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| Post# 67775 , Reply# 1 4/26/2009 at 19:19 (5,472 days old) by tristar () | ||
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Sanitaire Bag... Keep in mind....this is from only 3 times vacuuming! I had no idea that much dirt accumulated in that short span! 
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| Post# 67777 , Reply# 3 4/26/2009 at 19:21 (5,472 days old) by tristar () | ||
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Bags side-by-side.... Here's a side-by-side comparison... 
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| Post# 67786 , Reply# 5 4/26/2009 at 20:08 (5,472 days old) by electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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I have an older commercial Sanitaire blue line model and I love it. I have filled numerous bags with it and even when they were full the vacuum still had plenty of suction power. I really like your tests and they definitely prove to be accurate | ||
| Post# 67791 , Reply# 6 4/26/2009 at 20:37 (5,472 days old) by hoover_elite_20 () | ||
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Your Sanitaire is sooooo pretty! Do you have any videos of this? | ||
| Post# 67794 , Reply# 7 4/26/2009 at 20:45 (5,472 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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That's amazing...I can't wait for mine to arrive now! | ||
| Post# 67835 , Reply# 13 4/27/2009 at 09:08 (5,471 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
I still think the Sanitare will do better
I have done some tests with a convertible dustcup (like the Guardsman of today)and my aunts Kirby legend II back when I was younger. And the convertible had large amounts of dirt even reversing the roles and vacuuming with the hoover for a few days and then the kirby. both vacuums had a substantial amount of dirt bout the Convertible's dust cup always had more in it than the Kirby's bag did. However the kirby did seem to "suck" to the carpet more. Mabie it WAS the fact that the Hoover had the beater bars and the Kirby had just the brushes.Hmmm... 
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| Post# 67836 , Reply# 14 4/27/2009 at 09:11 (5,471 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Ummm I've done a test as well and the kirby came out on top. Aginst a Sanitaire well Electrolux as its named over here. If you look at the bag theres no carpet fluff just grit. That shows that the kirby is getting out the grit and not eatting the carpet. But you atomatically said "is actually left from what's in the emptor" Ummm right. James | ||
| Post# 67842 , Reply# 15 4/27/2009 at 09:40 (5,471 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
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I didn't think about the emptor | ||
| Post# 67843 , Reply# 16 4/27/2009 at 09:55 (5,471 days old) by kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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Well Gee I dunno I'm so blatently ignorant, I may not be able to figure out how to turn on the cumputar again. | ||
| Post# 67844 , Reply# 17 4/27/2009 at 10:04 (5,471 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
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Im not saying that.. | ||
| Post# 67848 , Reply# 19 4/27/2009 at 11:22 (5,471 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 67850 , Reply# 20 4/27/2009 at 12:07 (5,471 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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Touched a nerve with me?! Someone dares to suggest something might, perhaps, outperform a Kirby and all manner of hand-wringing and hysteria breaks loose! So other cleaners "eat carpet"? Please show us some proof of that. | ||
| Post# 67851 , Reply# 21 4/27/2009 at 12:42 (5,471 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 67852 , Reply# 22 4/27/2009 at 12:53 (5,471 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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Yup, that evidence seems pretty conclusive to me! I rest my case! Jack :) | ||
| Post# 67912 , Reply# 32 4/27/2009 at 23:21 (5,471 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
Matter is neither created nor destroyed..it is converted.
As soon as I'm finished the housework I have to start all over again - the Housewive's Lament. Or Househusband, if you prefer...Houseperson has no snappy ring to it at all. :-) If one's preferred vacuum cleaner cleans up debris as effectively as we can determine, then why, oh why do we vacuum every week if not every - or several times a - day? Because we know at an instinctive level that the job is never done...and we like to play with vacuums. You know...FUN! Thank you Rick, for stepping back and reminding us all that this is a dirty world. This and similar fascinating and amusing but ultimately inconclusive discussions - they are discussion, right? Not debates? - simply and effectively points out that we, as collectors and enthusiasts, will never run out of the raw material for which our machines were conceived, built and developed...to manage, contain and disperse the changing decade's industrial and domestic substances, and can happily continue to vacuum as often or as infrequently as we desire. We'll always get some result. Have 2 vacuums or 500, whichever suits your purpose and passion. Collect the full lineup of one Brandname or strive to run the gamut and cover the feild. Prefer new plastic over vintage metal? Fine by me. All will do the task they were cleverly designed for to the very best of their ability. Save the Whales...collect the whole set! But as surely as hair grows 1/4" per month, the sun rises and sets and our buildings, cars and ourselves steadily convert to dustmotes every nanosecond that ticks by, the last vacuum cleaner running will always be the winner. That's a sure bet. ...Until someone turns on the next vacuum cleaner waiting in line to fight the War on Filth. :-) Dave | ||
| Post# 67954 , Reply# 39 4/28/2009 at 14:01 (5,470 days old) by animasinsulin () | ||
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Royal fan? Hey, Eric. What would happen if you could fit our Royal Everlast fans on a Kirby?....Bill in Az.... | ||
| Post# 67955 , Reply# 40 4/28/2009 at 14:04 (5,470 days old) by tristar () | ||
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A Royal fan won't fit a Kirby. They have a different shaft size, thread, and depth of the blades. It simply won't fit the fan chamber! | ||
| Post# 67956 , Reply# 41 4/28/2009 at 14:11 (5,470 days old) by animasinsulin () | ||
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My G4 When I bought my G4 at a Goodwill, in the emptor thing was bent screws, a mangled dime, shared glass. How can a lexan fan do that kind of damage? I checked the fan and it still looks new.....Bill in Az.... | ||
| Post# 67959 , Reply# 42 4/28/2009 at 14:43 (5,470 days old) by vacuumfreeeke () | ||
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I am glad you are going to do a retest. I also thought upon first reading this that the original test could in no way be called fair since the Sanitaire had been used more than the Kirby. Both fine looking machines, though. | ||
Post# 68136 , Reply# 46 5/1/2009 at 04:39 (5,468 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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The new Eureka bag system is "ST".Wonder if the newer ST outer bags can be used on older Eurika machines.Would be interesting to try. | ||
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Post# 68327 , Reply# 58 5/3/2009 at 00:27 (5,466 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Can we call the match between Kirby and Sanitiare a "Draw"looks like they both picked up about the same amount of stuff.Both of yours are good machines.Was an interesting test. | ||
| Post# 68328 , Reply# 59 5/3/2009 at 00:28 (5,466 days old) by tristar () | ||
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And of course the compulsory side-by-side... And here's the 3 day Kirby bag next to the one-use Sanitaire bag. Just like the first go round with the Sanitaire being used first. 
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