Quote from HARDSELL on 06/27/06 at 7:45pm:Truth is the Z is another failure from Hoover. The indepent stores pulled them leaving no choice but to sell through Hoover stores.
I prefer to think that the big box retailers wanted to make shelf space for the new HOOVER WindTunnel 2. This product is a proven sales success for years and a top rated performer by Consumer Reports, a pub that many buyers of vacuums in the $200+ range follow very closely for purchases.
Even Wal*Mart stores which typically does not carry and sell the HOOVER WT due to the price added the new HOOVER WT 2 to its vacuum venue.
Carmine D.