Kirby's are great machines as long as you use them as vacuum cleaners stay
away from all of the extras.
I second that! Also, it's better to have one on each floor rather than
transporting one up and down the stairs. Wifey was going to throw her Kirby
Heritage II away when we moved in
the Dyson I bought 5 years ago sucks circles around
Kirby. Those Dysons are da bomb. They are a must if you have dogs or cats.
I second that one too! I decided to buy one to use in our temporary
apartment. We have two dogs and two cats in an 1100 square foot apartment,
and the hair is
During my college days, I spent almost 2 years as the servicemaster repairman.
I saw many things take out a vacuum cleaner, the most interesting was a penny.
The damn thing shattered the impeller and got sucked into the motor windings
where it's death was marked with fireworks. After replacing
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my mother is coming to visit, so i figure
Curt Raymond wrote:
You'll never be truely impressed with a vac until you have central
vac... Our house has it and the first time it grabbed one of those
plastic grocery bags I thought oh crap! The pipe from the wall port
to the vac itself is about 30' long and snakes around my basement
my thought as well. i sucked up quite a few pennies with that thing without
understanding why this is bad. i didn't get this idea that the penny went
through the fan and the motor. i just figured they went straight to the bag
or something.
On 9/13/07, Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
During
Kirbys aren't a ripoff, they are a pretty impressive machine. And unlike
most other brands, you can still get parts for any of them, no matter
how old.
We've got one from the 50's that I've had forever, still runs great, but
I didn't like having to dump the cloth bag with my allergies, and i
Get a Roomba (vacuuming robot). Aside from doing a pretty good job with
minimal intervention, it could provide hours of amusement and torture
for your felines. The new ones have provisions to be programmed to do
all sorts of things (like outfitting with a vid cam).
--R
John Robbins wrote:
i've looked at those in pictures. i have a dog and a cat and wonder if it
wouldn't drive them nuts
On 9/13/07, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Get a Roomba (vacuuming robot). Aside from doing a pretty good job with
minimal intervention, it could provide hours of amusement and torture
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i've looked at those in pictures. i have a dog and a cat and wonder if it
wouldn't drive them nuts
On 9/13/07, Rich Thomas
When I remodeled our 80 year old house I installed whole house vac.
Best thing in the world.
I sourced the vac at auction and paid $150 instead of the thousands
it would have cost retail. Kept it in the garage awaiting demo of
the upper story and open walls, then plumbed it in while the
shop kirby throws fire but keeps on
vacuuming
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Curt Raymond wrote:
You'll never be truely impressed with a vac until you have central
vac... Our house has
SLURP.
I dunno who (my wife or the PO) got the other two.
-Curt
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:58:46 -0500
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You'll never be truely impressed with a vac until you have central vac...
My wife and I are once again on the house hunt, and most of them have
central vacs. The house we looked at yesterday had a vac outlet in the
garage, quite handy for vacuuming out the vehicles. It has 2 4 car garages,
I didn't get this idea that the penny went
through the fan and the motor. i just figured they went straight to the bag
or something.
This is a weak point for the Kirby since pennies, screws, etc will either
shatter the impeller, kill the motor or both if one should get sucked in.
The Dyson
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] my $78 pawn shop kirby throws fire but keeps on vacuuming
You'll never be truely impressed with a vac until you have central vac...
My wife and I are once again on the house hunt, and most of them have
central vacs. The house we looked
yeah, i've sucked out lots of metal of every sort with this machine. never
figured it would be a problem
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I didn't get this idea that the penny went
through the fan and the motor. i just figured they went straight to the
bag
or something.
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I didn't get this idea that the penny went
through
Every house we have built, save this one, has had a
central vac. If it's done during construction it's
not that expensive, relative to a high quality vacuum
cleaner. Not to mention you don't have to lug all the
crap around to sweep.
We had one in our house when I was a kid, but it was a
late
my mother is coming to visit, so i figure it's time to bust out old kirby
and go over the carpet a bit. kirby has always been loud, but tonight he
simply screams bloody murder. i smell a little burning smell. and then i
see some spark and flame inside the motor housing. but as it keeps sucking
Probably the motor bearings.
Peter
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that sounds fatal. do i start looking for a new cheap one or can i fix that
easily enough? can i just keep using it till it dies or will it burn my
house down?
On 9/12/07, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Probably the motor bearings.
Peter
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It seems than at Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:18:14 -0500, Tom wrote:
Most likely brushes or possibly a bad bearing.
Kirby's are great machines as long as you use them as vacuum cleaners stay
away from all of the extras.
And don't have to carry them up any stairs!!
Uggh! Them beasts are _heavy_.
i have a 1400 square foot house with a 900 square foot garage below it (i'm
on a steep hill). the part of the house that is above hte garage is 3 steps
higher than that section that is over the crawl space, so not much here in
terms of upstairs
On 9/12/07, Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It
Subject: Re: [MBZ] my $78 pawn shop kirby throws fire but keeps on vacuuming
i have a 1400 square foot house with a 900 square foot garage below it (i'm
on a steep hill). the part of the house that is above hte garage is 3 steps
higher than that section that is over the crawl space, so not much here
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