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camelotshadow


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Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
Original Message   Mar 19, 2008 2:22 pm
Wondering what the big diff is between the older 80's Kirbys like Heritage/Legens vs the G series in say construction, suction, sound

I know the g series is easier to push but sometimes I like the old heavy sturdier construction.

I hear the G5 has a kevlar fan & its purpleish which is nice too but also interested in the Heritage 2 or Legend...

Thanks

PS how much should you expect to spend for the older say Heritage 2 models?

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camelotshadow


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Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
Reply #9   Mar 19, 2008 5:02 pm
Thanks I think the Royal has a stiffer brush & the older square end with a reg belt not the new ribbed. I got the roller on 3 maybe I should put it on 2 as it was when I got it. I don't think the brushes are too worn down but bearings may be old. One of my Salvation Army finds the metal vac just stood out with its gleaming finish. Got to impress when its besides those beat up plastic vacs.

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Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
Reply #10   Mar 19, 2008 5:04 pm
Just wrote:
Mole

What is your best selling most abundant Lux?  I still see some of the old XXX at the flea market.  They must have sold a million of those.  My Mom's friiend had a Super J back in the early 80's I always thought that was a sweet machine, and so quiet.

My sister's husband traded her Kirby for a gray plastic model in the early 90's.  I think she kept that only until the next Kirby dealer came through her town and it was gone. 



Just the XXX, ran from 1937 to 1952, the longest production run for the company, The machines i look for are superJ's,olymipa1's, and early silverardos, stay away from rennys, epic 8000 are a great performer,L.E, ambassadors, epic 6500's sell well. I'm still looking for a hospital G,i have lots of blue and brown ones out there.The best kept secret with electrolux is their discovery,genesis,legacy,uprights along with the pro lux commercial machine machines. These machines will and have lasted over 25 years,with service in between,Another odd machine to play with lately is compacts,and tristars, I sold a lot of filterqueens,feedback always the same like kirbys [too hard to use].The machine is no good to you if you cant use it, i dont care how many cyclones it uses.

MOLE

camelotshadow


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Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
Reply #11   Mar 19, 2008 5:10 pm
I got a Olympia & Silverado Deluxe as well as the 2200 All Salvation Army finds

I'm lthinking of selling the O for space...LOL

Has the PN4 power nozzle

I don't know what the old one I had was & we had one with that round thing on the back too

Darn wish I had them now.

I left it when I moved & it worked but didn;'t suck as well as the 2100 but now I;m thinking it probably was just a bad hose

Boy was I naive...

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HARDSELL


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Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
Reply #12   Mar 19, 2008 8:11 pm
mole wrote:
The machine is no good to you if you cant use it, i dont care how many cyclones it uses.

MOLE



Surely you meant pleated filters.  We all know that anyone who can't use a Dyson is a moron.
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Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
Reply #13   Mar 20, 2008 9:38 am
HARDSELL wrote:
Surely you meant pleated filters.  We all know that anyone who can't use a Dyson is a moron.



You know what H.S., I would agree with you the hoover windtunnel is a little more messier to empty than the dyson, But when both machines are running right the W.T will clean faster than the dyson.........

MOLE

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Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
Reply #14   Mar 20, 2008 11:30 am
mole wrote:
You know what H.S., I would agree with you the hoover windtunnel is a little more messier to empty than the dyson, But when both machines are running right the W.T will clean faster than the dyson.........

MOLE


I do not agree, however, the WT will only clean for a few minutes before the filter is clogged.  That screen is even more difficult to clean on Hoovers.

My experience is that Hoover also has poor hose suction.

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Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
Reply #15   Mar 20, 2008 12:12 pm
HARDSELL wrote:
I do not agree, however, the WT will only clean for a few minutes before the filter is clogged.  That screen is even more difficult to clean on Hoovers.</p><p>My experience is that Hoover also has poor hose suction.

Got to agree with Hardsell on this one...Hoovers clog too easily and that screen is for the birds. The idea (according to the sales pitch) is to save you time and money by buying a bagless. You definitely spend more on filters than you would on bags.
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Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
Reply #16   Mar 20, 2008 1:27 pm
Hoover Wind Tunnel is Amazing for maybe 5 minutes to 10 but that hepa is filled with every use. & suction goes way down with the smallest debris.

I literally am combing the hepa after each use as the pleats are coated with a powder. I don't know what it is

maybe cement dust from the concrete under the padding? but Ihave done this now for a few weeks & it never ends.

Thing is I'm glad its getting this stuff but the cleaning the filter is an awful mess. I do it outside & ity flies everywhere.

I suppose its really doing a great job of filtering so I am putting up with it but thought it would end & it still picks up things.

So it works well but is very limited time use & for me just a after vacuuming additional pain just to see the rugs still are a mess.

Maybe we are not meant to be filtering that highly but to think all that powder crap is around is not pleasant.

Reg vacs must just blow that crap out the exhaust containing just the large particles.

Maybe we should have air filters instead.

Did you see that Mielhe guy w his meter

Seems every vac but the miele is not good at capturing all the particles.

I lug that Hovver around for a few minutes just to have the fun of purging the filter of that dusty filth but I don';t have anything better to take care of it

but that windtunnel sucks amazing & the naps stands up better than anything I've used yet so I deal w it

Just


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Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
Reply #17   Mar 20, 2008 2:06 pm
If you are talking about the Meile videos on Youtube.  I have not seen them but have heard on another forum about them

Dog and Pony show--Gimicks.

He was holding his particle counter at the motor cooling vent.  

He had the outer bag open when measuring the particlees emitted by the Kirby. The outerbag is part of the filter system.

Most of what I have been reading just marks him off as over zellious.

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camelotshadow


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Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
Reply #18   Mar 20, 2008 4:04 pm
Thats the one & your right about the outer bag on the Kirby.

He did the rainbow & particle count went down then it went up again so perhaps water can only dissolve so much.

Guess the Miele is good but his test dpesn't prove the others are bad.

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