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What I don't understand is... I don't understand why there's no news footage of the closure of the Cambuslang Hoover factory, which closed in 2005, which had been open for 30 odd years. I'm sure there was a mention on the news somewhere, but that was a big blow to the Scottish labourforce.  ...

Actually If you bothered to check up on dates it's from 2002, when production was shifted to Malaysia, not 1997.

Well I would like to see £1million in front of me but that's very unlikely to happen. "I am not disposed to let opinion be passed along as fact" Well does that imply that we forum members should just ignore your opinions? Oh and regards to cylinder heads, we were talking about ones that are...

Yes I'm sure I read some comment somewhere on selling them second hand, which you can still do, though why you'd want to buy one second hand anyway?

Beckham Cheers for posting on that thread, trying to help teach the masses. Before I left school for the summer I had to explain to one of my teachers about the new EU legeslations, she thought that bigger wattages are better, as does pretty much everyone else. Beckham's Response: They are...

Goblin I've always wondered how good the floor tools on these Aztec machines are as I have always thought they looked rather weird. Are there any other useless floor heads?

True I see where your coming from now. Good vacuum, just shame about the tools being rubbish?

Rio What size fitting did they take as I'm sure you could just swap them if they were a pain.

Rio By Goblin Rio are you referring to the blue and grey one or the red and beige model? I once had a beige and red 800 model which was great for a budget cleaner. I do find Henry's unwieldy to store, as with most tub style vacuums, and most cylinders for that matter.

Re Regarding uprights, most modern cheap ones are bad, but how do you make a BAD cylinder? They are such an easy thing to make right but companies just churn out junk all the time! Look how basic the Henry is, the design is so simple and has been around for decades, but why do some other...

Chris Sorry about that, but I was originally opposed the point that in the 1980's the US had vacuum cleaners that went to 1400 watts average. I brought up the dirty fan point as most of the vacuums back then were dirty fan, with clean fan machines coming at the back end of the 1980's.

Chris Sorry, I'm just using past comparisons to make as much sense out of past comparison as I can. "As Hoover said themselves with the Turbopower 2 '19% more improved suction power'."

Chris The reason why I was talking about dirty fan cleaners was due to the fact that many cleaners in the 1980's in the US were 1400 watts apparently, and the machines I mentioned - U1104, U2332, both were popular dirty fan cleaners - were much less than 1400 watts and were sufficient still...

Yes This is opinion, but it also has an element of fact to it. You originally stated that in the US 1400 watt vacuums were common in the 1980's, and I only made comparisons to what we had in the UK in the 1980's. I WAS just stating my opinion and which one I believe is better. Give me a week...

you Mr Desert Tort I use these two things I have called eyes, which help me see things. I think I can see which is doing a better job on MY carpet. Also, there is truth to my point, why don't you try the two vacuums in question first then try to contradict someone who has used them both and...

Well Hang on a minute then, lets take a look at the contents of your previous post shall we? Post# 295502 , Reply# 4 8/26/2014 at 8:26pm by DesertTortoise (high desert/Great Basin-ish) posts: 839 report offensive post to webmaster Checkrate/Like I dunno Turbo500. In...

True That is true, Kirby' are possibly the best lower wattage modern vacuums. Some dismiss Kirby's as many say they look old, but actually, I think they look Jolly robust and do a great job as well!

80s DesertTortoise, In the UK in the 1980's a popular budget machine was the Hoover Junior U1104, which had 300 watts, and still outperforms modern machines in pickup performance and reliability. Even the most up-to-date machines in the 1980's barely exceeded 600 watts, and that was sufficient...

Your getting all over the place nowadays! Living in Leeds I heard it in the morning, I heard Liz talking about her Dyson, and I assumed there would be a mention of the EC law, then she said 'this is Chris Parker'! Well, I was suprised, however your no stranger tho the world of radio now! Well...

To He said to look for Sales jobs on the Dyson websitewhen your 17 and somewhere like Currys will have you instore and you have to go to Dyson Hq for a bit to learn all the Dyson stuff and the Dyson story. I have Aspergers and a part of that is me knowing lots about the Dyson story and...