What Does Anyone Think Of The Hoover Turbopower 2?

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"I much prefer using the more basic T2's without Autosense. Although an interesting feature, I always found the autosense to be more annoying and not very accurate" I understand what you mean, but in my opinion the Turbopowers without Autosense were very loud, or at least mine is.

With the Autosense feature when you're not picking up much dirt the wattage is dropped to the minimum meaning it not only saves energy (which I'm not too bothered about) but makes it very quiet too and makes the activator more effective due to it spinning slower.
 
"Wow Jamie you have used a DAM?

What colourway?" Was that sarcasm or a genuine question ?

Since I don't know I'll answer - No I haven't, but from what I've heard the hose suction wasn't as good as the Turbopower 2. Another thing the Convertible lacked was onboard tool storage.
 
"With the Autosense feature when you're not picking up much dirt the wattage is dropped to the minimum meaning it not only saves energy (which I'm not too bothered about) but makes it very quiet too and makes the activator more effective due to it spinning slower."

The problem with Autosense, is that it only senses larger particles that actually make a sound when they go up the vacuum. What about pet hair or dust? I want that removed from my carpet just as effectively as the sand, grit and crumbs.

Also, if it's energy saving you're worried about, get a TP1 at 410w :P
 
I just said I wasn't worried about it :)

Anyway, I have my Ranger for efficient vacuuming. All 400 Watts! Blows any modern "Eco Friendly" vacuums out of the water, eh ?
 
Jmurray, I must correct you on one point, which is that you said the Turbopower 2 Autosense was replaced by the Turbopower 1000 Autosense. This is not so. I don't have the brochures to confirm what I am about to tell you so bear with me as my memory really isn't what it could be. I know for sure that the TP2 and TP1000 went on sale together, so we're alright there. As I remember it, there were two cleaners in the TP1000 range and both of them were duplicated in the TP2 range, the only difference being that the TP2 motor ran at 800watts and the TP1000 at 1000watts.

If I may be allowed to quote myself from another message, Hoover were the market leaders in doing things for the sake of it. I think that is what I said and if it isn't, it is at least what I mean. Such was the similarity of the TP2 and TP1000 cleaners, one could almost imagine a scenario where two Hoover designers fell out with each other over whether the cleaner should have an 800watt motor or a 1000watt motor, and to settle the matter a higher authority rolled his or her eyes, banged their heads together, and told them to make one of each and stop moaning about it. I joke, yet I can think of no other reason for the two ranges, though I have to stop and remind myself that in the UK Hoover led its self to it's slow & painful death over those airmiles, and you can't find reason in anyone who did the likes of that.

One thing I would like to suggest is that the TP1000 may have been intended to be Hoovers flagship model, as this was the cleaner which featured in the television commercials at that point in time. For me the TP2, TP1000, and TP3 were far superior to a lot of the competition, especially the Electrolux Contour ranges.
 
just wondered where your experience to comment about the suc

there's a lot of that floating around these parts. I actually thought the Convertible/DAM had quite strong hose suction - enough to effectively remove dust, dirt and pet hair from ones crevices anyway ;).

Speaking of which, Jamie, have you used a TP1 either with or without the hose at all?
 
Thanks for clearing that up Benny.

I thought what I said about the Turbopower 2 and Turbopower 1000 regarding Autosense was correct going from memories of what I read in my Turbopower Information thread, but my memory must be missing a beat again... Wouldn't be the first time!
 
"enough to effectively remove dust, dirt and pet hair from ones crevices anyway ;)." MY crevices are very clean, thank you very much...

Ha ha, I needed a laugh tonight, thanks for providing it :)
 
Surely the Panasonic 50 series had a floating head, which is not what you want ideally. (At least for me) The Turbopower 3 would have had a longer hose than a Panasonic 50 series, considerably; in fact, the Turbo 2 would have had a longer hose than any Panasonics? They look really heavy also? The Turbopower 2 is quite heavy but those things look like beasts, lol.
On off brush is a very good feature too, although I bet most consumers just swept the floors?
The Turbopower 2's could have had a headlight, there is just the space for one on the cleaner head, were that little plain patch is, just above the height adjustment.
Cord rewinds would be nice :)
 
The only thing I'd have changed about the Turbopower 2/1000/3 would have been to make use of the space Alex just mentioned and I mentioned at an earlier date to fit a Hedlite (sic).
 
The comments that the debris had to make a noise in order to activate the higher setting on Autosense, and that the debris which needed the extra power, like hair and dust, would not engage it, is so very true. We need to remember that this all comes down to making something which the consumer wants. I mentioned it before. So let us focus on the TP2 standard model and the TP2 autosense. Why the two models? Well, the TP2 Autosense was of course more expensive. I have no idea what the additional cost of the parts and assembly was, but I think we can assume that the cost difference was considerably less that the extra revenue Hoover made on selling this model over the standard.

