Thread Number: 44302
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Whats so rare about Hoover Innovations? |
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Post# 461150   3/10/2023 at 19:28 (433 days old) by convertible18 (Utica, New York, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 461151 , Reply# 1   3/10/2023 at 19:30 (433 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 461153 , Reply# 2   3/10/2023 at 19:49 (433 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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They were a small run of imported Turbopowers from across the pond re-badged for the US Market as the "Innovation". They were not made in large numbers - I suspect it was done to use up a bunch of leftover product that Hoover had - and not many have survived due to the fragility. For US collectors they are the closest thing you can get to a Turbopower without spending a few Benjamins importing one. I got mine April 13, 2021 for $4.99 at Goodwill.
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Post# 461157 , Reply# 3   3/10/2023 at 23:55 (433 days old) by Canisterman (Mocksville NC)   |   | |
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Two really nice ones one was a hardbody one a soft, I gave them to Tom Gasko, Im trying to be rid of everything i really dont like and thats 99.5 percent of all uprights i have. |
Post# 461162 , Reply# 4   3/11/2023 at 02:30 (433 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 461169 , Reply# 5   3/11/2023 at 10:34 (432 days old) by Gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 461174 , Reply# 6   3/11/2023 at 11:47 (432 days old) by convertible18 (Utica, New York, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 461176 , Reply# 7   3/11/2023 at 12:08 (432 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)   |   | |
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Post# 461181 , Reply# 8   3/11/2023 at 14:09 (432 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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I believe there were three different Innovations in the US. There's the soft bag one, and two hard bag ones. One with a hose on-board and one without. I think the rarest ones are the hard bag versions. But the Hoovers that's definitely more rare than the Innovations are the Sovereign models which are basically the Turbopowers from the UK. There's one with a cord rewind and one without a cord rewind.
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Post# 461195 , Reply# 9   3/11/2023 at 22:49 (432 days old) by repairman (Woodridge, IL)   |   | |
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Didn't the US also have the Hoover Sovereign? I vaguely seeing a beige one on Tom Anderson's thread when the Hoover Vault was closing up. |
Post# 461197 , Reply# 10   3/12/2023 at 00:07 (432 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 461240 , Reply# 11   3/13/2023 at 10:20 (430 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 461258 , Reply# 12   3/13/2023 at 18:14 (430 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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It’s kind of like a Hoover conquest, but made for home use. The attachments are the easiest to use. And it has decent enough suction for a fan first machine. The auger brush roll really pulls the dirt out of the carpet. I love the full bag indicator and the cord winder. The air flow is beyond tremendous. The handle is a little shorter than you would typically find on US machines.
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Post# 461284 , Reply# 13   3/14/2023 at 13:58 (429 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 461285 , Reply# 14   3/14/2023 at 14:03 (429 days old) by Gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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In a good way. I have one. From the vault.
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Post# 461288 , Reply# 15   3/14/2023 at 16:13 (429 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Both of these came to me, brand new, first belonging to the late Michael Hays and passed on to me by my close friend Hans Craig. I love them both. The hard body absolutely must use Hoover sovereign type O bags. The soft bag can use the Hoover type B bag made for the soft bag innovations. I’ve seen many instances where the front bag door would blow off the hardbody model, because they were using bags that inflated too much.
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