turbomaster1984
Well-known member
Had the immense pleasure of picking this beauty up yesterday after the previous owner had stored it away for her sister for years and it only had been taken out the box to appear in a photo for ebay!
Still has the 2 empty brande new bags that it left the factory with and all original literature and sealed air freshener.
This model was one of 2 sold at the time, U1294 which was sold without the tool kit as normal to othet Turbopowers, the toolkit was an optional extra bought if you required them.
This U1296 comes with tools as standard, quite why they did we cant really define an exact answer but a multitude of maybe's.
I imagine at that point Hoover knew money could be made on this style of vac as it was still popular amongst budget buyers and those who wanted something light and simple but sales of optional tool kits dwindled due to those with the money who wanted tools went for models with built in tools.
By adding the optional tools as a feature and charging a slightly less overall price than buying the 2 together would help total sales and provide an added value product to the customer.
Styled in Ramsey Slate and Deep Ramsey Slate, 440w.
Myself assembling it properly for the first time,
Manufactured August 1989
Still has the 2 empty brande new bags that it left the factory with and all original literature and sealed air freshener.
This model was one of 2 sold at the time, U1294 which was sold without the tool kit as normal to othet Turbopowers, the toolkit was an optional extra bought if you required them.
This U1296 comes with tools as standard, quite why they did we cant really define an exact answer but a multitude of maybe's.
I imagine at that point Hoover knew money could be made on this style of vac as it was still popular amongst budget buyers and those who wanted something light and simple but sales of optional tool kits dwindled due to those with the money who wanted tools went for models with built in tools.
By adding the optional tools as a feature and charging a slightly less overall price than buying the 2 together would help total sales and provide an added value product to the customer.
Styled in Ramsey Slate and Deep Ramsey Slate, 440w.
Myself assembling it properly for the first time,
Manufactured August 1989
