Hoover Turbomaster U5094 Total System

[alexhoovers94]

Here is my Hoover Turbomaster U5094 Total System from 1988, it was prettu grimey but cleaned up very well.

 

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Soaking in dishwasher detergent

 

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The result of a good soaking in chemical detergent!

 

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Set out drying.

 

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All back together, serviced and polished.

 

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[gottahaveahoove]

WOW! You did a great job!

I have 2 of the pink ones...one w/ complete, unused tools.
You are very meticulous.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Yes, it looks great Alex. The fact that the Hoover Turbomaster was such a popular cleaner in the UK despite the rather poor suction on the tools and the inconvenience of same makes me wonder why the likes of Panasonic and of course Electrolux did not make anything of the fact they had "clean fan" motors, unlike the Hoovers which at the time had fan-first "dirty fan" motors.

 

[alexhoovers94]

#9...Thanks, yeh, I like to restore them as best as I can, to their original state. It is pretty mind numbing but looks great when finished.

#10...I always thought the Turbomaster was Hoover's best upright that they produced in terms of cleaning ability, the hose suction on the Turbomaster could not match the power of a clean fan machine, all be it, more powerful than the Turbopower...The suction through the hose was pretty good for most jobs and certainy fit the bill, in my opinion.
I think perhaps Panasonic and Electrolix didn't pay that mich detail in competition perhaps?

Alex.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Alex, it has to be said that Panasonic and Electrolux did very well too, I am not sure how they veiwed the competiton, but what I do know is that both Panasonic and Electrolux advertised their cleaners on TV a hell of a lot. Hoover didn't promote the Turbomaster anywhere near as much.

Why? Well TV advertising cost a kings ransom and it did seem to me that sales of the Hoover cleaner could easily be made once something had enticed the consumer to the showroom for whatever it was they had seen on TV. Once there they would see the Hoover cleaners too.

Hoover had a very loyal customer base so they could probably afford to be as laid-back about advertising as they seemed to be. But if Electrolux had boasted in their adverts about how easy it was to use the tools, and how it had filtration, that would have left a mark on the mind of the consumer perhaps.

This said, I do have to remind myself that every manufacture of any product has to be able to keep up with demand, so for all I know they may not have wanted any more sales than they had.

 

[vacerator]

Nice Alex!

I like vintage British goods which have the royal seal on them. I found some nice octagon shaped Johnson brothers "greenfield" pattern dishes from Stoke on Trent with the seal last month. We use them everyday now.

 

[sebo_fan]

Well there were a few adverts in the UK for the Turbomaster, amongst others, I like these two:

 

[vintagerepairer]

Sebofan, I don't remember the first of those adverts at all, though I have seen them on Youtube. Electrolux and Panasonic always seemed to run many more. Then second advert I always considered to be not for the Turbomaster per-se but for the Freedom bagless contraption which Hoover had just brought out. I do recall Hoover advertising a lot in the early 80's but not the later part. That could just be my memory though.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Electrolux and Panasonic always seemed to run many more

On the contrary, I have seen far more Hoover ads from the past online, than any other brand, not to say there were not many Electrolux and Panasonic ads, just going by what I have seen on YouTube.

Alex.

 

[sebo_fan]

I dont think I have ever seen a Panasonic vacuum cleaner ad on TV and Electrolux upright ads have been few and far between.

 

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video.