Tool Suction

[chan55]

Hi,
I have never used a Hoover Lark, AKA Lightweight upright. Do the tools work any better then those of a Hoover Convetible with the rear mount converter?

 

[venson]

I'd say no . . .

Although the tool hose for those machines hooked up directly to the mouth of the fan chamber, the motors weren't powerful and the fans, not all that big. Their forte was carpeting and for both the Convertible, the Larks and some other brands of uprights I have strong suspicions that their tools were sold more by a salesperson's "helpful" suggestion than by actual demo.

Though Convertible's didn't do much of anything once you put the tools on because of excessive air bleed, the Lark may have been at best as good for light above-the-floor duty as a hand vac. I had an older Lark in the 1970s that's origin was somewhere back in the '50s. A wide swath version, it performed very impressively on rugs -- equal I think to a "big" Hoover. My place was postage-stamp sized at the time so what it lacked by way of suction didn't prove a big deal.

There's a post of the same model from a member here.

http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?10907

 

[kenkart]

Lark!

Yes! The tool suction is about twice what a Convertible is, also the Hoover 115 has about twice the suction, it dosent really seem like it would, but it does!