1991 Hoover Turbopower Freedom

[alexhoovers94]

showing the air freshener and how the clean filter thing wou

 

[alexhoovers94]

Rating sticker U2662 December 1991

 

[alexhoovers94]

As you can see I just had a quick back and forth with it and


One traps the large particles and the other big filter traps the fine dust.

 

[dysondestijl]

Great vac, as I always say I've got a u2718(the model below this) although hoover only offered the u2718 and the freedom as the TOL models, as although the freedom has permabag, the u2718 has auto flex.
Great vac once again, outcleans pretty much all modern vacuums!

 

[alexhoovers94]

I would say that most Turbopowers out clean the modern vacs but the freedom, it cleans great but does loose the usual turbopower performance if you do not empty it and bang out the filter after EVERY use.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Here is..


The bottom of the line total system Turbopower that I have, which I actually like a lot, and is so much cleaner, hygienic and doesn't clog like the freedom does.
They both perform the same until the freedom clogs, which is not long after the first use with a clean filter, which is why it is imperative that you clean the filter and empty the box after each use.

This one bellow is actually my daily driver and yes I use the hose I love using the tools on these, the suction is not the strongest compared to modern vacuums but it is enough and gets the job done, I really do not like the super strong suction of new vacuums, they fall over and the suction just sticks to things way to easily, which is so annoying!!

 

[alexhoovers94]

Here is a scan from a brochure advertising the two (Turbopow

 

[alexhoovers94]

And here is a Kays? catalougue with the two featured

It is almost like todays eqivelant of Dysons DC40 and DC41 cleaners! Crazy similar in that way, if you see what I mean.

Also the difference in price is not that much considering the turbomaster is a lot bigger and has a couple more features.

 

[vintagerepairer]

price difference

The price between the Turbopower and Turbomaster would have been over £70 in todays money. To me, that is a good deal more, but of course it is subjective.

 

[jmurray01]

Indeed, the price difference is quite a lot and to me, it wouldn't have been worth it.

 

[alexhoovers94]

I guss the difference in price is a lot if you put it that w


with the Turbomaster you get a bigger cleaner, more powerful motor, variable power, brushroll on/off and height adjustment that has electronic lights behind.
Does that not make up for the extra £40 (£70)??

 

[alexhoovers94]

And


A bigger dirt capacity by the looks of it.

 

[turbomaster1984]

Not forgetting the TM has a wider sweeping path for bigger houses and larger areas,
The height of the cleaner is also very differential and a massive plus to those over 5'5.

Its size of head means that while using the same fan as the TP and a similar motor wattage if not a bit higher means that theres not as much suction at the base of the cleaner BUT this makes the machine ironically easier to move as it does not grip the carpet as much as a TP does yet it still cleans to the same standard as a TP.

The higher handle helps the user to move the machine more easily when in use.

Overall they are more convienient to use as a TP when dealing with larger areas.

 

[alexhoovers94]

From the way I understood it, the Turbomaster cleaned to a slightly higher standard than the Turbopower?

 

[turbomaster1984]

What gave you that impression?

 

[alexhoovers94]

umm


Chris (turbo500) He said they were better than the turbopower, so I figured that they cleaned better at the head, wheather he ment just more powerful, I am not sure.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Hello gentlemen. I agree there was a lot to be had for the extra £70 in todays money, and indeed I think a good deal of consumers went for the TM instead of the TP as there seems to have been a lot more of them around. No, what I was meaning was that the price difference between the two was considerable and that logically one would have had to really want the extra specifications to make it worth paying more for.

Interesting I thought that the consumer could literally get two Goblin Laser cleaners for the price of one Turbomaster Freedom. I may have said before that I had a customer bringing me in three Moulinex master cleaners for repair, all identical, two of which she'd bought for herself, on the basis that the Moulinex had been so very much cheaper than the Hoover cleaner she'd intended to buy, and that she felt it was worth buying cheaper, buying two, and spreading the workload by having one for cleaner for upstairs and one for down. The third cleaner had been bought for her mother. This, I recall her saying, was all bought about by the fact that she'd previously bought a Hoover cleaner for quite a lot of money and it had been a thorn in her side from the word go.

 

[jmurray01]

"and indeed I think a good deal of consumers went for the TM instead of the TP as there seems to have been a lot more of them around." Really? I always see Turbopowers cropping up on eBay but very rarely do I see Turbomasters.

 

[vintagerepairer]

I meant the Freedom models, Jamie. More TM freedoms than TP Freedoms.

 

[alexhoovers94]

yes, I agree

that more people bought the TM freedom, probably because the TM freedom had a TV ad unlike the TP freedom (to my knowledge)