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Thread Number: 12498
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| Post# 133566 4/22/2011 at 08:02 (4,750 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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Post# 133571 , Reply# 1 4/22/2011 at 08:28 (4,750 days old) by jfalberti  (Visalia, CA) |
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Wow. | ||
| Post# 133580 , Reply# 2 4/22/2011 at 09:10 (4,750 days old) by blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
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| Post# 133584 , Reply# 3 4/22/2011 at 09:43 (4,750 days old) by sanimatic () | ||
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Dislike. LOL | ||
| Post# 133590 , Reply# 4 4/22/2011 at 10:27 (4,750 days old) by vacfanatic (Omaha, NE) | ||
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| Post# 133591 , Reply# 5 4/22/2011 at 10:31 (4,750 days old) by henry200 (Saint Paul MN) | ||
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it's huge..... cord winder? I was thinking hose winder. | ||
| Post# 133593 , Reply# 6 4/22/2011 at 10:49 (4,750 days old) by LongLiveKirbys (Minneapolis) | ||
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That would actually.. Be very cool to have! i would love to have one. but i must admit that as stated already that has to add so much morre weight to a machine that already weighs upwards of 30 pounds! LOL Trevor | ||
| Post# 133610 , Reply# 7 4/22/2011 at 12:35 (4,750 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 133611 , Reply# 8 4/22/2011 at 13:02 (4,750 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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Lol. That thing is BIG! Would be awesome to have though. I bet it does house a very long cord. A shorter cord for the portable one. How about that G5 serial number 1 he has???? | ||
| Post# 133614 , Reply# 9 4/22/2011 at 13:22 (4,750 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) | ||
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| Post# 133661 , Reply# 10 4/22/2011 at 17:15 (4,750 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Umm | ||
| Post# 133668 , Reply# 11 4/22/2011 at 18:17 (4,750 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
The guy who listed those cord winders
was a former engineer who worked for Kirby . I purchased many vacuums from him years ago on eBay . They were all brand new models that Kirby would buy to test research maybe copy different things while designing the newer models which I am sure is the new Avalir that will be out hopefully by the 100th Anniversary . The cord winder will be apart of the new machine as every survey Kirby had done with former customers many had said they would prefer a cord winder. That is why he has them for sale because he was they one who engineered them as protypes to get to the design of the one that will be on Kirby`s redesigned model.They are a cool and unique item to own . He refuses to talk about the newest Kirby that will arrive whenever . He is very good with secrets even though he no longer works for them.
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Post# 133721 , Reply# 12 4/23/2011 at 01:01 (4,750 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Looks like that cordwinder is clunky,awkward,and heavy.DO NOT WANT A CORDWINDER on my Kirby.the manual cordwind hooks are fine-I just don't like cordwinders on upright vacuums-they are fine on canisters-esp if they are properly designed and the cord is long-say 20ft or over. | ||
| Post# 133875 , Reply# 13 4/23/2011 at 19:55 (4,749 days old) by rickenbacker () | ||
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What's the point in leaving a cord hook on? | ||
| Post# 133877 , Reply# 14 4/23/2011 at 20:06 (4,749 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
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Whats the point ? | ||
| Post# 133902 , Reply# 15 4/23/2011 at 21:59 (4,749 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
Right on, Dan!
It's a fascinating idea and of course, engineers go through many ideas mentally pie-in-the-sky, on paper and prototype some. Sure, they could have had Electrolux or Royal run something up for them in the nature of an add-on but with an in-house R&D department why not something original and patentable? Just look at Jack's DYSON memorabilia - prototypes start out clunky until they are refined and 'smaller-ized' for production. The tall handle cylinder probably seemed like a great idea on paper, keeping the cord flat, tangle-free and spiral wound. It may even have an integrated cord guide that travels up and down the cylinder to keep the windings even, like Singer's reciprocating shuttle bobbin winder that guided the thread evenly side to side through precision worm gearing. Who wouldn't want to be the caretaker of such a one-of-a-kind piece of history? Dave | ||
| Post# 133903 , Reply# 16 4/23/2011 at 22:03 (4,749 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
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Thank you Dave | ||
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Post# 134007 , Reply# 18 4/24/2011 at 20:34 (4,748 days old) by fanonthefloor (Augusta,Georgia) |
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the seller also has the portable one and a NIB heratige 2 | ||
| Post# 134030 , Reply# 19 4/25/2011 at 00:30 (4,748 days old) by twocvbloke () | ||
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So THAT'S why there's a removable panel over an empty space on the Generation series portable handles... :P | ||
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