Thread Number: 26239
Walmart is Selling Reconditioned Kirbys |
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Post# 294145   8/17/2014 at 17:30 (3,539 days old) by HenryDreyfuss (Ohio)   |   | |
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"Rebuilt to like-new condition," with a 5-year warranty. Wasn't aware Walmart was selling them!
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Post# 294162 , Reply# 1   8/17/2014 at 19:15 (3,539 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Post# 294164 , Reply# 2   8/17/2014 at 19:41 (3,539 days old) by vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.)   |   | |
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That made my stint jump! |
Post# 294165 , Reply# 3   8/17/2014 at 19:41 (3,539 days old) by HenryDreyfuss (Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 294217 , Reply# 5   8/18/2014 at 06:33 (3,539 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 294355 , Reply# 7   8/19/2014 at 04:24 (3,538 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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WHAT?????Prefer a plasti-dumpster vac over a Windsor?CRAZY!!! |
Post# 294484 , Reply# 9   8/20/2014 at 00:08 (3,537 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Kenmore & Panasonic canister vacuums are BAD vacuums! The Panasonic-made canister motors, both the ones with the white plastic ring around the fan & the new Inducer motor, are made to fail & die prematurely. You're lucky to get 5 to 6 years out of a Panasonic canister motor before it needs replacement. You're actually better off to buy a lower-line Kenmore, one of the "jelly-bean" style canisters that has a slightly smaller bag compartment but still uses the same bag....they use a motor made by Chinese manufacturer Sip Cinderson that is much better quality & will last a bit longer. It also doesn't hurt that you can use standard attachments without needing an adapter too. The previous Kenmore canisters, the Whispertone & Progressive models from early 2000's, which they first introduced the HEPA exhaust filter, at first used Ametek motors, which again were much better made than what they use now.
As for the new-style hose, wand & tools, Panasonic can't use them on their own vacuums as Sears gets the newest designs first before Panasonic gets to use them. It has nothing to do with different tool storage needs. Another thing that annoys me with Panasonic & Kenmore vacuums that are produced by Panasonic, is they have never been able to produce a vacuum with a sealed True HEPA filter. Other lower & mid line canister makes, such as Eureka, Electrolux "Eurekaluxes", even a couple of Dirt Devil bagged canisters have done it, yet Kenmore & Panasonic can't get their act together & do it! The only one I have seen lately that looks like it might be sealed is the new 600 series bagless powerhead canister, & that would make sense since it is multi-cyclonic, & would put a lot of dust back into the room if it didn't have a sealed True HEPA filter. Here is a link to the "jelly-bean" style Kenmore canisters I was talking about. But I always reccommend to anyone buying a Kenmore canister to buy one from the 1990's or 1980's BEFORE they introduced the HEPA filter, & to make sure it has a Ametek double-stage motor in it & that they change the carbon brushes. Rob CLICK HERE TO GO TO kirbylux77's LINK |