Hoover Vortex V2000

VacuumLand – Vintage & Modern Vacuum Enthusiasts

Help Support VacuumLand:

You're probably right about my error, it was some time ago now.

The Turbo head was also available for Hoover 'Alpina' cylinder cleaners too.

I had the 'Alpina Tria 3', a Currys exclusive model with remote control on the power hose, and a power take-off socket on the handgrip for the power head.

My model had a habit of misreading the power +/- signal and would suddenly surge with power when you tried to lower the power. There was no automatic setting, but there was a 'Boost for a few seconds' button.

I found the hose incredibly heavy and awkward to work with, so I sold it on.

When I first bought the cleaner and unpacked it, the 'glamour' disc on one of the wheels promptly fell off. It had never been properly fitted.
 
Alpina

Calum,

I had the Alpina Tria and remember using it with the Turbo 300 nozzle. I made my own tv ad for it which is something else I hope to put on YouTube.

I liked the Alpina range, but they were very heavy and far from silent as Hoover claimed with their "Power Of Silence" strapline.
I wrote to Hoover at the time to complain about the noise level of the Alpina, but never got a response.

I still have the base model.

6-28-2009-12-59-37--ibaisaic.jpg
 
Mine was black in colour, the control panel was just a row of LED lights, the bag check indicator was electronic.

I think the model number of my machine was something like "SC 198".
 
ryan

i know there were quite a few different models not sure how many but did the cyclone system change after the V2000 and the legal hoo ha with dyson i only ever had one other vortex, the red one one with the big foot and i never really took much notice of the inside of it, i got a video of my V2000 on you tube


 
Nice video.

To be honest I don't think the filter changed that much, using a paper pleated HEPA ring (S18) that the Vortex also used. Dyson didn't have a problem with the vacuum cleaner - it was the advertising & usage of the patent claim that Hoover put forward that Dyson took issue with. I do recall getting poly string pull bags with my Cyclean which was unusual at the time and can still be found online, pack of 10 /H53 code.

There are plenty of news links and paper editorials reporting that Dyson had taken Hoover to court over infringement of patents - certainly the Dyson Dual Cyclone system and the system used in Hoover are different IMHO.

The link below refers to intellectual property, which Hoover did not seek permission to use.



[this post was last edited: 6/6/2013-10:30]

http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/articles.aspx?Index=171
sebo_fan++6-6-2013-10-14-16.jpg
 

Latest posts

Back
Top