I hate Hoovers

[dysonman1]

Fooled Ya. Not really. I actually like them. A lot. I love talking about them with my Hoover Guru John. He sure has helped me out tremendously. I don't think there's anyone who knows more about Hoover than John. (Gregory of course)

Talk about a blast from the past with this Hoover Commercial for New Year's Eve.

 

[dysonman1]

It's such an awesome machine to use.

 

[dysonman1]

Apparently, EVERYONE loves Hoover. My late boyfriend sure did.

 

[dysonman1]

I love my Hoover model 70. But don't tell anyone. Shhhh. It's a secret.

 

[dysonman1]

The very first VCCC awards for the Cleaning Contest. I won TWO. With a Hoover 61, of course. The 'club' was so cool back then.

 

[dysonman1]

People come from far away to run Miss Braun's Hoovrahs.

 

[dysonman1]

Hoovers everywhere. Even in 1947.

 

[dysonman1]

My husband's favorite. He doesn't like vacuums but he likes this one for some reason. I think it's awesome. It's the only upright vacuum he will use.

 

[dysonman1]

My all time favorite Hoover (oops, I hate them remember lol) with my all time favorite General Electric Swivel Top.

 

[dysonman1]

I did replace the cord with a 30 foot one on my Convertible. I change the bag each time I use it so it's always 'factory fresh'.

 

[dysonman1]

What shade of orange is this? 45?

 

[dysonman1]

Such an awesome cleaner.

 

[dysonman1]

What a pretty shade of blue.

 

[dysonman1]

Lined up, just like the Rockettes.

 

[dysonman1]

Dance like your lives depend on it girls. You’re on Broadway.

 

[dysonman1]

“I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille”

 

[dysonman1]

Just like the framed art in Jackie O’s living room. She would be so proud. Not.

 

[dysonman1]

This is what happens when a Hoover drinks the “Iced tea”. The next thing you know, it will be falling down the Hoover staircase highway to hell. Flower power and all. It was the 70s.

 

[dysonman1]

It’s like sweeper central up in here. They are a beautiful shade of Dunmore Brown.

 

[madman]

mmmyes... I'm sure you hate all of those Hoovrahs. >_>

I can see why your husband likes the Decade 80, it looks pretty cool. Like space-age.

 

[dysonman1]

You have to climb Mount Everest to reach the Valley of the Dolls.

 

[dysonman1]

It’s the new year and time to bury the hatchet. Squarely between the shoulders. Happy New Year’s girls!

 

[rodknock95]

Happy New Years

Love the pictures!!

 

[gregvacs28]

I can say that in all the vacuums I've owned, I've never had a Hoover upright.   


I currently have a really nice Spin-Scrub carpet cleaner and I've had many Hooover canisters I've absolutely hated.  Yes, I've hated Celebrities, Spirits, Dimensions,  Porta-powers, and those swivel tops that came out after the Spirit.  Wind Tunnel and what they were called before that.


 


I hated them all, especially the wonderful, ah I mean, terrible colors from the late 70s and 80s,  They inspired hatred, that's for sure.


 


Now I'm looking at Hoover floor washer so I can hate it too..... because speaking in republican contradictions is so fun.....

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[dysonman1]

I would estimate that a good 30% of my collection is made by Hoover. And then there are the Hoover appliances too.

 

[dysonman1]

One of my all time favorite VINTAGE Hoover cleaners to use is the stunning Model 300 with its unique plug and bag decal. Doors may be closed for a reason, but she just needs to come out of the closet already. She's very old, her looks have faded, but if she thought she was going to just 'rest', that's not happening. Give her a few minutes to warm up, and she's sucking just like she did in Ohio. When she left North Canton.

 

[dysonman1]

These two Convertibles came to me from an old spinster woman who lived in a huge but old and unkempt house. She referred to it as "the palace" but I always thought it looked like a mortuary. These were given to me, so I took them apart to restore them.

One of them had dry bearings. As dry as Italian Pepper Cookies. Just squealed like Ned Beatty in Deliverance. Used my Hoover grease gun on them, and the bearings are no longer as dry as the cakes the old lady baked.

It's been two years since I got these machines. Don't know what happened to the old lady. I heard she died all alone in that house. I remember seeing a huge dumpster outside of her mausoleum one day. The old lady hasn't been seen since. I've looked for her obituary, but as she had no husband, no real family, I think she has faded like the Wicked Witch of the West "what a world, what a world". So sad.

I'm loving my Convertibles. I have enough bags I can change them after each use. And now they both run smooth and quiet.

 

[kenkart]

Hoovers

Are my LEAST favorite brand of vacuum, They ARE good just not my favorite.

 

[hoover300]

I'm more of a Kirby fan, but...

I have a few Hoovers. Mostly they are 70s or 80s but my oldest is my profile namesake, a Hoover 300. It was the first vintage vacuum I ever bought. Cord was dry rotted and in awful shape but I saved the plug with enough room for a splice.
Beautiful vacs!
~K