Hotpoint light n easy

[kirbymodel2c]

Hi...

Hi David.

Nice video) I knew I had pics of my LnE somewhere.
It will be nice to see yours once it's been cleanned)

James)

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Pic 2

Pic 2

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Pic 3

Pic 3

Last one for now)

James)

 

[paulc]

My mum had a Hotpoint light and easy, she bought it in 1968 and had it until I was about 6 or seven (75/76). The height adjuster broke and mum had to tip the cleaner forward to make the brushes contact the carpet. She said when I was a baby I screamed the house down every time she vacuumed, she ended up putting me in my pram and leaving me in the garden whilst she vacuumed. Mum had the complete tool set, she bought this cleaner as it was recommended in Which?

 

[kirbymodel2c]

So...

Hi Paul,

So does that mean you have/will be looking for one for your collection since you grew up with one?
My step grandma had the later brown Parry version of the Hotpoint LnE.
Never seen one since.

James)

 

[paulc]

James,

Am afraid I don't have room for a collection, would be nice to use one again though.

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Oh..

Ooh you ort to find a bigger place lol.
Mind you do you know any collectors who live near you who might have one they might let you use to bring back some childhood memories?

James)

 

[paulc]

James.

A bigger place would be lovely, have to wait a few years though until hubby finishes his masters.

There are a couple of collectors in Scotland, unsure if they have a light and easy though!

 

[midcenturyfan]

I have a Light n Easy in my collection. I don't know anything about it, but I assume that it dates from the early 1970s. It is white with a turquoise handle grip and furniture guard. I will try to take a photograph of it and post it on here.

Robin.

 

[midcenturyfan]

Here is the picture as promised.

Robin.

 

[vacbear58]

Torquoise

Robin

You are very lucky as yours is an early variant of the L&E - which was available in pink or torquoise colourways. Could I ask you please to post a picture of the rear of the cleaner too please so we may see the switch assembly which is on the back of the handle.

 

[vacbear58]

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[vacbear58]

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[vintagerepairer]

Is it my failing eyesight, or is the pitch-fork and front cover not larger on the older model?

 

[paulc]

Handy flex storage pocket......

that just jogged my memory. Mum kept the polish, a duster and a stiff hand brush ( for brushing dust away from the skirting board) in the cord storage pocket.

Robin, thanks for the pic of your Hotpoint, haven't seen one in that colour before.

Vacbear,it appears from the advert showing the attachments that they connected straight into the cleaner, similar to a Junior, or have they just missed out the pan converter?

 

[vacbear58]

Pan converter

Paul, they just missed it out

Al

 

[midcenturyfan]

Here is a picture of the switch as requested.

I was very fortunate to be given this machine, along with an earlier Hotpoint Junior, by an elderly friend. I just happened to visit him on the way home from collecting a Hoover.

Regards,

Robin.

 

[uksausage]

love the original

oh my god iu still dont know why i like these so much im loving the early one i do prefer the colour of that one than the green of mine
mine has been stripped and work done on the motor but it sounds awfull it could do with a new motor the height adjuster is buggered as well as was mentioned earlier in this thread it has to be tipped forward for the brush roll to contact the carpet
if anyone has ideas on how to bodge the height adjuster please let me know

WHY OH WHY DID I GET SHOT OF THE ONE I HAD BEFORE IM SUCH A TWAT
im sure there are many of us that have gotten rid of a vacuum and regretted it some time later


the pics of the othe LnE machines are fantastic id love to come across one of the later 80s models

 

[floor-a-matic]

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The Hotpoint L & E on reply #28 looks a bit like a Eureka 1400 Series from the early 1970s.</span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Did Hoover and/or Eureka make these for Hotpoint?  Were Hotpoint vacuums ever available here in the USA?</span>

 

[vacbear58]

@ Floor-a-matic

Could you post some pictures of the models you have in mind please. As far as I am aware these cleaners were only manufactured in the UK but we have seen a few cases where very similar cleaners turn up either side of the pond without a direct, known, corrolation between the two suppliers

Al