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I don't have anything against Hoover.
These days, especially after the SP Windtunnel was discontinued, there's not a lot from them that's much different than other TTI made stuff under the Dirt Devil or other brands. However, the commercial line is still pretty nice with the Portapower and Decade style machines still made, as well as the Conquest.
Hoover's best era to me, was 1940s-70s. I like the old metal Convertibles, DAM, Constellation, Slimline, Celebrity, etc. The color schemes were nice too.
The 1980s-90s plastic models to me aren't that exciting, but still were very good machines. 1990s are pretty nice too, the Elite and Powerdrive had some nice designs, but to me the Elite was the beginning of when they were starting to become really cheap, and like anybody else - Eureka Bravo, Bissell and Singer PowerAmp, etc. Just noisy, all plastic machines, but they worked well. Still American made though and reliable! The PowerMax uprights were probably some of their last really good machines, although I still liked the Windtunnel.
I wonder sometimes if Hoover hadn't sold to TTI if they would have retained more of their heritage models and designs. Would parts have still been available for vintage machines, etc?
These days, especially after the SP Windtunnel was discontinued, there's not a lot from them that's much different than other TTI made stuff under the Dirt Devil or other brands. However, the commercial line is still pretty nice with the Portapower and Decade style machines still made, as well as the Conquest.
Hoover's best era to me, was 1940s-70s. I like the old metal Convertibles, DAM, Constellation, Slimline, Celebrity, etc. The color schemes were nice too.
The 1980s-90s plastic models to me aren't that exciting, but still were very good machines. 1990s are pretty nice too, the Elite and Powerdrive had some nice designs, but to me the Elite was the beginning of when they were starting to become really cheap, and like anybody else - Eureka Bravo, Bissell and Singer PowerAmp, etc. Just noisy, all plastic machines, but they worked well. Still American made though and reliable! The PowerMax uprights were probably some of their last really good machines, although I still liked the Windtunnel.
I wonder sometimes if Hoover hadn't sold to TTI if they would have retained more of their heritage models and designs. Would parts have still been available for vintage machines, etc?
