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Thread Number: 5815
Why old kirbys are the best-- test! |
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| Post# 64799 4/2/2009 at 16:38 (5,500 days old) by brandon_w_t () | ||
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So I wanted to see how good this kirby really was. I pulled out my Vax yesterday. Here it is, a $60 vax X5. A TOL for a while. Vacummed both rooms as well as I could. Did seem to do nicely. 
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| Post# 64801 , Reply# 1 4/2/2009 at 16:40 (5,500 days old) by brandon_w_t () | ||
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And then I pull out the BEAST! Kirby 518. Now remember, this vacuum is 51 years old. The vax is less than 1 year old. LOOK AT THE MESS THE VAX LEFT BEHIND!!! 
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| Post# 64802 , Reply# 2 4/2/2009 at 16:40 (5,500 days old) by brandon_w_t () | ||
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another shot 
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| Post# 64833 , Reply# 3 4/3/2009 at 00:31 (5,500 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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| Post# 64840 , Reply# 5 4/3/2009 at 05:15 (5,500 days old) by jdinstl () | ||
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Brandon... ....what Rob said is true... BUT KIRBY'S ARE STILL THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .....running and ducking from all the stuff being thrown at me by the Hooverites.... John | ||
| Post# 64842 , Reply# 6 4/3/2009 at 07:43 (5,500 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
True BUT!! | ||
| Post# 64843 , Reply# 7 4/3/2009 at 08:38 (5,500 days old) by jdinstl () | ||
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Careful now... ...extolling the virtues of anything but a Hoover in these parts will get you beaten as you sweep as you clean. Tsk tsk tsk... Heh....just ribbin' y'all! :-) John | ||
| Post# 64987 , Reply# 13 4/4/2009 at 17:57 (5,498 days old) by methodistbill () | ||
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Eureka F & G Do Eureka F & G bags have a fill tube that's built into the bag? | ||
| Post# 64988 , Reply# 14 4/4/2009 at 18:58 (5,498 days old) by ohio_tuec () | ||
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Indeed they do, which is why I think they're superior to the "bottom fill" Type C Hoover bag. I even installed one in my Air-Way Sanitary System! | ||
| Post# 65151 , Reply# 15 4/5/2009 at 23:15 (5,497 days old) by jdinstl () | ||
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"Vacuum Needs" on eBay (username cleaner48). ...I've dealt with Vacuum Needs a number of times, and he is one awesome seller. Definitely the first place to hit when you're looking for parts. John | ||
| Post# 287286 , Reply# 17 7/5/2014 at 04:09 (3,581 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.) | ||
Why bother buying new garbage, when the cheap Chinese plastic is already worn-out, with the under insolated wires already sizzling; the open ball bearings already seizing, even before they get scoured by dirt. And all of this, even before you first plug the hotshot in. When, of course, you can buy a very nice, vintage vacuum, more than adequate, which is tried and true and most probably will even out last you. Fifty years ago, they really cared about how they put things together - not so much nowadays.
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