the Hooverette
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the suction is poor [i would compare it with that of a hoover junior with its tools fitted ]i was suprised to find this little lot in the bag after giving the kichen floor the once over .Wouldnt you think after going to the trouble od designing this machine that the guys at hoover could have given it a slightly more powerfull motor as its only 240 watts a three or four hundred watt motor would have made this little machine a really good performer
the suction is poor [i would compare it with that of a hoover junior with its tools fitted ]i was suprised to find this little lot in the bag after giving the kichen floor the once over .Wouldnt you think after going to the trouble od designing this machine that the guys at hoover could have given it a slightly more powerfull motor as its only 240 watts a three or four hundred watt motor would have made this little machine a really good performer
last one
all cleaned up and ready to use .its not going back in the box i have put a hook on the inside of the pantry door and its going to live in there i will use it in the kitchen instead of dragging the connie out and i have already been having ideas on how to fit a more poerfull motor will let you know what i come up with
all cleaned up and ready to use .its not going back in the box i have put a hook on the inside of the pantry door and its going to live in there i will use it in the kitchen instead of dragging the connie out and i have already been having ideas on how to fit a more poerfull motor will let you know what i come up with
vacbear58
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Hooverette
You have done a great job there Anthony, it looks like it has just come from the factory.
I was never quite sure why Hoover brought this out as there does not seem like there would have been a market then for a cleaner to bring out for a "quick run round" and there was the Dustette (with tools) for those who did not care for the bother of using tools on the Junior or were not impressed with the woeful suction of the 652 and onwards Seniors. And for those who wanted a cheap "first" cleaner there were plenty of more conventional cleaners around at a similar or cheaper price - Bylocks, the very many varieties of Siroma cleaner, cheaper Goblin models and later models from the Eastern Bloc. Yet it was in the product line-up (largely unchanged apart from colour) for nearly 20 years so it must have been selling somewhere.
I suspect that many may have been bought as wedding presents (low price but with a good name) only to be consigned to the loft or the back of a cupboard fairly quickly. That may account for how many show up on ebay - this is by no means a rare model.
As I mentioned above it might be worth keeping your eye open for a power nozzle at low cost(the hoses for both Sensotronic series to use them are notoriously fragile and replacement virtually impossible) or perhaps it might be possible to use one from another brand (Vorwerk springs to mind) and fabricate a connection with some spare Hoover wand. Having seen your deconstruction of your cleaner it looks to be a simple job to attach a power outlet for a PN, this will improve the performance considerably.
By the way, the clip on felt pad was for use with parquet floors.
Al
You have done a great job there Anthony, it looks like it has just come from the factory.
I was never quite sure why Hoover brought this out as there does not seem like there would have been a market then for a cleaner to bring out for a "quick run round" and there was the Dustette (with tools) for those who did not care for the bother of using tools on the Junior or were not impressed with the woeful suction of the 652 and onwards Seniors. And for those who wanted a cheap "first" cleaner there were plenty of more conventional cleaners around at a similar or cheaper price - Bylocks, the very many varieties of Siroma cleaner, cheaper Goblin models and later models from the Eastern Bloc. Yet it was in the product line-up (largely unchanged apart from colour) for nearly 20 years so it must have been selling somewhere.
I suspect that many may have been bought as wedding presents (low price but with a good name) only to be consigned to the loft or the back of a cupboard fairly quickly. That may account for how many show up on ebay - this is by no means a rare model.
As I mentioned above it might be worth keeping your eye open for a power nozzle at low cost(the hoses for both Sensotronic series to use them are notoriously fragile and replacement virtually impossible) or perhaps it might be possible to use one from another brand (Vorwerk springs to mind) and fabricate a connection with some spare Hoover wand. Having seen your deconstruction of your cleaner it looks to be a simple job to attach a power outlet for a PN, this will improve the performance considerably.
By the way, the clip on felt pad was for use with parquet floors.
Al
sebo_fan
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I adore the Hooverette - however I find the paper bags don't impede suction compared to the material bag. I think you might find that using a paper bag will actually give you better pull.
jaker15
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Awww!
It's adorable! I would love to find a nice Hoover stick vac. I almost had one, but that's another story. I have bags for the American models, I've got style E "Cassette", F long, and G short bags. I think I'll leave the E bags alone 'cause they're rare, but I would use the F or G bags if I got a Hoover HandiVac.
That Hooverette might not have much suction, but it has a lot of airflow for what it is. It looks like it did a fantastic job! Great for hard floors! Awesome find, and great job getting it cleaned up!
It's adorable! I would love to find a nice Hoover stick vac. I almost had one, but that's another story. I have bags for the American models, I've got style E "Cassette", F long, and G short bags. I think I'll leave the E bags alone 'cause they're rare, but I would use the F or G bags if I got a Hoover HandiVac.
That Hooverette might not have much suction, but it has a lot of airflow for what it is. It looks like it did a fantastic job! Great for hard floors! Awesome find, and great job getting it cleaned up!
super-sweeper
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E,G,F, all in cold storage at KSSRC!
jaker15
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If I ever need bags, you'll be the first to know! xD I wonder if Dirt Devil G bags would be compatible with Hoovers that use style G bags... Seeing as how poor quality the last DD bags were that I got, I think I'd stick with genuine Hoover bags. NOS genuine, that is.
super-sweeper
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NOS genuine? HOOVER? In green and white allergen? Many styles, many brands, all at KSSRC!
