best hoover vac ever made.

[hoover1]

overall what vintage hoover do you think was the best ever? I think it would be the elites.

 

[dwhdarren97]

Personally, I would say the Convertible series. But that's kinda biased seeeing how I love the old metal Convertibles .

 

[thevacuumman]

Hard to beat a Hoover Model 800

 

[brandon_w_t]

The best. As in performance?

Concept or conquest in my mind.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Convertible (metal)

I mean,  heck,  just pick one!

 

[gottahaveahoove]

the selection is

endless.  I AM partial to the 1070 and the 1076

 

[suckolux]

I never stop being impressed with the cleaning power of my Concept 1. Carpet only of course.

 

[eurekaprince]

It has to be the Hoover Dimension Power Nozzle canister....nicest canister design they ever came up with. Stored their great floor brush on board too!

 

[suckolux]

Now that was NICE! Good one.

 

[kenkart]

Absolutely!!

No comparison...a 150, if you have never used one, they are still ahead of todays vacuums in many ways...but one important one in particular, the automatic height adjustment has never been equalled yet, it is still amazing how perfectly it will adjust from one carpet to the next, and too the workmanship on a 150 is unexcelled,they put everything they had into it, and boy did they have a winner....second pick, a 63, or a Citation, I know convertibles are good and popular, but overall the 60 series is overall built a little better, but really, the most world changing machine, and to my mind the most historically significant machine is the Dial a Matic,it is the model for most modern machines today, its as good or nearly as good as most built today, and it was made nearly 50 years ago!

 

[kenkart]

BUT,,,,,

Let me say this, im 45 years old, when I was a teenager, the plastic convertibles were new, so to me they are not a vintage vacuum, and again, its just how I see things, ive always been drawn to the 50s and 60s, now if I were a teenager or young adult, it would stand to reason that I would look for machines from the 80s and 90s,but I urge the younger guys , find someone with some of the older machines,really compare them and I think you will be amazed just how really good the products were from the days of Roosevelt Truman Ike or JFK! Especially the 150 and its over 70 years old1

 

[magnumpi]

it is a tie Elite, Concept 2, Caddy Vac, Portable, and of course, The convertible

 

[compactelectra]

I Have To Agree With Hans

The Hoover 150

 

[compactelectra]

But I Have

A soft spot for this era as well.  Excellent product,  built to last and perform.

 

[suckolux]

A think of beauty there!

 

[vacu-finder]

I mean, heck, just pick one!

What a fine collection of Vacs.......!

 

[xraytech]

For meit would bethemetal base Convertibles with the 4 height adjustment.
For something more modern my vote would be for a Concept One

 

[floor-a-matic]

Model O
1100 Dial-A-Matic
33 Convertible

 

[vacman1961]

I feel the best cleaning Hoover is the Commercial Soft Guard Model C1702-900, those machines really dig down deep in the carpet.