Hoover Aquatronic 1100

[kirbymodel2c]

Hi All. I had this come in to my possession today.A Hoover Aquatronic 1100 S4386. It seems to be all there. Needs a bit of a clean...
The only thing that is wrong is the crevice tool. It has the manual but just didn't put it in the picture as I forgot
I don't know that much about it apart from it was around in the late 80 very early 90s and was not around long and was not a big seller as the Aquamaster/AquaJet was far more popular.

I remember seeing them in brochures at the time.
Anyone ever had one before??

James)

 

[sebo_fan]

No but I did remember seeing it as a teenager and wanting one to see what it was like! I did have the burgundy LG upright thats pictured beside it - a fantastic bargain upright and a pity they don't sell them at Argos anymore. I believe they also sold under the Royal/Dirt Devil tag in the U.S with long metal pole handles as opposed to the plastic looped handle on the British market models.

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Hi

Hi. It turns out I sold that LG today after it being there for months lol.
I sold that Green Hoover purepower today as well.
Just working on reconning a Vax,Samsung and Electrolux at the mo.
As well as working on a Dc24 that's come in for repair today...

Then might get that Hoover Aquatronic cleanned up.

James)

 

[vintagerepairer]

These Aquatronic cleaners were not made by Hoover. I seem to have the idea they were popular in another part of Europe or similar. Vax had long been on sale by the time these Aquatronic cleaners were being advertised in the Hoover booklets, but I think Vax was yet to hit it's stride. I think once sales of Vax rocketed and Electrolux brought out the Masterlux, Hoover must have realised it was going to have to pull out all the stops. I always thought this cleaner was a half-attempt at testing the water. They can't have sold all that many of them. In fact, I don't ever remember seeing them in the shops.

 

[jmurray01]

I saw something a bit similar to that today when I was in the dry cleaners.

It was blue, about the same size, and had a square/rectangular tank at the front.

 

[vintagerepairer]

That might have been something like the one in my link. They used to be squarer than this, and came in brown, blue, orange, and probably others. 'Escort' was the popular name.

http://www.cleanforless.co.uk/karcher-puzzi-100-carpet-cleaner-240v-14-p.asp

 

[vintagerepairer]

Here is a link to a bottle of Escort cleaning solution. I trhought for a moment it was Deirdre Barlow on the picture.

http://sugarlipsjournal.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.html

 

[jmurray01]

That was it Benny! Just in blue instead of yellow!

 

[vintagerepairer]

Thought so. They've been in the windows of Dry Cleaners for years. Must be reliable, as they've hardly changed the design.

 

[jmurray01]

Yeah, like Numatics I suppose.

 

[ozhoover]

Hi James,

I have one too and I can't remember who made them for Hoover, it's not the lightest machine I have ever had...

Here's a pic of mine with the tank on.

Cheers
Mark

 

[jmurray01]

Sweet Jesus, that's like something from outer space! Ha ha!

 

[baglessball]

Could one of you do a video of the ins am outs of these? I have never seen one and I like how different they were.

 

[jmurray01]

I'd be interested in that too!

 

[hoovermanmick]

i seen them in coop james when the first aqua master came out thing it was about 1989

 

[kirbymodel2c]

The..

One vac I remember seeing was the same vac as the Aquatronic but it was a deep red in colour. But that was years ago.
I might do a video at somepoint once it's cleaned out.
It's bigger in real life than I expected it to be...Always wanted to see one.
I nearly got one last year but the lady binned it a week before she came in to my shop for a part for another one of her vacs...

I've not even switched it on yet.
I have no idea how it sounds or sucks...

James)

 

[sebo_fan]

Yep VR, I have a feeling it was a Karcher. I have a Hoover parts book somewhere with the line diagrams for this model. It may have been of Swiss origin - as discussed on Hooverland Yahoo Group. Anyone recognise the brand name "Vortice" ? As this may have been the original manufacturer.

 

[sebo_fan]

Oh well, there's another commercial site to remember= but it doesn't show the Aquatronic model : (

http://www.vortice-export.com

 

[sebo_fan]

Just found a fab German museum online resource for vacuums:


http://www.hangar.ch/

Plenty of vintage Electrolux vacuums there!