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According to Wikipedia in 1990 Vax contacted James Dyson as they wanted to introduce a new vacuum to the market. Apparently he designed a cleaner but Vax dropped the idea. I would laugh really if Vax & Dyson had got together to produce a cleaner. Wouldn't know why but they would probably have introduced a cyclonic 3-in-1 or something.
 
Ahh yes, Hoover was bought out in 1998 and the Vortex didn't come out untill 1998/1999, which means that HOOVER actually designed the Purepower, huh, trust candy to base the vortex around it, rather than make a differend design!
 
Are you sure Hoover were bought out by Candy in 1998, I thought it was earlier.

The Purepower would be a good design providing they sort out the problems with it, such as weak chassis, falling over etc. I have a Purepower from September 2001 & it works kinda good providing you don't expect too much. I would still prefer a Turbopower though. The Vortex was based on the Purepower but had a stronger chassis as the top bit was a tad heavier. The Vortex was launched in April 1999.

I did hear that Hoover were apparently going to launch the Purepower / Dust Manager Upright with the Intelli-Sense feature on the Cylinder they launched in Germany, Italy & France. Would have loved to have seen that but it seems they thought against that. Sigh.
 
Candy joined Hoover in 1993 as they were loosing money over the free flight fiasco. Candy probably didn't have much of a say in product development at that time, so Hoover was still Hoover untill a few years later and then candy bought them out in 1998.
 
So the Purepower was a good design until Candy cheapened it, but I think Hoover are getting back in their feet now. Apparently the White Goods are made in Italy again, unless I'm wrong & they were always produced there.
 
Everything I can find on google sites 1995 as the year when Candy gained control. I know they didn't "Candy-fy" everything right away - it took years- but I recall rumours circulating about Candy in 1992 and the acquisition taking place a couple of years or so later.
 
All of Hoovers history down the drain all because they wanted to shift excess stock, they could have easily done another offer such as buy one vacuum cleaner, get the second free or whatever. But I guess they didn't know what lay ahead. I do think Hoover Europe got the better end of the split as Hoover US are owned by TTi which probably have the same problems with machines as Vax do in the UK.
 
Nooo, not 1992, I remember seeing a news report about it from 1993 talking about Hoover joining Candy.


I know they didn't buy them out until 1998.
 
I think you are right benny, look at the sticker differences

This is a rating sticker off my Turbopower 1000, this is the original type with the original Hoover dating system...

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When you compare the Turbopower 3 rating sticker...

To the Candy rating sticker on this much later Turbopower 2 I have, right when candy bought them out in 1998, you can see the similarities to that, so I think you are correct on Candy taking control in 1995, Benny, which by the way is the year my Turbopower 3 is from, 1995.

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Sorry but I find this post utterly pointless - chop me down if you wish - there are archives posted in so far as the Permabag design - I mean, if you're going to go down the road of trying to constantly promote the old Turbopower design, I may as well start posting improvements made to SEBO. Alex - please move on - yes, the Turbopower Permabag was an alternative idea - but it only made it for the uprights and not the cylinders, thus it wasn't really that much of a success.
 
Alex - please move on

I will use what works for me thankyou very much! What works for me and what works for you is entirely different, I am not going to worship SEBO vacuums or any vacuum, for that matter, just because you think I should...
 
Myles I understand that and thank you for pointing out how many times so far I have voiced an opinion - I could just as easily do the same to you.

I'm just making a POINT because there is an ARCHIVED section on here already. If you can't find it on here, Google it! One only has to look at previous posts on here regarding vacuums and Alex's posts - it usually all centres around Hoover's Turbopower 2, 3s and whatever else comes along in that range. Whilst I don't mind it popping up from time to time, it is endless - Im fed up reading posts about the TP2 and TP3.

ALSO, I think youl'll find that I don't go on and on about SEBO. I chose that name at the time as a handle on here after quite a few names that I wanted had already been taken. And, I think you'll find that MY posts are varied, referring to quite a few different brands.
 
Actually, Ryan, this post was about the Permabag Systems with the Turbopower Freedom and Turbopower 1000, not Turbopower 2/3, the 1000 is a completely different model, you have to remember that......
Also If you are sick of reading about it, then DON'T read it, not difficult, is it? To say that you clicked on a thread concerning Turbopowers and then say you are fed up of reading them seems a bit silly to me, if you didn't want to see it, why click on the thread?

This is like when someone clicks on a youtube video they don't like and comment saying “I don't like this video“...Why? If they didn't like it, why bother clicking on it and spending the time to comment, how silly!
 
Yes Alex, but whereas You Tube is a rather different visual entertainment system, this is a vacuum cleaner collector's forum. As a classic fan of HOOVER, I'm interested in whatever members have to say and I'll thank you not to teach me about clicking on posts I want to view.

Post about the Permabag on the TP3 already posted: http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?5139

2009 by Rob.

Post about the Permabag on the Turbopower Freedom POSTED BY YOU on 14/01/2013

http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?19333

This just appears to be a post where you've bought the two systems together. Did you think about doing an Archive search before you posted, let alone even quote Rob's post on here already?
 
Well, when I posed this 5 months ago, you couldn't bring an old thread back to life, like you can now, so I had to start another thread, is it so bad to start a new thread on a similar subject? The archives are archived, they are supposed to stay that way.
 
Since this thread is sort of about the Turbopower Freedom...

I thought I would show you what it looks like now, I will post it here, in this thread, otherwise Sebo_fan will throw a hissy fit if I make another!! A week or two back I stripped this whole thing apart and threw EVERYTHING, excepet the motor and wiring (obviously) in the bath, I fully cleaned it all and gave it a good polish with the finishing touch of putting in a brand-new filter, which I had in my stash! :) I think you could almost, just almost pass it off as showroom condition, this shall not be turned on for at least 5 years as it took me about two days just to clean and polish it, so after all that hard work, I think it finally paid off.


Here she is...


 

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Even without shining a light on the box...

You should just be able to see the cloth I put in there to simulate dust, so I could show off that you could see the dirt flying around inside while you were using it. :)

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