Thread Number: 41794  /  Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Just a couple of Kirbys I'd like to show off
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Post# 441685   5/10/2021 at 21:37 (1,074 days old) by Hunster87 (Arizona)        

I just picked up the g5 it's great fun! The tradition (I know the shake out bag is backwards) I converted the tradition to hepa with 4 brush roller and installed a zipper on the other side, it's my daily driver. I also have a sentria I lent to my mother to shampoo her carpets. I love these things.

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Post# 441700 , Reply# 1   5/11/2021 at 08:55 (1,074 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)        
Nice...

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Yeah, I love Kirbys and I have too many of them (a total of nine, ranging from a Heritage 1HD to a pair of Sentrias). They're kind of the HumVee of vacuum cleaners--big, heavy, powerful, durable, configurable and repairable. And no self-destructing circuit boards! Nice job converting the Tradition to take disposable bags. I did the same thing with my Heritage 1HD. It came to me with a nasty shakeout bag and I converted it using Heritage 2 parts I had on hand. I did eventually get a proper orange Heritage I bag for it, thanks to a kind and generous fellow vacuumlander. Now, it uses the same bags as all of my other Kirbys and could use HEPA bags if I wanted to put one in it but the multi-ply paper ones seem to work just fine for my needs. While a purist might cringe at what I did and maybe even call it 'bojack', I feel like I made a good improvement on the original without making any irreversible modifications.

Post# 441709 , Reply# 2   5/11/2021 at 11:22 (1,073 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
i have that blue one w/ all tools

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I know!! The "hoover 'snob', lolo
I'd love to sell it. It was never part of my collection, obviously.


Post# 441717 , Reply# 3   5/11/2021 at 16:28 (1,073 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)        

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Lovely models - I have a lot of Kirbys myself. The blue Tradition still eludes me. For whatever reason it rarely comes up for sale (At a price I can afford). I'd reckon it's one of the most desirable Kirbys that get snagged up and held onto.


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