Hotpoint light n easy

[uksausage]

Well I finally managed to get one of these but it's not in the greatest of shape. I need to strip it right down to nothing The handle fork is a bit twisted and the bag zip is buggered. I know it's a long shot but I don't suppose anyone has any spares for these. I want to start on this before I start the others. If anyone can help please let me know
Thanks guys
David
Xx

 

[uksausage]

help lol

i take it no one can help boo hoo lol

 

[vacbear58]

Hotpoint L&E

David

For a model that was around do long these are very rare, particularly this torquoise model. From teh picture the handle fork does not look too bad and it looks like the flex is in decent condition too which is a good start.

How handly are you with a needle, or so you have or know someone with a sewing machine as the zip replacement should be reasonably straighforward, although you might be hard pressed to get a torquoise one but something lihe a dress zip (it does not want to be too heavy as the material is quite light weight) in white with metal teeth should be a good substitute.

Is the handle nice and firm on the fork? Of the three that have passed through my hands (still have two - one of these and one with the later gold hood) all the handles have all been a bit wobbly.

If you ask nicely I can even post a picture with optional tool kit, which is even more rare than the cleaner itself

Al

 

[shinymac]

Hi....I cant help with spares for your Hotpoint, although I can well remember my mum owning one. It was VERY plasticky ! Lol.

But as I live in UK also (Cumbria), I wondered if you like trading vacs with other collectors ?

My email is [email protected] please feel free to contact me.

All my upright vacs are in unrestored condition, but all work

Thanks

Derek

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Hi...

Hi David. You have a nice Hotpoint there. I'm glad you was able to find one)
I have the same model Hotpoint LnE. Mine was missing the bumper but I was able to get hold of one. Only thing I need for mine is the sole plate. I put a NOS brush roll in it)


James)

 

[vacbear58]

My L&E

Front

 

[vacbear58]

Back

Somewhat different from David's

 

[vacbear58]

Tools

Like I said above these are rare. This was a lucky find on ebay, it was included in a box of bits, the main item shown being a blue Senior 638 hose. But I noticed the connecting pan buried underneath it - no other bidders, it was a VERY good purchase

 

[bagintheback]

Bag-in-the-back Hotponit

I have always been curious about this model. It doesn't seem to fit in with the traditional styling of UK machines. I'm surprised hear these were cheaply built. The handle fork looks a bit flimsy, but everything else appears to be the usual for the 80s. The hood looks very similar to a Hoover design from the same period. It makes me wonder if Hotponit looked to Hoover for inspiration.

 

[vintagerepairer]

1980's?

...Try 1960's. The Hotpoint was something of a hybrid of a Hoover Junior and Hoover Senior. It was Junior sized, but had a fork like a Senior, also it had the dust bag on the back of course. It was also considerably cheaper to buy than a Hoover. Like Vacbear says, these were available for a good deal of years in one design or another, but are thin on the ground. Even for the price I don't think they were much of a rival to the Junior. Also I am not so sure people bothered to get them repaired. In all my years I probably only had two or three passing through my shop doorway.

 

[vacbear58]

Hotpoint

The Light and Easy was introduced in around late 1962 early 1963 as a replacement for the rather dated Hotpoint cleaner which could trace a direct lineage back to 1930s models - in that sense not unlike the Hoover Junior. This was an all new design although it operated in much the same manner as a Junior with the dust chute travelling to the back centre of the cleaner rather than to one side.

Its main rival was the Hoover Junior, although the Hotpoint was significantly cheaper, lighter and of course it had a top fill bag, possibly the first UK cleaner to have one. Initially it was offered in pink or torquoise colourways. In around 1967, in common with many other Hotpoint appliances, the styling was updated to the torquoise model shown above.

It may have taken some styling cues from Hoover but it would have been the 65 (or rather 652 in our case) rather than any other model

Al

Here is an ad for its introduction in 1963

 

[vintagerepairer]

price

Vacbear, the price of the cleaner in that TV commercial equates to around £420 in todays money, using a conversion website I just found. That is an astounding price. How much would a Hoover Junior have cost, do you know?

 

[bagintheback]

The 1960s-Impressive!

I had no idea they went back that far! They still remind me of American Hoovers. The whole set up is like how Hoover was doing things in the 80s-early 90s. What does the under-side look like?

 

[vacbear58]

How Much

Benny

Nice to see you posting, missed your input, at least in the threads I have been reading. I was going to say 26 guineas (which you and I both know is £27/6/- or in current currency £27.30) but going by this ad below, which should be roughly contemporary, it was just a shade lower.

The price difference might not seem like much but for the time it was reasonably significant, by this time the Junior 1334 had been on the market getting on for 5 years and is starting to look a bit dated. However Hoover's stranglehold on the upright market was such that any other manufacturer was going to have a hard time up against them, and Hoover also extensivly promoted their cleaners as well.

They are reasonably simple underneath with basically just the soleplate and a large plastic cover - in that respect not unlike a Junior. It operates in a similar mannner too with a horizontally mounted motor driving the brushroll. The front cover is removeable although this is only to access the belt, the tools were always connected using the pan connector on the front.

Al

 

[vintagerepairer]

Thank you for that Vacbear

I am quite sure I have worked out the price of the Hotpoint incorrectly as it was in guineas. By my calculations the Hoover was around the same price and I was sure the Hotpoint was something of a good saving over the Hoover. Thanks for showing another interesting TV commercial. The lack of a television sent until about 1979 meant things like this are still a first for me.

 

[kirbymodel2c]

A few...

A few years ago before I got my Hotpoint LnE I was at the recycling centre(Tip) and as I was getting rid of my bit and pieces a car pulled up next to me and he started unloading his stuff. I noticed a complete Electrolux 345 which I went over and asked him for and he said "sure help ya self")I also noticed he had a torquoise Hotpoint LnE wirth all the attachments. But I didn't have the room for any more vacs at the time so I passed on it.I wish I had took it as well now lol.

James)

 

[kirbymodel2c]

P.S

Great video Alistair of the Hotpoint LnE by the way.
Thanks for posting it. I've never seen it before.

James)

 

[uksausage]

Al

hi Al thanks for that the last one of these i had was the same as yours with the white handle tip and fork the handle on this seems fine at the moment the fork is a little pissed on one side lol
ive stripped it down and cleaned it out but it could do with new bearings as they make a terrible noise even after packing them out with grease, the cable on this fantastic ive never seen such a thick heavy duty cable in my life there are no cuts or nicks in it at all.
the pics of yours al are really cool especially withthe tool kit you are so lucky to have the whole thing
id love to see if anyone has any of the later models the ones from empire catalogue or kays catalogue

 

[uksausage]

James

hi james thanks for the compliment im looking forward to getting it all polished up the bag has been washed and is now prob 5 shades lighter than it was got to work on the body now and see if i can make it shine
if i come across the soleplate on my travels ill let you know
do you have any pics of your one if you do can you post them on here please, i dont know what it is i like about this vacuum i just love them

did manage to do a little video the other evening before i started to take it apart