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Thread Number: 36955
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Why don’t newer machines have carpet fluffers?? |
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Post# 395005 7/15/2018 at 15:06 (2,101 days old) by Rivstg1  (colorado springs) |
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Here is one of my 3 Kirby’s w/carpet fluffers.....these work great on fluffing up beat down carpets . What do you think modern vacuum companies don’t have a similar product available? Perhaps there are, but I’m not aware of them. Curiously , even Kirby doesnt offer them anymore....was it just becacause they’ve fallen out of favor with the buying public ?
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| Post# 395033 , Reply# 1 7/15/2018 at 21:00 (2,101 days old) by Luxkid1980 (Richmond, Virginia) | ||
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Doesn't Kirby call this the Rug Renovator? I thought they were primarily for use after shampooing a carpet. There are some vacuum only machines that more or less "fluff" the carpet up as you vacuum, depending on the pile of the carpet. Orecks do a pretty good job of this. Electrolux/Aerus power nozzles also do a good job. | ||
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Post# 395035 , Reply# 2 7/15/2018 at 21:18 (2,101 days old) by Rivstg1 (colorado springs) |
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rug renovator
Yes, it is part of the Rug Renovator package....but the shampooer is separate ..... this rotating brush does more than powerful vacuum cleaners.....it brushes the carpet...raising it up. I have a Royal upright as well as Kirbys....they can really 'lift' the carpet they are so powerful, but, the brushing of the Renovator fluffer does even more.
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| Post# 395045 , Reply# 4 7/15/2018 at 22:38 (2,101 days old) by vacuumdevil (Vacuum Hell ) | ||
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| Post# 395061 , Reply# 5 7/16/2018 at 04:34 (2,101 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
 You can still find the floor polisher kits that can also be used as a carpet fluffer or you could buy a new floor polisher brush that will fit any G or Sentria series and use it with the shampoo nozzle. I just used mine on my Kirby Avalir, last week. You do have to be careful not to damage your carpet by fluffing too much or going over the same area too many times as it can damage carpets. I only have plush carpet and would not use it on Frieze carpet ever......another way to lift carpet nap is with an Electrolux shampooer that has what are called nap lifters.
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| Post# 395062 , Reply# 6 7/16/2018 at 04:52 (2,101 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
I think a better question to ask would be; "why don't newer homes have carpet"
Thanks to most home improvement shows that describe of carpet as "high maintenance" and a "germ trap" and encourage people to replace carpet with hardwood floors. I was looking at newer homes in my area that are for sale - none have wall to wall carpet. Just some expensive area rugs over 12 feet. I'm guilty of the hardwood floor, but mine is 60 years old and was under the carpet since the house was built. Cats ruined my carpeting and it all had to go to remove the odor. I do have commercial low pile in my basement that is wall to wall though. | ||
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Post# 395065 , Reply# 7 7/16/2018 at 06:17 (2,101 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Think "HuskyVacs" has the answer-fewer homes have carpets.Maybe bring back home type buffers and floor machines. | ||
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Post# 395086 , Reply# 8 7/16/2018 at 12:00 (2,101 days old) by rivstg1 (colorado springs) |
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I agree on the popularity of hardwoods...
but it just seems no maker of vacuums makes or has made in a long while the flutters. Yes, I did see the Kirby Sentria models had them too....downplayed....I guess b/c of what HuskyVacs pointed out . Now that I think about it, Kirby had them for every model till the Avalir ( yes, PR-21, good point, you could kinda 'make one' too out of the parts). Understandable why people like the lack of 'germ trap' of carpet....I was on my way to de-carpeting lots of my home as well till this year....when I really discovered Kirby's..... now, I want NEW carpet! haha I wonder when the pendulum will swing back?
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| Post# 395126 , Reply# 10 7/17/2018 at 03:38 (2,100 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 395143 , Reply# 11 7/17/2018 at 13:48 (2,100 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Yes, I think that's the answer. There's little need for a carpet fluffer when there aren't that many carpets around to be fluffed. Add to that the fact that most of today's carpets are close-piled and don't really need all that much fluffing. That accessory was likely at the height of its popularity back when shag carpet was popular. Now that stuff needed serious fluffing on a regular basis!
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| Post# 395248 , Reply# 13 7/19/2018 at 00:39 (2,098 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 395269 , Reply# 14 7/19/2018 at 11:58 (2,098 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado) | ||
This is my theory... Back in the day of rug flutters, most vacuums used the much softer and less stiff bore's hair brush bristles, they worked, but they didn't agitate the nap as effectively as the nylon bristles we have now. Add to that the transition from a brush and beater to all brush brush rolls, largely because the stiffer bristles provided the beating and sweeping at the same time, and a separate, super aggressive fluffing on occasion really wasn't necessary anymore, as the normal vacuuming was now thoroughly getting the nap fluffed every time the vacuum was used. | ||
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Post# 395312 , Reply# 15 7/19/2018 at 22:55 (2,097 days old) by Rivstg1 (colorado springs) |
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Post# 396818 , Reply# 16 8/15/2018 at 23:56 (2,070 days old) by Rivstg1 (colorado springs) |
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Heritage II goes to work
Well, it’s back to fluffing for me, haha. This time, it’s the Heritage 2 doing the honors. If you have a Kirby rug renovator set with this, I recommend you pulling it out to help that carpet stand up again !! Also, it just feels good under your feet !!
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