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Thread Number: 19154
How Long Are Commercial-Duty Vacuums Used? |
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Post# 211455 12/28/2012 at 12:03 (4,135 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 211514 , Reply# 1 12/28/2012 at 19:16 (4,134 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
Here where I work they are used till they die, of course they have me to keep the vacuums running longer. We have an old tornado from about 1995 that the maintanance director bought new. It's got a few problems but that thing doesn't skip a beat. He also had a fleet of Panasonics but they didn't really last that long, maybe 7 years. They bought them from me, I didn't want to sell them Panasonic but that's what they wanted.
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Post# 211515 , Reply# 2 12/28/2012 at 19:19 (4,134 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Of course, this topic will not be complete without mentioning the likes of Sanitaire, Hoover (Guardsman, Conquest, Heavy Duty) and Royal.
I would like to know how long all the great Hoovers, Eurekas (and Sanitaires) and Royals produced in the 1970s and '80s had lasted in a commercial work environment? ~Ben | ||
| Post# 211521 , Reply# 3 12/28/2012 at 20:03 (4,134 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
Typically shorter?
In the UK I find that most commercial businesses have longer lasting commercial vacuums because spares are cheaper to buy and maintain the vacuums. I find domestic households generally waste vacuums as soon as they forget to clean filters, unclog hoses etc. I've seen plenty of old Kirby uprights with commercial cleaning companies, mostly the ones with red bags, old round bezels - quite vintage models but still they use them as they're the best for large commercial areas. Others use the SEBO uprights, old Hoover commercial uprights as well as good old British Henry. | ||
| Post# 211526 , Reply# 4 12/28/2012 at 20:50 (4,134 days old) by BrianKirbyClass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
Ive owned a Hair Styling business for 30 years, and have ALWAYS had a KIRBY Classic Omega in the shop.
The Omega has had HARD use,,,being used MANY times during the work day. My shop is in operation 5 days a week. The Kirby has NEVER EVER failed, EVER, and is STILL going strong to this very day. Of course im careful about changing the belt whenever it starts to weaken, and put a new brush roll on the Omega about every 5 yrs or so,,,whenever the brushes get worn down enough to where adjusting wont work anymore. Several yrs ago I did put a Heritage 2 Mini Emptor on the Omega, with a G Series bag adapter to take the G series Hepa bags. Vacuuming up ground in human hair out of carpet pile is not easy, so it does require a machine that gets down to business. The Kirby handles it easily, and has for 30 years now. Quality Reliability Performance | ||
| Post# 214785 , Reply# 7 1/19/2013 at 10:43 (4,113 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Wow, that's one tough rainbow | ||
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