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To say I am shocked is an understatement, and to say I am relieved is a bigger one! At the moment in the UK we only have 1 budget bagged upright, the Hoover Purepower. All the other ones have slowly disappeared, and since Electrolux went all the decent bagged uprights went too. We lost Panasonic...

Hello everyone! I would like to show off something very special, well actually its not that special but its pretty special to me! It is my Hoover Turbopower Freedom from sometime in the early 90s. The reason this one is 'special' is because it has been converted to bagged. I don't know how many...

Hi everyone, So I own a Hoover senior 612 from 1949. I beileve it was sold in the us earlier in 1940 as the model 29. Anyway, mine was in horrible condition so I thought I would strip it and refurb it. It was purely a cosmetic thing really as it ran beautifully but just looked awful. So I strip...

Hello, Just another post with me moaning. Ha! This will apply more to the UK collectors, but I am sad to say that the 3 in 1 range from vax that has been going since about 1978 has been discontinued. These machines were brilliant, they always were plastic and yes the quality has gone down...

I feel like by now I would of seen a lot more 3D printed parts than I actually have. Maybe the technology isnt there yet. Or maybe it is. I dont know. Im not technologically minded. If I knew lots about how computers worked and how 3D printers worked then I would definitly give it a shot. Are...

Hey! I have noticed that this has happened to a few of the Kirby Legend 2's I have refurbished. I dont know about in America but in England the Legend 2 was one of the most popular kirby models. And this problem has happened to at least 3 of the ones I have had. The handle starts to deteriorate...

So I went to a ladys house the other day to fix her vacuum cleaner for her. It was an old 90s dirt devil bagged upright with variable speed which although I beileve quite popular in America we didnt get many over here in the UK. Anyway I had fixed the issue of a broken belt and I was testing it...

Hi, I posted something similar to this a few months back but I never got a straight answer so Im just going to ask again on the off chance that someone sees this who knows what happened. Electrolux in the UK were a very popular vacuum cleaner brand, they sold affordable decent machines, the...

Just a quick question as I have really got into my Kirbys lately and I would like to know Just out of interest. What was the first Kirby model available in the UK? I know you guys in the USA have had them since the early 1900s but over here in the UK not so much. The first cleaners that are...

I saw this vacuum cleaner on a very popular UK TV show, keeping up appearances. Its actually my favourite comedy of all time and it was very popular over here in the UK when it came out in the early 90s. I think it ran from about 1991-1995. I was watching an episose last night when I saw Liz...

Hi all, It seems to be a bit different in America because after looking online it seems you have plenty of bagged machines available, including uprights at both budget and high end. In the UK its different and we only have 1 budget bagged upright, the Hoover Purepower/Enigma. We do have a few...

Hi all, Just wanted to ask about Electrolux UK since I dont think its been talked about too much since the company disappeared in 2014 I think. Does anybody know the real reason why Electrolux UK dont sell vacuum cleaners over here any more? It saddens me as I really loved Electrolux cleaners...

Hello, this is more for the UK collectors as this is a uk machine that I am trying to fix. I pulled an electrolux twin turbo z551 out of my local tip about a year ago and it worked fine and has done with regular use for the last year or so. But recently, the motor started making some unusual...

I was wondering wether someone out there can tell me if it has been discontinued after its long 20 year run 1998-2018? I know Hoover still produce the Enigma variant which is basically the purepower with a different paint job and the same mold. Its just that I looked on argos and amazon and a...

Hello everybody, I was looking at pictures of different purepowers in the range made by Hoover when I saw this for sale on gumtree. The only reason this interested me was because it has a very odd looking on/off switch that I have never seen on a purepower before. Its definitly not a...

I dont know who else has heard this but I have just seen a Dyson advert with James Dyson saying that the company has ended the production of corded full sized vacuum cleaners so if you want one I would get one whilst you still can! He said he has managed to get the power of a full sized vacuum...

Found a Numatic Henry HVR200A at the tip, and there isnt a thing wrong with it! It even has two speed settings.

Hello all, I have a Hoover Senior 612 and a Hoover Junior 1224 that both want new hand grips as the old ones are a bit mucky and battered. However I dont know how to go about removing the old ones without ripping/breaking them nor do I know how to go about fitting the new handle grips. Any...

Hello everyone, Today whilst i was vacuuming my house with my hoover junior 1334 the suppressor blew. To stop this frightning experience from ever happening again i have took the sensible decision to remove the suppressor from all of my vintage vacuum cleaners. One of my models is the hoover...

Hello everyone, Long story short, my GRANDMAS friends MUM had a hoover senior 6525E in her loft that she let me have. Lots of the parts were missing so I have replaced the missing parts but there is one thing that I cant seem to find anywhere... the baseplate. I have searched high and low on...