Whirlpool Sells Off Hoover

[maytagbear]

Yes, Hoover England

is owned by a different company now, but used to be a part of Hoover America.

Kindly correct me if I am incorrect, but I believe that Hoover England is owned by an Italian appliance company, Candy. (I think).

Hoover England made a big marketing mistake in the 80s(?)... something about buy a vacuum, get a free flight...and Hoover America dumped them then.

Others can fill in the gaps.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[seamusuk]

Spot on Lawrence

It was the free flights offer(spend over £100 on any Hoover appliance and get a free flight to the US) that basically bankrupted the UK/Europe division of Hoover.

It was indeed purchased from The Hoover company by Candy who still own it. Thats why if you look on www.hoover.co.uk our vacuums and other appliances are nothing like US models.

Seamus

 

[bongobro]

Whirlpool Sells Off Hoover

I agree about the pre-Maytag Hoovers...when I worked at a drive-in theater in my college days (1970-74), we used a beat-up Hoover Constellation (in that weird orange shade!) and that sucker (pun intended!) laughed at popcorn (popped and unpopped) that would have clogged up any vacuum cleaner short of a Shop-Vac!

My mother-in-law had a 1977-vintage QuikBroom that we inherited when she passed away in 2001...that thing still works like a champ (trouble is it's harder than heck to get the G-type bags anymore!)...

but our 1999 Hoover's hose and attachments are falling apart and it eats drive belts like candy (no pun intended). That old Hoover jingle comes to mind--"Nobody does it like Hoover..." Trouble is, nobody makes poor-quality vacuums like Hoover...nobody...

 

[oxydolfan1]

I recently looked at a Hoover "Telios" canister and the label read "Made In Great Britain"....

Does this mean the canister was made by Candy?

 

[launderess]

Hoover UK and US were still enough of the same company that early twin tub parts, with the exception of perhaps the motors are the same. So if one is on that side of the pond and seeks parts such as belts and hoses, they still can be found. Alas since Hoover UK also discontinued twin tub production supply NOS is slowly dying out.

L.

 

[whirlcool]

We have a Regina Housekeeper 8.0 sitting in the closet with a bunch of new bags even as we speak. Are these things collectable?

My parents had a RCA Whirlpool canister vac around the 1961-62 time frame. It was kinda Miele shaped and was aqua in color and had a darker greenish cover at the wide end that could be opened up and used for tool storage. It said "RCA Whirlpool" on that compartment cover. They "may" have even bought it at Sears. If I remember, they had this vac until about 1968 or so then they opted for an Electrolux "sled" type unit.

 

[danemodsandy]

This is really too bad. I was hoping that ownership by Whirly would result in better Hoover design and quality, and a return to some rudimentary notions of customer service.

Silly me.