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Miele gone 'Hooverish'

Very nice to see at long last decent beating of the carpet, and the underside shots of the Miele's soleplate struck me as "classic Hoover!".

I know what Chestermike means: the sweeping curves of the design of the front bumper of the Miele, from that angle do shout "classic Hoover!" - which isn't a bad thing at all, considering that Hoover UK seems to have binned all its research knowledge in favour of copying Dyson's designs.

 

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Off topic, I know but...

I tried to get a new agitator/activator for mum's Hoover 'Turbopower 3' - the blessed part is now obsolete and the cleaner is only a dozen or so years old!!!

 

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Turbopower 3 Activator

Calum,

Click on the link for a Turbopower 2/3 agitator body.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HOOVER-TURBOP...5941QQptZUKQ5fVacuumQ5fCleanerQ5fBagsQ5fParts

 

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Thanks Roger, but...

...there may be a problem.

The agitator fitted to mum's machine was a Genuine replacement from Hoover Bolton Spares warehouse. When it arrived, I noticed that it had a legend imprinted into the body, saying "Brush Type 2". I think the bearings were also different (gone were the traditional Hoover ballrace bearings, in their place seemed to be Electrolux/Dyson style of roller bearings). The black phenolic bearing housing also seemed to be a different design. The replacement agitator seemed to run smoother than the original.

On top of that, mother's machine has a large crack down the bag door ('Sellotaped' up, of course!), and the rear wheels have been replaced already. The dusting brush, upholstery nozzle and the hose handgrip wore out and were transplanted from the 'Purepower' successor which lasted half as long!

All in all, it has achieved geriatric status, but its mind is still active (the 'Autosense' power control seems to work fine). The next move will be another cleaner.