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used it again to clean the kichen floor its been happily hanging on the pantry door already plugged in ready for action and its cleaned todays crumbs and flour [yorkshire puddings]up no bother one thing i didnt mention is how quiet it is such a nice change from those modern stick vacs that seem to make a lot of noise while doing little else .I tend to agree with vacbear these were probably bought as wedding presents or maybe people thought it would be good because its a Hoover they probably used it a fiew times and then put it back in the box and forgot about it
used it again to clean the kichen floor its been happily hanging on the pantry door already plugged in ready for action and its cleaned todays crumbs and flour [yorkshire puddings]up no bother one thing i didnt mention is how quiet it is such a nice change from those modern stick vacs that seem to make a lot of noise while doing little else .I tend to agree with vacbear these were probably bought as wedding presents or maybe people thought it would be good because its a Hoover they probably used it a fiew times and then put it back in the box and forgot about it
jaker15
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super-sweeper,
By NOS I mean the old Hoover bags, the new ones that you buy today suck. Lol. The HEPA style Y bags aren't bad, but my Convertible fills them in 2 vacuumings! The only place I can find the style A HEPA bags is Hoover's website, but I have no way to get them. Oh well, the Y bags work for now! Haha!
By NOS I mean the old Hoover bags, the new ones that you buy today suck. Lol. The HEPA style Y bags aren't bad, but my Convertible fills them in 2 vacuumings! The only place I can find the style A HEPA bags is Hoover's website, but I have no way to get them. Oh well, the Y bags work for now! Haha!
super-sweeper
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That's what I meant, I'm no fool,I wouldn't keep that modern stuff in cold storage!
vintagerepairer
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I too cannot deny that on the surface this cleaner had little of a role to play in the line up of Hoover cleaners, however I have seen more of them in my life time than I can shake a stick at. To my mind they were most certainly sold to the fastidious upright owner for whom a dustette simply would not suffice, given that the Hooverette could do just about everything which an upright couldn't.
I don't think price played a part in the choice to purchase a Hooverette over a similar priced cylinder as much as the mentality of the era would have - I mean someone who'd gone to the expense (and what an expense it would have been too) to purchase an upright machine would have to go a long, long way to justify the purchase of yet another 'full-size' cleaner, albeit a cylinder type. I think also for the price it sold for, the Hooverette seemed to do quite a lot more than the cheaper cylinders, as well as being a "Hoover" name - let us not forget that the very name Hoover carried a price all of it's own. The lack of power is of course a downside, but then it was probably sufficient for the tasks it was designed to do, and also the low wattage would have served to keep the cleaner in the lightweight category.
I once saw a Hooverette where the hose had been changed for a much longer one, and also there was an inclusion of an extra extension tube. I have no idea who did the alteration or where the parts came from, but it was clear to me by the scuffs on the underside of the machine and the wear to the small nozzele that it had been used as a cylinder cleaner in every sense at some point. It has to be said that the Hooverette does site quite neatly on the floor, unlike many a hand-held cleaner.
On the subject of low power and high dirt removal, one of my elderly neighbours (I say that as though we have mostly young ones; fact is we're all between 75 and death) bought the most grotesque bagless stick cleaner recently, from a Sunday newspaper, and I think it set her back all of £25 or thereabouts. It's horrendous and the suction redefines the word lousy, yet it has a small turbo-head with a roller that turns around (spins would be an exaggeration), yet this vacuum cleaner of hers is never empty of filth, I just don't know how it does it. This womans flat is spotless anyway, so where it finds it I don't know, but the fact that it does find and does move it astounds me.
I don't think price played a part in the choice to purchase a Hooverette over a similar priced cylinder as much as the mentality of the era would have - I mean someone who'd gone to the expense (and what an expense it would have been too) to purchase an upright machine would have to go a long, long way to justify the purchase of yet another 'full-size' cleaner, albeit a cylinder type. I think also for the price it sold for, the Hooverette seemed to do quite a lot more than the cheaper cylinders, as well as being a "Hoover" name - let us not forget that the very name Hoover carried a price all of it's own. The lack of power is of course a downside, but then it was probably sufficient for the tasks it was designed to do, and also the low wattage would have served to keep the cleaner in the lightweight category.
I once saw a Hooverette where the hose had been changed for a much longer one, and also there was an inclusion of an extra extension tube. I have no idea who did the alteration or where the parts came from, but it was clear to me by the scuffs on the underside of the machine and the wear to the small nozzele that it had been used as a cylinder cleaner in every sense at some point. It has to be said that the Hooverette does site quite neatly on the floor, unlike many a hand-held cleaner.
On the subject of low power and high dirt removal, one of my elderly neighbours (I say that as though we have mostly young ones; fact is we're all between 75 and death) bought the most grotesque bagless stick cleaner recently, from a Sunday newspaper, and I think it set her back all of £25 or thereabouts. It's horrendous and the suction redefines the word lousy, yet it has a small turbo-head with a roller that turns around (spins would be an exaggeration), yet this vacuum cleaner of hers is never empty of filth, I just don't know how it does it. This womans flat is spotless anyway, so where it finds it I don't know, but the fact that it does find and does move it astounds me.
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