Soo I'm leaving the Chinese buffet Friday...

[hoovercelebrity]

Here's mine...

My U3303 Concept II...

 

[hoovercelebrity]

Another...

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[hoovercelebrity]

I also have...

A PowerMax... which has the variable speed control. This, of course, is what replaced the Concept 1 and Concept 2 in maybe 1991 or 1992.

The black one was TOL... they only came as self propelled, and they all had tools. I may take the hose off of mine at some point, but if I take the hose off, the tools will still live on board... and that won't make much sense.

It's a model U3745-910, manufactured in July of 1992.

Sorry for the kind of grainy picture...

 

[hoovercelebrity]

Another...

Speed control.

..there's also a "power surge" button built into the on/off switch.

 

[ohio_tuec]

Hoover PowerMax

I too have a PowerMax, mine is the maroon colored one. The front of the hood is badly banged up. I got it as a trade-in, but didn't have the heart to throw it away. Do you think I might still be able to find a replacement hood somewhere? Interesting how the variable speed rheostat stayed, but without the LED's. I'm sure this way it was alot less problematic. Still, I'd love to have a Concept II electronic. I'll have to dig out my 1984 Consumer's catalog, I'm pretty sure it's in there.

 

[petek]

I put my PowerMax on youtube if you didn't see it already,, wear earplugs

 

[ohio_tuec]

Yes, while they do work well, even with the bearings greased, they are a noisy machine. That's another advantage the Dial-A-Matic had over the Concept series. For Hoover, it was definitely a step back, reverting to a dirty-air system. It's a shame Hoover sold the patent rights to Panasonic. I would have loved to see a Dial-A-Matic II!