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Thread Number: 77863
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Post# 1018977 12/24/2018 at 10:05 (1,948 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 RJ found a Kirby Sentria yesterday (Sun) sitting beside the dumpster at work. The micron/HEPA dust bag is full but the unit otherwise is near-new condition. The brush roll looks new, has no wear/dirt/discoloration. No attachments were found unless they were buried under something in the dumpster. I've never had much affinity for Kirbys but it's a spiffy find. | ||
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| Post# 1018999 , Reply# 1 12/24/2018 at 12:53 (1,948 days old) by TheSpiritOf76 (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and OZ All Together. ) | ||
Wow! good find!
People sometimes throw good vacuums away for the silliest reasons. Obviously in this instance its not age, but most of the time it is. I have found machines like that in the trash for no better reason BUT the bag was full, or the belt needed changed, so the people in question thought their new vacuum had already "died". I have many collection pieces that came from the trash, that were in good condition, but just needed a basic service and clean up.
What a very Merry Christmas gift! In fact, I would consider this a Christmas Miracle! | ||
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Post# 1019034 , Reply# 2 12/25/2018 at 02:09 (1,947 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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 Love my Kirbys! Last week though, I broke down and bought one of those Shark HV300 machines at Walmart for Tony because he says he can't handle the Kirby anymore due to its weight and his injury. It's great for between times when I can't get to the floors and it's light enough for him to use. But it ain't no Kirby!
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| Post# 1019075 , Reply# 3 12/25/2018 at 19:58 (1,946 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA) | ||
 I have only used a Kirby of the 1970s when I was a kid - my mother's cousin had one. It was super-heavy, super-loud...it felt like and looked like something from the 1940s!
We had one of those orange self-propelled Hoover "Dial-a-Matic" vacuums at home. I never complained about it again once I used the Kirby. | ||
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Post# 1019172 , Reply# 6 12/27/2018 at 05:52 (1,945 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Yeah, after I bought my G5 and fell in love with the self-propulsion, I bought my mother a G3 from a vac shop. She loves it for their carpets but she never puts the hose on for bare floors...uses a stick for that. My old Tradition isn't difficult to push around when it's powered on. To me it has better suction than the G5. | ||
| Post# 1020125 , Reply# 7 1/4/2019 at 17:24 (1,936 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver) | ||
My suspicion is that people don’t like their current machine, for whatever reason, so when something goes wrong, regardless of how simple, they just get all excited and use it as an excuse to replace the machine. Something like a Kirby, while appealing to us collectors, is bulky, heavy, and difficult to use compared to other options with ready to use tools mounted to the machine, and a much lower profile to fit under furniture and such. I can completely understand, it’s like the only inkjet printed I ever bought, i print infrequently enough that the ink would be wasted by the constant self cleaning it did on a daily basis. It became an expensive pain in my ass, so one day I found it unresponsive on the desk, and I jumped for joy as I chucked it in the trash and ordered up a nice color laser all in one, almost 11 years later and I’m still on the same toner cartridges! No more ink cartridge changes every 3 uses!
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| Post# 1020245 , Reply# 9 1/5/2019 at 18:05 (1,935 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver) | ||
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I don't think this way about a Kirby, but like I said, I understand what the customer is thinking, and I've felt that way about other things myself, like the printer. To the customer, the Kirby is just another vacuum. They don't necessarily understand what makes a good vacuum, or why a more expensive one can be better than the cheap ones. I can't comprehend throwing the Kirby out, or why someone doesn't see how a central vac works so well. But I also can't comprehend using a Shark either, Among many complaints I find cleaning that screen in the dirt cup to be disgusting and unpleasant when I have to do it while servicing a customer's machine... I'd so much rather take out a bag and just throw it all out without touching a thing! | ||
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Post# 1020408 , Reply# 11 1/7/2019 at 00:50 (1,934 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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