Circa 2001 Hoover Purepower U3330

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Here is my Hoover Purepower U3330 that I got off eBay not the Sunday just gone but the Sunday before. It was in excellent condition with just a few scuffs and a missing height knob.
I have replaced the Height Knob which I also found on eBay, since it was missing. The only other things that needed replacing were the filters, which have been replaced with genuine Hoover and the genuine bags which I am still waiting on their arrival!
The belt on it is new as the seller said it had been replaced recently, so that was one thing off the list!

The motor runs really good as I expected, not a notch out of tune! It is no louder nor quieter than a Turbopower 2 in high (if an autosense model).

I completely disassembled the whole thing (as I do with any new find) and wash all the major plastic components in the bath!

That is about it to say on it so without any further a due, here it is...

 

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Cleaner head...

Edge to edge power cleaning hahahahah that made me laugh, this thing can't edge clean to save it's life.

 

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HOOVER


There is a grill at the bottom there which does not provide a purpose, it is simply just design detail.

 

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The Hoover Cleaner...

 

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1300 watts wich is more than adequate, not like todays Purep

 

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Royal appointment and bag full indicator

 

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Hoover badge on the handle there

 

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A view from the right side

 

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A view from the back

There is also an 8.5 meter cable on this unlike todays 6 meter cables on the latest purepowers, shows how much quality drops over the years. Oh and yes I measured it! Haha.

 

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And a view from the left side

 

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Here is what it loos like now after a nice bath! Looks brand

 

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When I first started cleaning it, I found this under the bag

No wonder it took a bit of Perseverance to get the hose out the back of the cleaner.

 

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That is what it is ment to look like!

 

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The tools

 

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The activator, standard on these early purepowers.

 

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Hoover help line, forgot about this pic should of posted it


Not sure if it is still valid?

 

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These were the scuffs I was talking about.

 

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After I worked my magic.

Picture is a bit duller than the rest for some reason.

 

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dater sticker...


Now that is a candy type sticker there, so doesn't use the usual Hoover dating system, my guess is that it is made in May 2001 as it says "0105" on there, but I could be wrong.
When I was cleaning the parts in the bath I noticed little time clock things on each plastic piece, the oldest piece was the bag door, dated 1996 the newest piece that was made was the "hose rack" dated 2001 so I could be right there, with that way I tried dating it.