My Extensive Collection Part 3

[kirbyloverdan]

Yet another

Hoover
My brand new Hoover empower

Dan

 

[singingrainbow]

I always liked the Powermaxes, I remember seeing a lot of them growing up. And I love the tool set up and hose, very nice to use.


 


I kinda miss my empower, really liked the variable speed controls.


Scott

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Scott

The Powermaxes are great vacuums I love mine .

I have never used my empower it's still unused

Dan

 

[floor-a-matic]

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">I wish I still had:</span>


<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">WindTunnel 2 bagged</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Savvy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">PowerMax with QuadraFlex agitator</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Unfortunately I left my PowerMax behind when I moved; & sold both the Savvy & WT2 due to another move</span>

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Erik

If you only knew how many vacuums I regrettably sold or gave away its in the hundreds .
We all at sometime in life have let go of great vacuums .
One day you will find them again .

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

A favorite

Eureka anniversary special edition I bought three this another I gave to my mom to use she just gave it back to me so I'm cleaning it and will be selling it . I also have another NIB which I'm saving for when ever I love these retro modern vacuums I wish Hoover would do a convertible like this .


Dan

 

[floor-a-matic]

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">That is a nice BEAUTIFUL Eureka Retro Vac!

</span>

 

[gsheen]

Considering the retro craze at the moment from cars to furniture Kettles toasters I have often wondered why there are no or few retro vacuums. 

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Gareth

Eureka made this vacuum a few years back I can't remember
when I bought them . It would be neat if more vacuum companies
did this but since most are bag less that would be kind of hard to
do

Thanks Erik I agree .

Dan

 

[gsheen]

I am sure we can all convince Tom to see what he can come up with at Tacony, Its got to be modern but retro wth nice design cues to the past without loosing any of today's modern amenities 

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Gareth

That's a great idea Tom plus John Gregory with his deep
Roots and connections to the Hoover company maybe John can
get Hoover to build a retro Hoover Convertible .

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Next is

A Dirt Devil "i" built by Bosch . Pretty cool bag less vacuum of course I own the Bosch one also

Dan

 

[gsheen]

I have the Siemens one 

 

[kirbyloverdan]

And here's my

Bosch version I have no idea why I needed two but this vacuum buying has gotten out of control .

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Gareth

Are Bosch and Siemans the same company ?

Dan

 

[gsheen]

Dan Bosch and Siemens have a 50/50 partnership in Home appliances from cooking to cleaning.


 


I know on our market we often get vacuums that look similar but are sold to different retailers so they don't compete on models 



http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/103/103598.html

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Bosch

Vacuums are rare here and I have yet to see a Siemens vacuum in the US

Dan

 

[gsheen]

That's a pity they are often overlooked at in favor of Miele here to and its to bad because they make some pretty good bagged vacuums much better than anything I have seen out of Miele lately. 


 


The problem is like Toyota people buy Miele here in SA because of what they used to be and when they break prematurely they just blame the maid for abusing it not realizing that the quality has dropped.

 

[kirbylux77]

Dan

That Royal Protégé upright in reply #121, I remember seeing one of these & remember from the rating plate it was made in South Korea. I would bet good money that cleaner was made by Daewoo for TTI. Another possibility, although highly unlikely, is it could have been outsourced to Sanyo, before the Panasonic takeover.

 

[kirbylux77]

By the way, Dan, here is a Hoover you may want to consider adding to your collection....the Hoover Air Pro upright, made to compete with the Dyson Ball. I bought one last year & love it! Only bad thing I can say about it is I wish it had a upholstery tool included, & the turbo brush is not that great....takes very little to stop the brushes & make it ineffective, despite the great suction & airflow this cleaner has. If you do buy it, use the turbo brush that came with your Windtunnel Anniversary canister....I have one of those & it works much better. Here is a link below for you to the Hoover website.

http://hoover.com/products/details/uh72450/air-pro-bagless-upright/