Hoover probably knew that a good deal of people would get incredibly excited over the autosense featured and that it would be bought by those who were swayed by gadgets, or who liked to buy top-range products. No other cleaner offered such a gimmick at this time and so it would have crossed the line of brand loyalty too by enticing consumers who would normally not buy a Hoover. Hoover probably also knew that a good deal of people would only ever run the cleaner at full power, rendering the autosense feature null & void, but that would have been no concern to them once the machine had been purchased.

However I think Hoover must also have known that plenty of buyers would see right through the autosense and realise they were paying a good deal more for something they were unlikely to use. So for those consumers Hoover made the standard TP2 in an attempt to ensure the purchaser did not switch to another brand. There will of course have been people who's budget did not stretch to the Autosense model, and they too would have taken advantage of the standard machine.

For me I think the autosense was a complete waste of money, but for Hoover it made perfect business sense and I think it was a novel & unique feature.
 
Panasonic 50 series..

According to Argos, the Panasonic MC-E53 weighs 16.5lb, where as the Turbo 2 is 17.4lb.

The floating head design works considerably better on the 50's due to the increased weight of the machine. I find it grooms the carpet way more effectively than the Turbo 2.

With regards to the hose, the original 50 series came with an optional extension hose to rival the longer-hosed uprights that were coming out at the time. By the time the turbo 3 came out, Panasonic had launched the 500 series which included a much longer hose AND 1000w motor.

It is recommended in the user manual to switch the beater bar off whilst using the tools to protect the carpet
 
"It is recommended in the user manual to switch the beater bar off whilst using the tools to protect the carpet" So I take it there is no automatic lift mechanism fitted to the cleaning head ? Otherwise there would be no issue with the brush roll damaging the carpets.

Sorry to nit pick.
 
I said it before, I was surprised that the TP2, TP1000, and TP3 never had headlamps or cordwinders. I do wonder if it was because only Panasonic was really offering those features at that time and that Hoover considered that they only needed to be as featured packed as the rest of them? The Panasonic floating head was not publicised as much as it could have been and I know that of those which came to me for repair many people said that it was the ease in which they cleaner could be pushed which they particularly liked. The hose was indeed amongst the shortest available, but for many years Panasonic cleaners had been supplied with an additional rigid extension hose as standard.
 
Jmurray, the Panasonic did have the facility to raise the cleaning head when locked upright, but the suggestion that the user swithces off the roller brush was a belt & braces approach. Prior to this, Panasonic had come under much critisim for having open-ended roller brushes in which small children had been injured when their parents allowed them to roam around whilst their back was turned as they cleaned with the hose. The children liked to push their fingers and other body parts into the rotating brush. This is why Panasonic began fitting metal guards to each side of the cleaning head. Because some models had brush control, the attitude was you may as well use it to its full potential, and turn off the brushes manually when using the hose.
 
Nothing compares to a good long stretch hose.

Both the narrow bore and wide bore hose in my Turbopower 2 and Turbopower 1000 stretch sufficiently to vacuum 10 stairs leaving the Vacuum Cleaner at the bottom.
 
Sorry to nit pick.

I wouldn't say nit picking - seems like a perfectly valid question.

I think it does have a lift feature of sorts, actually. It was more of security thing. If you vacuuming with the hose and it gets stretched, the floorhead could easily be forced down into the carpet by accident which could damage both the carpet and cleaner.
 
"Panasonic had come under much critisim for having open-ended roller brushes in which small children had been injured when their parents allowed them to roam around whilst their back was turned as they cleaned with the hose." If blood could boil (it can't, it would congeal first) then mine would when that subject is brought up.

If you are as inane as to let your children roam around a Vacuum Cleaner which is plugged in and switched on, you shouldn't be complaining to Panasonic, you should be brushing up on your parenting skills.

Rant over.
 
Jmurray, don't shoot the messenger! It was big news at the time. It was on one of those televison programmes, I think possibly That's Life with Esther Rantzen.
 
I do believe the autosense is a useful feature, and that the



I think the autosense is not just a gimick!
Here is a video I made today, not knowing at all what was going to happen, I was right as I suspected.



 
When I said gimmick, I didn't mean to suggest that it did not do what it promised to do. What I meant was that it was the sort of thing which people paid good money for and never used.
 
Chris...


Yes, that is the case, however there needs to be enough of whatever it is in the carpet to hit the turbo 2's sensor to engage it into the medium power, it may be sensitive but not that sensitive, a few particles of salt that may of been left over in the carpet would not of turned it into medium like it did here.
There had to be a good amount left there, which clearly there was!
Don't forget, most of the left over salt that is picked up by that turbopower 2 is getting stuck in between the crevices of the hose before it even reaches the sensor.
 
I watched your video yesterday evening Alex and was not surprised in the least that the mighty Turbopower still found salt to pick up that the Purepower missed.

HOOVER - 1 Candy - 0.

To quote the slogan on your Youtube channel - HOOVER, Who Better ?
 

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