Circa 1994, from the very last run of this style of Turbopowers, before the later U1060 was launched (see my videos for more info on this machine). This was a popular machine, and ran from 1989 – 1994, although the earlier versions had different lettering. his has a 450w, 2 speed motor and is excellent on carpets and has very strong suction power. Sadly, it’s a bit lacking in performance on the hose, but still a very cool vacuum all the same.
the plus was from 1989 to 1996 then the u1050 came in 1997
@hoovcand actually, the U2602 shown here ran from 89 – 94 (I got the start date wrong, yes). This is from the last run of this style of Turbopowers before it was superseded by the later u1060 and u2866 style machines which had a 575w single speed white plastic motor instead of the older style 475w
the first Turbopower I had was one of these, my mum used to laugh and take the piss everytime i used it because she’d never seen a hoover with a headlight before. I love Turbopower’s even to this day they are superb cleaners. I’ve got two on the way, a U2194 and a U2334 Electricity board exclusive Autoflex. Can’t wait
The lack of suction power using the hose I found to be beneficial. Uprights these days have too much suction hose wise making it very difficult to vacuum soft furnishings and stairs. Isn’t it amazing how we were once happy with a 450w motor compared to nowadays of 1800w plus.