Calling all Hoover canister owners!

[hooverman2121]

Hi guys, it's been awhile since I've been on here. Figured I'd see who else loves their Hoover canisters. Post all your pics of your Hoover canisters here! Whether it be a WindTunnel, PowerMax, Futura, PortaPower, Constellation, Dimension, etc.


Here are some pics of my Hoover canister trio (really wish I hadn't gotten rid of my two PowerMaxes and my old Dimension 1000). Two S3670 Anniversary WindTunnels and a PortaPower I.

Bought both S3670s new, bought the first one online after our main Kenmore canister finally bit the dust (pun intended), the second one was on sale at Home Depot and I figured what the heck.

My PortaPower was the first vacuum cleaner bought specifically for me. I have two universal wands from a ShopVac on it because the old plastic wands snapped in half, and now these ones are doing the same! Going to order two new metal wands with the tab clip for the old style Hoover locking pins which the PortaPower has.

Anyway, let's see those canisters!

Here's my PortaPower.

 

[hooverman2121]

Twins!

 

[hooverman2121]

All three.

 

[kirbyultimateg]

Hoover Dimension 1000.

 

[kirbyultimateg]

Hoover Dimension 1000

 

[kirbyultimateg]

Eureka Express

 

[kirbyultimateg]

Eureka Express

 

[hooverman2121]

I want! I want! I want! I miss our Dimension 1000 from when I was a kid. That's what ours looked like but the tool cover was clear instead.

How do you like it?

 

[kirbyultimateg]

I love my Hoover Dimension 1000 and I love my Eureka Express!

 

[raycarter]

Here's my Hoover Dimension 1000 S3277, styled in the fetching color scheme of Cashmere Blue and Blue Shadow, with Deep Blue trim.

 

[hooverman2121]

Ahhh! You stole my Dimension 1000! Haha, we left it in our camp up in the Adirondacks and one year it was gone and was replaced by some awful Bissell upright... I think my mom got rid of it silently so I wouldn't get upset over it

 

[durango159]

Hoover PowerMax Supreme S3530

This PowerMax Supreme has the Futura style head as this was Hoover's last canister vacuum cleaner to sport this power nozzle hood design. I have this machine now and love it. It does my weekly thorough deep cleaning for the house.

 

[durango159]

Hoover Spirit canister

I sold this a few years ago but this was a Hoover Spirit canister that I refurbished. Power nozzle is same design that would have come with this unit, but a different color. I do not have the model number off of this anymore.

 

[durango159]

Hoover PowerMax Deluxe S3601

Hoover PowerMax Deluxe S3601. I refurbed and sold this. Got it very cheap at a yard sale but power head motor had an issue. It ran fine but would've annoyed me so I sold it.

Previous owner really trashed this machine. It was filthy. They cut wires to headlight socket and hose is not original and not the correct replacement. They put a deluxe hose on, but removed the circuit board in the handle. Really strange. Despite being called "Deluxe" this model from factory did not have a belt view window and did not have agitator on/off switch.

 

[durango159]

Hoover Dimension 1000 S3277

This machine was my grandparents. May the rest in piece!! It then became my parents, but the original Quadraflex power nozzle broke about 10 years ago. It would have been $150 or so for a new one and my parents passed on that. We've held onto the suction unit, the motor is great. Cord winder is broken, and no longer active, and front swivel wheel is missing. It is kept in my parents attic as a spare unit.

The power nozzle on it is from a Hoover Turbo Power 5000 S3577 that we used to have. The Turbo Power 5000 cord winder broke and we parted the machine out to fix some other PowerMax canister vacs of ours.

 

[hooverman2121]

I love seeing all these canisters!

 

[durango159]

Hoover PowerMax Deluxe S3608

9.3 Amp system. Terrific suction, terrific power nozzle. Very efficient canister vacuums. Gorgeous red color. This is at my parents house. This model did not have a belt view window or agitator on/off switch.

Notice the upgraded logo on power nozzle compared to previous PowerMax canisters. Also very smartly added was an accordian on wire where it exited power nozzle housing to reduce strain in that area.

 

[durango159]

Hoover PowerMax Runabout S3614

9.3 Amp system. This unit was made by Hoover for Kmart. Oddly enough it was a more deluxe version of PowerMax line at the time since it came with agitator on/off switch on hose handle and belt view window. While Kmart was selling this fully featured canister, Strawbridges and other higher scale department stores were selling the more stripped down PowerMax Supreme S3530 which you see above.

***Tool lid in photo is not original to this machine and would have come from a Windtunnel Plus Canister with air turbine powered hand tool.

 

[hooverman2121]

Durango, how do you like your PowerMax canisters? I had the WindTunnel S3639 which was similar and while it cleaned well, I wasn't too impressed with the plastic and how cheap it felt. Last I knew, the guy who I sold it to is still using it... they keep going strong!