergy (Portland, Tennessee)   |   | |
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Post# 466899 , Reply# 53   10/18/2023 at 19:29 (380 days old) by Centralvacs1928 (Chicagoland)   |   | |
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I do remember there being a mid to late 1990s Hoover Elite model which they called the "Constellation"...saw one once years ago at the local grocery store! |
Post# 467080 , Reply# 54   10/27/2023 at 12:36 (371 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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I didn't realized that Hoover had these vacuums that were made by Sandia Products called the Ground Command CH85005 10 Quart, the same company who also makes Raven backpack machines. I wish they were still selling them because I think they make the best backpacks on the market.
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Post# 469437 , Reply# 55   2/9/2024 at 22:19 (266 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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The green translucent version of the Widepath seems to be harder to find many pictures of on the internet compared to the Red and Blue (which I think were sold at Kmart and Sears respectively but I could be wrong), which is weird because the green version was the one they always directly showed on Hoover's old website. Wondering if green was the dealership model. Only this photo and one video on YT are all I know of outside of like the old Amazon photo of it.
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Post# 469439 , Reply# 57   2/10/2024 at 00:39 (266 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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Ain't that the truth! My grandmother had a Hoover Fold Away Widepath and with a decent amount of maintenance and care, the vacuum ran strong for 10 years! Good upkeep goes a LONG way!
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Post# 469464 , Reply# 58   2/10/2024 at 16:09 (265 days old) by EvolutionClean1 (Nampa, Idaho)   |   | |
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I thought this was one of the Maytag builds, it is not. Those were the nice top of the line self propelled ones and the bagless twin chambers. Still though, was excited to find this today. Should clean up nice
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Post# 469516 , Reply# 59   2/12/2024 at 09:19 (263 days old) by broomvac (N/A)   |   | |
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I spotted this while thrifting yesterday. What’s the story behind this model?
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Post# 469542 , Reply# 61   2/12/2024 at 20:38 (263 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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That was a Hoover sold in the US in the early to mid 2000s as one of their cheap end models. They came in bagless and bagged configurations and had several different names such as Preferred, Sprint, Spirit etc. Around that time there was also a bagless in similar price range called the Sprint (a different model completely) with the same bagless set up as the bagless Tempos.
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Post# 469546 , Reply# 62   2/12/2024 at 21:38 (263 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Another couple of Hoovers that weren't really talked about alot are the central vacs like the PowerMax and one of their Double Duty commercial uprights like the C1884 for example.
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Post# 469550 , Reply# 63   2/12/2024 at 22:38 (263 days old) by Gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 469599 , Reply# 64   2/14/2024 at 17:13 (261 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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There were Hoover garage vacuums too that mount on the wall. Came with a huge coil of hose. Every time I try to get one I get outbid by scalpers.
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Post# 469602 , Reply# 65   2/14/2024 at 20:07 (261 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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The company who made almost every central vac for Hoover is still around today called Cana-Vac. They're even making them for Maytag today who once owned Hoover.
www.maytagcentralvacuums.... canavac.com/signature-series/...
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Post# 469603 , Reply# 66   2/14/2024 at 22:31 (261 days old) by Gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 469607 , Reply# 68   2/15/2024 at 07:58 (260 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 469610 , Reply# 69   2/15/2024 at 13:45 (260 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Never knew Hoover made a shop-vac. It must be rare because I never seen one in all this time. With Shop-Vac holding the monopoly on shop-vacs, it could not have been easy to sell them, which is likely why few bought them. I would imagine the quality would be better since they were likely sold for a higher price point. |
Post# 469638 , Reply# 70   2/15/2024 at 22:35 (260 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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I have always been a lover of Hoover power head canisters. From the early Celebrity to the later PowerMax/ Futura/ Spectrum/ Windtunnel S bag style units. I really like them.
We also can't forget the awesome headlight of their Decade style hoods as seen in the last photo. |
Post# 469957 , Reply# 71   3/3/2024 at 21:35 (243 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 470006 , Reply# 72   3/6/2024 at 19:57 (240 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 470014 , Reply# 73   3/7/2024 at 07:32 (239 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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Wasn't the Hoover Shop Vac what Day Day was playing around with while smoking pot in "Next Friday"? Or was that a different one?
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Post# 470015 , Reply# 74   3/7/2024 at 09:40 (239 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 473258 , Reply# 75   9/16/2024 at 17:17 by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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A green translucent Hoover Windtunnel Supreme (BEFORE they started labeling their machines as 12 amp) with an electronic bag indicator. This ones new to me. These are definitely among the best Hoover ever made.
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Post# 473267 , Reply# 76   9/16/2024 at 22:07 by AmtrakSebo1997 (Vacmasterthegreats basement)   |   | |
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There's a Hoover in the back of the first photo that looks to be a Clarke/Nilfisk Advance recolor (as well as a few other uncommon forgotten machines). The second is of my Windtunnel Supreme U5450-900. It has the less common electronic bag check indicator.
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Post# 473446 , Reply# 77   9/29/2024 at 23:42 by Eureka1998 (New York )   |   | |
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Same color green as the Dimension and Decade Supreme, the PowerDrive Supreme, really nice looking hoover.dont see that many of this variant.
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Post# 473459 , Reply# 78   9/30/2024 at 12:58 by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan )   |   | |
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Post# 473720 , Reply# 79   10/18/2024 at 09:52 by wstonehockertv (North Carolina)   |   | |
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The Hoover Floormax Supreme from the late 90's and early 2000's. |
Post# 473791 , Reply# 80   10/22/2024 at 09:56 by Rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)   |   | |
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Post# 473974 , Reply# 81   11/1/2024 at 12:47 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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I was looking through Google on Hoover Tempos and never seen either of these two before. I thought the bagless one was always yellow.
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