Hoover Commercial Upright Elite

[eluxomarty]

Back in November I ran across a Hoover Commercial upright vacuum in the Elite version. It cost only $9.00!!!! It worked fine but the brush roll was in horrible shape. Since today is a holiday from school, I slept in (I have a cold) then decided today would be a good day to work on my vacs. Pix to follow.

Marty

 

[eluxomarty]

Hair....down there

What is it about Elites that cause hair to collect around the motor?

 

[eluxomarty]

the brushroll

Ugh! It's in there somewhere!

 

[eluxomarty]

Yup!

That's it. That's the brushroll!

 

[eluxomarty]

Finally!

Got all the hair off the bushroll and found nice green bristles!

 

[eluxomarty]

head shot

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[eluxomarty]

full view

To one of my friend's out there (you know who you are!) this hoover has a 50ft orange cord in great shape. It also has a grounded plug. This vacuum originally had one of those attachment/hose carriers that fit along the back of the handle but seeing how the hose was missing, I left it off. The vacuum looks better without it anyway.

 

[petek]

Uggg. It kinda looks like someone was using it in a hair salon or something you think? . My Kirby Omega was used by a barber and while the brushroll was nothing like that the shake-out bag was 3/4 full of a human hair ball. Not pretty.

 

[vintagehoover]

And in other news tonight, an embarrassed Donald Trump is seen wearing a balaclava...

 

[turboace]

Great job. Funny, I just finished putting back together a Hoover Elite. This one had a shattered fan. Seems to be working well now, but, wow I fogot how loud these machines are. It also had that same clump of hair on the motor air intake, they all seem to get it.

 

[swingette]

Usually love fur...

...but that is TOO MUCH! Wild, isnt it Marty? Those motors must generate some major cooling-fan airflow.

Could you compare the noise level of this machine to another Hoover, Marty? Seven amps, right? And good idea leaving the tool holder off.

Thanks for the pics!

 

[eluxomarty]

Noise

Hi David! The vacuum is actually 5.5 amps. I've been down with a cold so I stayed in bed on Wednesday and bought things online. LOL! Among other things, I bought a Hoover Guardsman Commercial Upright. I wanted a new Convertible style vacuum before they disappear (you never know) plus I was reading on another thread, I think the one with Philip's sister wanting a Hoover like she had 30 years ago but a new one, and someone brought up the Guardsman. I've been obsessing ever since LOL! It is supposedly 6 amps. It will be interesting to compare the noise level of the two vacuums. I'll take pix of the Guardsman when it gets here.

Pete, The first thing I thought of was this vacuum was in a salon! Hence, it was tossed because it "wasn't working right." My barber has a Hoover Flair stick vac that he says he has never had a problem with. "Works just fine!" He is "like us" so I imagine he takes care of good care of it and makes sure it it emptied frequently.

 

[xraytech]

Marty,

You have enough hair built up in that elite that if you collected it all you could send it out and have a nice wig made of it.

Sam