Another New Hoover!

[suckolux]

Totally makes sense

 

[gusherb]

and makes a great point on why not to buy a vacuum from Wal Mart or similar and buy from a place that specializes in vacuums instead.
Another obvious case of price adjusting and cutting materials is kitchen and bath faucets. Say you took a faucet from Home Depot, and one from a plumbing supply house, they are both identical faucets, and you inspected them and weighed them, the one from the plumbing supply house will be greatly heavier then the one at Home Depot.
Reason: they cut materials on the home Depot faucet to provide a cheaper price, while the plumbing supply place faucet is more expensive and better built. Another good example of "you get what you pay for".

 

[rickenbacker]

TTI strikes again!

...and has got no right to take my place from the human race!


lol, I hope somebody gets that reference

 

[classicfan1]

lol

Reminds me of "The Brave Little Toaster". In a sequel, (I have not seen it for years), a character was explaining why he and the other appliances ran from the factory...."planned obsolescence". One other character defined this as "They were built to fall apart" and the picture showed a mad scientist-engineer loosening screws from a refrigerator door. You will have to watch the movie...do they even have it out anymore?

Anyway, my mother has gone through several Wal-Mart vacuums, the current one is a Eureka, which is VERY infamous for clogs-OF DUST AND HAIR! In the SAME PLACE! It is on a bend on the back, molded in clear plastic-GEE, I WONDER WHY? This tells me that they KNEW it clogs in that spot often. So much so, that it was molded in clear so you can see it. The one before this was either another Eureka or a Dirt Devil.

Reminds me of the bicycle industry. Schwinn, Murray, Roadmaster, Mongoose, all were once American brands. Built well, and iconic. Now, all are owned by Pacificcycle, a chinese company. The bikes are JUNK. They are like GM vehicles, all built the same, but available with 6 or 7 different badges. They then jack up the price a little bit over some stickers. Today's vacuums and bicycles are just some examples of how throw-away and wasteful society has become. Nobody gives a rat's rear-end anymore about keeping something going and getting your money's worth. They all want cheap stuff they can toss and complain about quality. PEOPLE WONDER WHY THE CHINESE HAVE OUR JOBS. PART OF THE BLAME IS ON THE COMPANY THE OTHER IS THE CONSUMER FOR SUPPORTING IT.

I better go lie down, I can write a book on this. I'm only 17, but I'm not stupid. This modern stuff gets tossed in the scrapyard crusher quite often.

 

[scvacuumguy]

Nice Reference, although changing the lyrics would be weird since TTI doesn't fit into the song as well as Bigmouth

 

[rickenbacker]

Yeah Definitely!

lol As the flames rose to her woven hose and dirt devil started to melt!

There hows that?

 

[sireluxomatic]

Nice to see other Smiths fans here; have been a fan of them almost since they started.

 

[rickenbacker]

It is fantastic to meet other fans lol

I am a big fan of The Smiths and can play alot of their songs on guitar including the obvious hard one, this Charming Man which has upped my reputation alot on the local music scene.

 

[gusherb]

classicfan1

Brave Little Toaster is still around. I'm pretty sure that movie was why I was so fascinated with (and scared of for the longest time) my grandma's Kirby. hehehe

And is this Eureka your referring to the Smartvac 4870? if so, I don't know how a person can clog that, let alone that vacuum gain a reputation for clogging.

 

[classicfan1]

gusher...

You sound about my age. Actually, that's why I prefer Kirbys. Sounds silly I know. Anyway, the Eureka that clogs is purple, had a suction-powered tool that clips to the handle. It is bagless and it's supposed to be really good with pet hair (never tried this feature). It works good when it's not clogged.

Oh, it also has a duster that sits inside a clear tube on the side, you pull a lever and the vacuum spins it and cleans the dust off.

 

[classicfan1]

HERE IT IS!

I saw a review where someone had similar problems, only it was the filter design.

http://www.vacuumcleanersusa.com/eureka-pet-pal-4716avz-bagless-upright-vacuum-review

 

[vacman117]

I have had..

many similar Eurekas. Just from finding them in the garbage to sell on Craigslist or getting them in for repair. When they are clean, the suction is great, and it really pulls itself, because, at least I know the Altima does, has a very decent brushroll. But they lose suction very fast

 

[jfalberti]

Eureka pet vacs

This is the vac I bought at the Sally Anne last summer for $12. It was complete except for the spin duster which I got new on eBay for about $10. Once I cleaned it out real well, and replaced all the filters, it is actually not a bad vacuum. Not my favorite, of course, but not bad.

 

[classicfan1]

Yours looks like a different design. That or we and a couple others got a lemon. There IS however a good vacuum sold at stores wuch as Wal-Mart, Kmart, etc. and that is the Dirt Devil Ultra Swivel Glide. They don't make them anymore and I haven't seen them in stores for about 5 years at least. We've had ours for about 8-10 years now. It was survived my dad's temper, being dragged outside for use on cars, it has survived my bother, the thing won't die! My dad's is purple and came with a black Turbo Tool. My mom's was tan and it bit the dust a few years ago, but it was older I think. That one had a weird triangle-shaped attatchment that fit into the lid on the front.

 

[15brandon]

Anybody have any pics of that hoover canister vac? Has anyone bought it yet?

 

[gusherb]

classicfan1

Yeah you definitely don't have the Eureka I have, mine is the Smartvac 4870 BAGGED. It's the only modern plastic clean air Eureka that I really like, and they ARE impossible to clog, sucking up whole paper towels is nothing for it, airflow is immense too.
Brushroll performance is very similar to the Windtunnel models.

I've had enough bagless vacuums in the past that I never want to own or buy one again.
hahaha you sniffed me out (or had a look at my profile lol)...I'm 16.

 

[classicfan1]

lmao

I sniffed you out.

 

[djtaylor]

I'm out of touch

I have not been in a vac shop, other than to buy things, so I am VERY much out of the loop. Has Hoover or Royal changed hands? I have noticed that Oreck is selling relabeled Sanitaires, Dirt Devil and Hoover seem to be selling some of the same things. What have I missed since 2006?
Justin

 

[cardsvacfan1]

Justin,
Hoover, Royal, and Dirt Devil are all manufactured now by TTI Floor Care North America. Hence the similarity in machines. Hoover, Dirt Devil, and Royal are no longer made in the U.S.A. The company does maintain a customer service network here. Hope that answers your question, have a good day! Craig

 

[gusherb]

Hoover, Royal and Dirt Devil (probably brands I missed there too) are all owned by TTI, a chinese company... (I'll let someone else elaborate on what that means) That's the latest thing that's happened, that was 2007 I believe.

 

[gusherb]

cardsvacfan1

hahahaha You beat me to the punch.

 

[eurekaprince]

TTI also owns Vax in Europe which is the name put on some of the American Hoovers being sold in Great Britain.

It may soon be hard to tell the "chicken" or "egg" with TTI vacs...which one came first!!!! Just like Sweden's Electrolux does, TTI mixes and matches names and models across the world now. The bagged Hoover WindTunnel canister we see in North America uses a canister unit sold as a Dirt Devil in Germany. The Hoover Platinum stick vac is a Vax in England. We are seeing Royal Procision vacs now sold as Dirt Devils in North America. So TTI vacs can be made of many different Hoover / Dirt Devil / Royal / Vax components now and labelled differently depending on the country they are being sold in.

 

[classicfan1]

Sounds like modern GM cars. Most of the time, the only difference is a badge.