American Thanksgiving Day Special Hoover Decade 80 Vacuum Cleaner 

This Hoover is pure art! These dirty air vacuums have massive air flow what lifts the carpet up. They don't have much suction, but airflow is the important part along with the agitation. I have learned this with my Kirby G6. Airflow with the agitation is what truly deep cleans the carpets. I just can't over the fact how awesome your Hoover Decade is!

My first vacuum when i was 4 was one of these in grey and white. I am 15 now and still love the look of these units

I have this in my collection. I find the hoover belts a bit to big sometimes in manufacturing. I use Eureka upright belts in my Hoover's. The slipping of the belt always stops. The Eureka belts are tad bit smaller and helps. Also, the metal spindle on top of the fan, it can get dirty and allow the belt to slip. An easy way to fix this, is take the belt off, and turn the machine on, and hold brass bristle brush to the turning spinal. A great trick that always helps I've found.

Happy Thanksgiving, Roger! Thanks for sharing your love of vacuums and passion for improving yourself! We love you in America (Missouri) and my 4 year old son Damon adores you! ♥️

That Hoover is absolutely STUNNING! You have a truly wonderful cleaner in that Decade 80. Treasure it forever!

Great looking Decade 80. One of hoovers best cleaners along side the concepts.

I have this exact original model. Still works 40+ years later.

I had one of these as well as a commercial version of one of these I ended up selling both because I didn’t use them but I did like them a lot. Of Course in the USA

I put my studio cans on vacuum sounds perfectly normal and healthy! You might need to grease/oil some bearing pointsthere's a sleeve bearing on top of the motor that usually needs a little bit of oil. The brush roller bearings are open in generally need to be greased. Your Oreck scent tabs will work just fine in the machine. Hoover just make a HEPA carbon bag for this as well. Have a good Thanksgiving 🦃 .

I like that You extend yourself to your viewers abroad. As someone who’s in the states I can tell you that we greatly appreciate it Roger. You’re a classy man Roger and your channels reflect your wonderful character. Wishing a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season to You and Your’s

Had a decade 80 Hoover upright. The hose clipped in the front under the Beater bar plate, the older Hoover’s the hoses plugged in the back of the vacuum..

My family had one of these and it was in storage for many many years. I've always used tank vacuums myself and was eager to give this thing a try. I noticed right off that the noise was horrendous. I checked the belt and found it was slipping. It was still pliable though. Which brought me to an interesting discovery. The bearings in the rotating brush assembly were froze solid. It must have been putting a terrific load on the motor. When I removed this, I found it was not made to disassemble. Having nothing to lose, I started spraying WD-40 is every seam possible and allowed it to soak. Little by little the axle freed up. I kept spraying WD-40 using the little red tube attachment through the roller until everything that dripped out was clear, then turned it over did the same thing to the other end. I blew it all out with compressed air as much as possible and added sewing machine oil to each end of the roller. It's working fantastic now. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is why I read people complaining about having to replace the belts constantly. The roller is easy to remove and check. Also, I noticed replacement rollers online. Will probably buy one soon. I'm also looking for a service manual so I can disassemble the fan and motor unit to properly lubricate as I'm sure it's as dry as the roller grease was.

When I was a kid, my best friend’s mother had one of those. I was always so fascinated with it. But on hers, the bag inflated all the way. I’m not sure why yours isn’t doing that.

The brush roll is stopping because the amount of fine dust you’re picking up in one go is coating the belt and causing it to slip. That is the only problem with these types of Hoovers.

I constantly blew the belt on this machine. At least two per week. I was so happy when we bought the Concept 1 as a replacement.

I purchased a brand-new Hoover Decade 80 vacuum cleaner back in the 80's.... it was a great machine that did a great job of cleaning! Built tough as nails! UNLIKE the modern-day JUNK that's now manufactured & sold!

Great video, cool vacuum. Thank you so much and you have a fan in Minnesota, USAAAA

Sounds perfectly normal. My grandmother had one for many years not sure who got it after she passed away.

This was the top of the line Decade 80, 1984 to 1988.

I would LOVE to have that! Had one of those growing up and used the orange commercial version of it in school. They work so well and sound nice

The loud sound is completely normal. I had a Decade 80 for awhile. I was disappointed with it, because it always broke belts no matter how I set it.

I believe your belt is worn out. It shouldn’t slip unless it is old or worn. Round belts trend to wear faster. Replace the belt and you will be able to vacuum without the brush stalling.

Have one! Use it to deep clean customers carpet mats from their cars. Really gets the grit out

That is a nice looking vacuum I love the green too :)

Wow it’s in good shape

sounds great, both modes. they are good for a few belts a month!

This is a great vacuum cleaner

10:46-11:13 there's a bug in the background A spider??

Not a fan of mint green but it looks nice on this. There is something about the style and color that just works. I miss when quality was the standard instead of the exception. I don't think you can beat a dirty fan cleaner in terms of carpet cleaning performance. Sometimes simple really is the best.

