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Thread Number: 22469
It was a Kirby kind of day. |
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| Post# 251549 9/28/2013 at 17:37 (3,859 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan ) | ||
I hate admitting defeat. I have always been a canister person and I have always been a Rainbow and old Kenmore person but I have to admit that my Kirby (Wow I can't believe I'm about to throw my Rainbow under the buss) beat my Rainbow.
This picture is everything I have used today. I don't know what got into me but so far I've washed all the windows, scrubbed all the woodwork and fronts of my kitchen cabinets, and my regular cleaning today. 
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| Post# 251550 , Reply# 1 9/28/2013 at 17:37 (3,859 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan ) | ||
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Post# 251551 , Reply# 2 9/28/2013 at 17:53 (3,859 days old) by Durango159  (State College, PA) |
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| Post# 251553 , Reply# 3 9/28/2013 at 18:11 (3,859 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan ) | ||
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With my Rainbow I change the belt every six to eight months. The big thing that I don't like about the Kirby is it doesn't fit under my bed, couch, or the legs of my end tables. I have to use the floor brush for that. So then the carpet does not get the use of the carpet brush. For that reason alone I use my Rainbow more. | ||
| Post# 251557 , Reply# 4 9/28/2013 at 18:46 (3,859 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan ) | ||
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| Post# 251559 , Reply# 5 9/28/2013 at 19:57 (3,859 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
Well... | ||
| Post# 251561 , Reply# 6 9/28/2013 at 20:00 (3,859 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan ) | ||
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| Post# 251565 , Reply# 8 9/28/2013 at 20:51 (3,859 days old) by jade_angel (Fort Collins, CO) | ||
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For carpets, yeah, direct air is hard to beat, and in that field, Kirby is one of the best. I haven't seen many canisters that can match it. Depending on your carpet, maybe Miele, Riccar or the new Silver Kings... | ||
| Post# 251603 , Reply# 9 9/29/2013 at 08:56 (3,859 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
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Hmm
with direct airs it's more that they can generate enough flow to attract the carpet to the nozzle then use the brush to create both a beating and sweeping motion this is what allows them to really dig that fine grit out.
The new silver kings are not that great a machine IMO. It's nearly as loud as a central vac, the airflow reading on the baird meter is 3. To compare my miele last time i took a reading pulled a 4.5 same with the riccar 1700 and my patriot (tristar type) pulls a 5.5 and the vita-vac can pull a 6 with an air-tec cloth bag. Funny enough i use canisters more than uprights though i believe direct air uprights when it comes to deep carpet cleaning. | ||
| Post# 251611 , Reply# 11 9/29/2013 at 11:29 (3,858 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan ) | ||
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The Kirby is a good rotation vacuum. Something to just get out every once in a while. I love my Rainbow and I will always use it. I do like the way my air smells when I use the Rainbow. I'm just not a big fan of uprights.
I have using my Rainbow down to a Science. When I lived in my house I knew how many rooms I could clean with one filling of water. When I had my apartment in Chicago and my current apartment I can clean the whole apartment with one tank of water. My friend Jennifer gave me the Kirby. She didn't like it and got a Dyson, she didn't like my Rainbow so oh well. LOL | ||
| Post# 251650 , Reply# 13 9/29/2013 at 16:32 (3,858 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan ) | ||
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I don't have the HEPA filter on the back of mine. My Rainbow is an old D4C from the 80's. It came with the external long cord for the power head that is strapped to the hose. I still use it like that. LOL All the same I think it has a great air flow and maybe I'm wrong when I say it was beat by the Kirby.
I'll know in a few days when I vacuum and go to empty the water tank. | ||
| Post# 251665 , Reply# 14 9/29/2013 at 19:47 (3,858 days old) by TASE (Colorado) | ||
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| Post# 251688 , Reply# 15 9/30/2013 at 02:32 (3,858 days old) by NYCWriter (New York City) | ||
Well ...
... "The big thing that I don't like about the Kirby is it doesn't fit under my bed, couch, or the legs of my end tables. I have to use the floor brush for that. So then the carpet does not get the use of the carpet brush."
This is why I opted for the Aerus Guardian Platinum over the Royal Everlast or the Kirby. A slim power nozzle is SO much easier to maneuver through a small apartment. | ||
| Post# 251699 , Reply# 16 9/30/2013 at 10:37 (3,858 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan ) | ||
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