Hoover ST327E Junior Upright

Advantages: Light, efficient etc
Disadvantages: None

...Right, those members remembering Hoover Juniors, will know they are a bog standard little vaccuum, correct so far. What has changed is the design, gone is the functional practical austere look, this is the new Doctor Who of cleaners. This is the new improved "Hoover with attitude" It looks modern, stylish even, and I dare say designers have been briefed to give it a sort of "In your face image". While I have absolutely nothing against the idea of a household appliance being trendy, or even cool, I just think that we should keep out feet on the ground. "It is only a vaccuum cleaner" nothing more, nothing less. Weight is only 3.8 Kgs, very light for this type of appliance. Availability is good, you will find them everywhere. As for the price, do not pay more than £35, this seems an enormous amount of money to me... Read review

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Advantages: It just goes on and on, lightweight, parts are cheap and easy to get
Disadvantages: No filters means its lousy for allergies, tool kit pointless for little suction. No longer on sale.

...In 1990 we had a very busy time of it, financial tax returns and decorations to the house meant we had to have a very tight financial budget to live on and by then it seemed that everything in our house started to go wrong. First we had to install a new combo gas boiler, then a new cooker was on the cards, the freezer blew up and to make matters worse our old faithful Hitachi cylinder vacuum ran out of suction. Asking around for a cheap vacuum cleaner never mind shopping for one was a trial in itself and I was used to using my mum's old metal Hoover Junior before she demanded it back. My partner's brother laughed at us when he saw our own Hoover Junior U1104 (the plastic one compared to my mum's old heavy metal one) but we couldn't afford anything else at that time, and for £45-00 it seemed a good bargain at the time. He had his... Read review

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Advantages: lightweight, cheap, easy to maintain, superb cleaner
Disadvantages: can't buy it new any more

...The Hoover Junior is probably one of the best vacuum cleaners the world has ever seen. It is many years since Hoover stopped production of this little beauty: nowadays you can only get them reconditioned and at times even these are in short supply. One of the reasons for this is that Hoover, for several years, bought in all the old trade-in Juniors from big retailers like Comet and Currys, and then smashed them to pieces so they could not be reconditioned and re-enter the market. The Junior was so successful Hoover couldn't wait to get rid of it - the reconditioning was making a huge hole in the sales of their newer products! If you're thinking of buying a recon Junior I only have one piece of advice - turn it upside down before you do. If the reconditioners have made it look almost like brand new on the underside... Read review

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