The Decade 80s were fantastic machines. If I'm not mistaken, the Decade 80 series was the TOL upright in Hoover's range, with the mint green model with air freshener the absolute best and most deluxe model. Hoover kept the traditional Convertible as the BOL in the range with a completely redesigned hood and higher performance motor. By the late 80s, the Decade 80 became the Decade 800 with a blue/gray color scheme. Hoover kept the Convertible/Decade style cleaners going well into the next decade (pun intended) with the special edition Supremacy series, which were available exclusively at Hoover dealers. By the mid 90s, Hoover had transitioned their entire upright line to the newer Elite style machines. You can tell Hoover started to cost-cut production with the high performance Convertible and the Decade; they went to an all-plastic base and hood, along with a plastic fan. Near the end of the run, the baseplate even went to plastic. Despite this, they were still built incredibly sturdy that can easily give you decades of use (another pun, I know) :P

I have that exact same vacuum and it works great.

Happy thanksgiving

This sounds pretty good to me, sadly the quality control was not the best, and the agitators were not well balanced. Try it with a brush roll from a U.K. Machine that you know is balanced and the sound should improve. You could also try a CWP brush roll on it, which would make it amazingly quiet.

Awsome vacuum

Thank you for the good wishes Roger! Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated every year on the second Monday in October since the late 1800’s. I imagine it’s scheduled earlier because our climate requires harvesting to be completed earlier than the USA due to our colder weather in the fall. What a deliciously mint green Hoover! Just put some mint-smelling air freshener in the bag! Strange that the brushroll is jamming on such flat carpeting. Maybe this will stop happening as the bag fills.

This looks really nice kind of reminds me of a sanitaire

Decade 80 hoods had a lot of play in them which congrats and make all kinds of noise. First check the brushroll. Make sure it’s not bent or warped if it’s wooden. If it still rattles and is noisy remove the hood from the machine. Check to see if there is any play or movement in the headlight lens. If so use some clean silicone to insulate and dampen. If still there is a rattle try sticking some small felt chair leg floor protector pads on the very front of the main pan/motor housing. This is the part that everything attaches to. Sometimes what happens is the beating action causes the top cover good to vibrate against the front is the main pan/motor housing. So by sticking those felt pads in between the removable hood and the main body it acts as a buffer. And since it’s felt it cushions bumps and prevents any abrasion on the two plastic components. These brush rolls cause a lot of vibration especially ones with the beater bars. And often the original steel rollers would bend slightly under the belt tension of the rod inside would get bent in service. If this is the case replace brush assembly. These tips will hopefully help significantly quiet down any decade80/800/guardsman/supremacy users with this style hood and lens. Mine now runs smooth and quiet with no added vibrations except those caused by the brush hitting the carpet action. And certainly no longer any plastic parts rattling about. Hope this helps!

i have an identical one and it sounded like you just need a new belt on it, mine did that when i got it , i have had a few vacs like that and those belts just stretch fairly quickly over time

does your step down converter also step a 120 source back up to 220?

My grandma had that same exact unit.

hi perhaps the fleece bag is to good at letting air through hence the higher suction, the bag did not seem to expand much like they used to so you may have made it to effective!

I have one just like this

Hello! Can ye please review Karcher DS6

this version of your decade 80 is late 1986 while they still used the metal bottom plate with the final name plate with the bold bottom stripe

Oh my while you said the bot was split i was very nervous if the vacuum was broken

All my dirty fan cleaners when there is fine dust or grit or carpet freshener. It costs the belt and belt groove and causes them to slip. Even my kirbys with gnarled belts still slip with shake n vac Once it’s got most of it up it will not slip

Another great video. Could the voltage still be a bit high?

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Hey my birthday is on that day.

Also my nan got a new Vax carpet cleaner yesterday

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Yes that is perfectly normal that is just the beats as it sweeps as it cleans action

What bags might these take?

This I believe would have been made in February of 1980

Cor that's a bit of a beast! Lovely looking thing

Would a Decade 80 hood fit on a Decade 800?

Sounds okay. Sounds like a sanitare.

I don't think nobody knew there was a bug on the bottom of his walls in the back near the curtain

change the agitator belt ,,,,,,,the belt...... that is why it is stalling .....it is a very easy to push upright and work the power surge button on the switch

Canada has thanksgiving a month before the US does.

Please, please do a head on comparison with a Dyson. I imagine the Dyson will dissolve into a pile of cheap plastic by comparison.

I te 200 liker

Do you have a home Depot in the UK

It’s St. Louis

Sounds like a Flymo lawnmower

Completely normal sounds....I love the style of these but never really liked the sound.

that hoover was not well packed for such a long journey ....your original brushes have lost their girth to the bristle that is also why it is stalling or sucking to the rug....that hoover can pull you across the room ...your brushes are soft because they are worn

I do mate you u or u OK mate you or u OK mate hove a good

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