Kirby Vacuum vs. regular vacuum?
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Originally Posted by chrisok5
Have any of you ever heard of a Rainbow vacuum?
My pops used to sell those back in the day and he'd bring a hoover and kirby to his presentation.
The Rainbow one is cool but it's a ***** to put together. It's a water based vacuum so it sucks all the dirt and DUST into the water and traps it all.
Pops used to bring those kirby and hoovers because their bag/filter system is the weakness. Try this at home guys. Take a bright lamp and shine it on your vacuum while you vacuum your carpet. Shine it on the bag/box/filter where the dirt comes in and watch how much dust escapes.
Peep those Rainbow vacuums out. Especially people with allergies and stuff like that.
My pops used to sell those back in the day and he'd bring a hoover and kirby to his presentation.
The Rainbow one is cool but it's a ***** to put together. It's a water based vacuum so it sucks all the dirt and DUST into the water and traps it all.
Pops used to bring those kirby and hoovers because their bag/filter system is the weakness. Try this at home guys. Take a bright lamp and shine it on your vacuum while you vacuum your carpet. Shine it on the bag/box/filter where the dirt comes in and watch how much dust escapes.
Peep those Rainbow vacuums out. Especially people with allergies and stuff like that.
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Originally Posted by chrisok5
My pops used to sell those back in the day and he'd bring a hoover and kirby to his presentation.
Pops used to bring those kirby and hoovers because their bag/filter system is the weakness. Try this at home guys. Take a bright lamp and shine it on your vacuum while you vacuum your carpet. Shine it on the bag/box/filter where the dirt comes in and watch how much dust escapes.
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I saw that Dyson...the little one...I was like..damn I would love that thing. then I looked at the price and almost fell over.
Damn dude. I'll stick with my crappy hand me down vacuum and shop vac for the car until the day comes I own my own home..maybe then..well probably not me but my significant other will spend my money to buy one. sheesh. Crazy grip.
Damn dude. I'll stick with my crappy hand me down vacuum and shop vac for the car until the day comes I own my own home..maybe then..well probably not me but my significant other will spend my money to buy one. sheesh. Crazy grip.
The dyson is a marketing managers dream. Lots a of plastic, pretty colors, and foriegn. It costs lots of money for all of those TV commercials. Who do you think is paying for it?
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haha, yeah I used to sell Kirbys when I was 19 living up in Seattle, dont think I made any money but it was a fun job. Yeah those Kirby's will suck the butt out the cat!(guy I worked with always said that) I wouldnt pay any of what we sold them for back then, I think $1599, but I would def pick one up if I could find one for a couple hundred, that carpet shampoo attachment works WAY better than those rug doctors you rent at the store
My girlfriend recently bought a Kirby. When I came home and found out how much she paid, I flipped. I went upstairs to do a little ebaying and googling and 5 minutes later, the Kirby rep was back at our house knocking about 50% off the price. Which was still a lot of money for a vacumn (me having never bought a vacumn in my life). And then I used it. Bad ***. And it's a frickin transformer. It's more power tool than cleaning apparatus. It's a man's vacumn. I doubt I would ever buy one myself but I aint complaining that we have one....
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This place has a whole bunch of Kirbys listed for sale:
http://www.thevacuumcenter.com/kirby-main.shtml
-Chris
http://www.thevacuumcenter.com/kirby-main.shtml
-Chris
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I'm not going to read all the replies, but we had a Kirby vac when I was growing up and that thing was bulletproof. My mom still uses it today. If you want a vac to last a lifetime, Kirby is your man.
On the other hand... I know have an Oreck XL. It doesn't have all the attachments and ****, but for a straight vacuum, it's teh bomb.
On the other hand... I know have an Oreck XL. It doesn't have all the attachments and ****, but for a straight vacuum, it's teh bomb.