Thread Number: 33474
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Kirby Gsix poor rice pick up?? |
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Post# 364715   1/5/2017 at 14:34 (2,638 days old) by Mike811 (Finland)   |   | |
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Now I have done multiple tests with the Kirby G2000 Gsix Limited Edition and so far results are showing great performance compared to my other vacuums.
However when I tested the rice pick up performance on the medium pile shag rug result wasn't impressive at all. So test went like this: I put down one cup full of rice to the Kirby and the Shark Rotator Pro Lift Away NV500. Then I rubbed the rice deep to the carpet and vacuumed 5 full passes with both. After that I vacuumed both paths VERY thoroughly with the Shark and I was shocked. Kirby left much more rice behind. All is right with the Kirby. I just changed the belt. So what I did wrong? |
Post# 364723 , Reply# 2   1/5/2017 at 16:47 (2,638 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 364724 , Reply# 3   1/5/2017 at 17:25 (2,638 days old) by Mike811 (Finland)   |   | |
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Brushroll light is in solid on position so it's working. I have a bit of trouble to set the height right on the shag carpet. Like on the "normal" carpet shag don't make any noticeable tone change in the motor. So it's pretty hard to set the height right. I did test the airflow and my most powerful canister vacuum didn't have a change against the Kirby. This was so called paper roll tug of war and Kirby didn't lose the roll even once.
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Post# 364725 , Reply# 4   1/5/2017 at 17:32 (2,638 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 364731 , Reply# 5   1/5/2017 at 19:00 (2,638 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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One time at my Grandpa's, someone spilled a bag of dry snow salt pebbles on the carpet. After getting most of it out by hand, we used the G4 to clean the rest of it up. It had a difficult time vacuuming up with just using the carpet nozzle so I later swapped the nozzle with a hose and it did a better job of sucking those pebbles out.
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Post# 364732 , Reply# 6   1/5/2017 at 19:03 (2,638 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 364741 , Reply# 8   1/6/2017 at 06:40 (2,638 days old) by Mike811 (Finland)   |   | |
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I just looked how the brushroll is set and it is in 2 position for some reason. Brushroll is new replaced by the seller.
I didn't have any snowplow effect, because rice sinks in to the shag rug. I have seen one thread on here VL about the same problem, so this just make me wonder if Kirby just don't like rice. I did test oatmeal deep cleaning ability Kirby VS Electrolux UltraFlex with big powerhead. Kirby did clearly better job on that test than the Electrolux. |
Post# 364745 , Reply# 9   1/6/2017 at 07:41 (2,638 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 364747 , Reply# 10   1/6/2017 at 08:53 (2,638 days old) by kirbykid63 (Wilmington Delaware)   |   | |
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I work on many kirbys and the fan blades do wear down,this influences air flow. If the fan is original chances are it may need replacing. |
Post# 364770 , Reply# 11   1/6/2017 at 19:13 (2,637 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine)   |   | |
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