alexhoovers94
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When I got my Hoover Turbopower Freedom I had endless discussions with my mother about whether she had the Turbopower Freedom or the Turbomaster Freedom and she definitely knew it had the Permabag because she used to hate bashing the hell out of the little square pleated filter, needless to say she hated the vacuum.
My mum had her heart set on it being the Turbopower Freedom when I showed it her, I showed her a picture of the Turbomaster Freedom and she said "oh, no, it wasn't like that at all, it is like your one" but this family photo shows otherwise...
I know it is CERTAINLY a Turbomaster Freedom because of the variable power lights on the top right hand corner of the front body, that the Turbopower version did not have and plus the shape of it is different.
My Grandma bought my mum and dad a VAX 121 for a wedding present in 1988 and after a couple of years she hated using it because it was a cylinder and put strain on her back so she decided to get a new cleaner that was an upright. Mum didn't have much money at that time so she went to our local (at the time) Electricity Board shop where they did payment plans as Argos and such places didn't do that then, like they do now, the Electricity Board was the only way she could afford it. She told me she was looking at a bagged Hoover model with flex winder (I was getting excited at this point) I said "yes, Autoflex!!" she said that was the one she wanted because it had cord rewind and would be quick to store away. The lady in the shop said that they didn't have it in stock until the next month, but they had a new model that came in which was bagless and you didn't have to buy a bag ever again...You can imagine what she thought, she would of been like oooo, that's fantastic, so anyway she bought a Hoover Freedom and later HATED it (who could blame her). She got rid of the Freedom as soon as she had finished paying for it (a bit silly) which was probably about 1993 and bought an Electrolux Contour and then after that broke in about 1997 she got a Dyson DC01 De stijl (keeps getting better, doesn't it?). The DC01 was the oldest cleaner I remember her having, I do seam to have slight flash backs of the contour but I am sure it was an Airstream, not sure what makes me feel that.
After all that banter...Here is the Picture of the Turbomaster Freedom in the corner of the room, god, the days when that carpet was kept clean!
My mum had her heart set on it being the Turbopower Freedom when I showed it her, I showed her a picture of the Turbomaster Freedom and she said "oh, no, it wasn't like that at all, it is like your one" but this family photo shows otherwise...
I know it is CERTAINLY a Turbomaster Freedom because of the variable power lights on the top right hand corner of the front body, that the Turbopower version did not have and plus the shape of it is different.
My Grandma bought my mum and dad a VAX 121 for a wedding present in 1988 and after a couple of years she hated using it because it was a cylinder and put strain on her back so she decided to get a new cleaner that was an upright. Mum didn't have much money at that time so she went to our local (at the time) Electricity Board shop where they did payment plans as Argos and such places didn't do that then, like they do now, the Electricity Board was the only way she could afford it. She told me she was looking at a bagged Hoover model with flex winder (I was getting excited at this point) I said "yes, Autoflex!!" she said that was the one she wanted because it had cord rewind and would be quick to store away. The lady in the shop said that they didn't have it in stock until the next month, but they had a new model that came in which was bagless and you didn't have to buy a bag ever again...You can imagine what she thought, she would of been like oooo, that's fantastic, so anyway she bought a Hoover Freedom and later HATED it (who could blame her). She got rid of the Freedom as soon as she had finished paying for it (a bit silly) which was probably about 1993 and bought an Electrolux Contour and then after that broke in about 1997 she got a Dyson DC01 De stijl (keeps getting better, doesn't it?). The DC01 was the oldest cleaner I remember her having, I do seam to have slight flash backs of the contour but I am sure it was an Airstream, not sure what makes me feel that.
After all that banter...Here is the Picture of the Turbomaster Freedom in the corner of the room, god, the days when that carpet was kept clean!
