vintagehoover
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A new arrival - Hoover's 'The One', Model H1.M. I thought it was appropriate; It's called 'The One', and last Thursday, I was on BBC's 'The One Show'! Besides, having retailed for around £199.99+, an eBay seller has basically 'as-new' ex-display machines for a fraction of that price, so I couldn't resist...
These were awful, awful cleaners. One of the worst Hoover has ever made. They were plagued by so many faults that Hoover eventually stopped repairing them and offered refunds, so the machines they'd sold would just die and stop haunting them! Look on any online product review site or Amazon.co.uk and you'll find buyer after buyer spitting vitriol about their bad experiences with the cleaners, and with the Customer Service Dept. and Service Agents who didn't want to repair them.
The poor cyclonic system relied on the filters to hold back the dirt, and they just couldn't cope. They clogged constantly, causing the motor to overheat and cut out. The pre-motor filter let loads of fine dust pass through the motor, too.
The post-motor filter would be vigorously ejected by the spring-loaded system at the least provocation, leaving users to tape them in place, or just go without.
The floor-head, which is so plasticky it's one step up from a microwave food tray, would crack under stress from the bulk of the forward-leaning 'Anti-Tip' upper body.
The build-quality was generally quite poor, and the white body showed up every speck of dirt which leaked out from around the seals as the clogged filters caused pressure back-up.
They came out in 2006 as a much-hyped brand new model, Hoover's flagship. Tellingly, after a redesign of the original model, then a few variations - 'Pets', 'Performer', etc - it's been dropped totally just 2 years later, leaving the 10-year old Purepower/Dustmananger design to struggle on alone.
HOWEVER. All this makes me think it's worth getting one of these and keeping it basically unused for the future. Even after 2 years, the majority of 'The Ones' which have been in use in households up and down the country have bitten (or choked on!) the dust.
So for the benefit of those who haven't seen one, here is mine:
These were awful, awful cleaners. One of the worst Hoover has ever made. They were plagued by so many faults that Hoover eventually stopped repairing them and offered refunds, so the machines they'd sold would just die and stop haunting them! Look on any online product review site or Amazon.co.uk and you'll find buyer after buyer spitting vitriol about their bad experiences with the cleaners, and with the Customer Service Dept. and Service Agents who didn't want to repair them.
The poor cyclonic system relied on the filters to hold back the dirt, and they just couldn't cope. They clogged constantly, causing the motor to overheat and cut out. The pre-motor filter let loads of fine dust pass through the motor, too.
The post-motor filter would be vigorously ejected by the spring-loaded system at the least provocation, leaving users to tape them in place, or just go without.
The floor-head, which is so plasticky it's one step up from a microwave food tray, would crack under stress from the bulk of the forward-leaning 'Anti-Tip' upper body.
The build-quality was generally quite poor, and the white body showed up every speck of dirt which leaked out from around the seals as the clogged filters caused pressure back-up.
They came out in 2006 as a much-hyped brand new model, Hoover's flagship. Tellingly, after a redesign of the original model, then a few variations - 'Pets', 'Performer', etc - it's been dropped totally just 2 years later, leaving the 10-year old Purepower/Dustmananger design to struggle on alone.
HOWEVER. All this makes me think it's worth getting one of these and keeping it basically unused for the future. Even after 2 years, the majority of 'The Ones' which have been in use in households up and down the country have bitten (or choked on!) the dust.
So for the benefit of those who haven't seen one, here is mine:
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