alexhoovers94
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Hey everyone, a couple of weeks ago I managed to snatch up this Hoover Purepower Autosense from eBay, I was super excited when I won it as I have wanted one of these very early Purepowers since I saw Ryan's (U5096 on YouTube) video of it that he made years ago, I am so lucky to of gotten it.
I only paid £11.50 for it with £15 postage so it worked out ok.
To anyone who doesn't know the Purepowers came out in 1997 and there were four models in the original line up as follows:
Green 1200 watt U3120 - basic bag light, five stage filtration and stair cleaning.
Red 1300 watt U3130 - variable power, bag light, air freshener, five stage filtration and stair cleaning.
Blue 1400 watt U3140 - Autosense, bag light, air freshener, permabag, 5 stage filtration and stair cleaning.
Red 1400 watt U3141 - Autosense, bag light, air freshener, S-Class filtration and stair cleaning.
I obviously have the top end all singing, all dancing model, which, like I said am lucky to own as they are rare as rocking horse Sh*t now!
The Purepower Autosense models didn't last very long at all and Hoover stopped making them with it, probably to cut costs as they got older.
Anyway, this one is in Fantastic condition, it looks to have been "babied" which is a very good thing considering these are hard to find. The only set backs it has is it needs a new undercarriage and chassis and the bag light doesn't work, which I am hoping it is just blocked in the tube and or pressure switch which will be cleared when all put back together as it has been fully cleaned now, I am just praying it is not a burnt out LED on the circuit board, because I will have to replace the entire Autosense panel which they do still make, believe it or not, but E-spares want £106 for it!!! I am not going to be getting one!!!
So, here are some before restoration pictures I will post the after photos once it is all back together.
I only paid £11.50 for it with £15 postage so it worked out ok.
To anyone who doesn't know the Purepowers came out in 1997 and there were four models in the original line up as follows:
Green 1200 watt U3120 - basic bag light, five stage filtration and stair cleaning.
Red 1300 watt U3130 - variable power, bag light, air freshener, five stage filtration and stair cleaning.
Blue 1400 watt U3140 - Autosense, bag light, air freshener, permabag, 5 stage filtration and stair cleaning.
Red 1400 watt U3141 - Autosense, bag light, air freshener, S-Class filtration and stair cleaning.
I obviously have the top end all singing, all dancing model, which, like I said am lucky to own as they are rare as rocking horse Sh*t now!
The Purepower Autosense models didn't last very long at all and Hoover stopped making them with it, probably to cut costs as they got older.
Anyway, this one is in Fantastic condition, it looks to have been "babied" which is a very good thing considering these are hard to find. The only set backs it has is it needs a new undercarriage and chassis and the bag light doesn't work, which I am hoping it is just blocked in the tube and or pressure switch which will be cleared when all put back together as it has been fully cleaned now, I am just praying it is not a burnt out LED on the circuit board, because I will have to replace the entire Autosense panel which they do still make, believe it or not, but E-spares want £106 for it!!! I am not going to be getting one!!!
So, here are some before restoration pictures I will post the after photos once it is all back together.
