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Post# 83046 , Reply# 1   10/25/2009 at 22:05 (5,268 days old) by normvac (COLUMBUS, OHIO)   |   | |
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Love the discription of the New Kirby with an onboard hose !! Can't wait to see one and try it !! Norm |
Post# 83051 , Reply# 2   10/26/2009 at 10:05 (5,267 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 83077 , Reply# 7   10/26/2009 at 17:57 (5,267 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 83079 , Reply# 8   10/26/2009 at 18:00 (5,267 days old) by kirbyduh (Kentucky )   |   | |
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This has done got me scared. I may die if kirby changes to on board tools and more plastic. One thing I really like about kirby is changing the hose and nozzles. I may just cry myself to sleep tonight..... |
Post# 83086 , Reply# 11   10/26/2009 at 19:16 (5,267 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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My grandma has a G4, and DREADS having to go get the hose and tools out of the closet when she wants to clean the couch, of course that is when I am extremely to busy to do it, because I do ALL of her vacuuming :p, anyways, she will be very excited to hear about this. And I am sure she will be looking into it when it comes out..
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Post# 83087 , Reply# 12   10/26/2009 at 19:16 (5,267 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 83092 , Reply# 15   10/26/2009 at 20:41 (5,267 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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That did make me laugh - ease of use as a negative quality! |
Post# 83111 , Reply# 16   10/26/2009 at 22:12 (5,267 days old) by kirbyultimateg (Troy Ohio 45373 USA)   |   | |
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Please don't tell me that the new Kirby has onboard attachments! :( |
Post# 83115 , Reply# 17   10/26/2009 at 23:18 (5,267 days old) by bimmer740 (Long Island, New York)   |   | |
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Years ago I emailed Kirby asking why they dont make a hard shell for the bag (this was when HEPA filters were starting to be all the rage) I got a very nice response back, and it said that they do not believe in making a hard bag case as there is no need. According to testing they had done, it showed no difference in filtration then their current high filtration bags. Who knows if this is still true but I certainly cant picture a hard bodied Kirby. On board tools- I have found that friends of the family or family members who have owned a Kirby love them. They are not in anyway vacuum nuts but they appriacte it for what it is. A well built machine that cleans well, is versatile, and will probably last for 20+ years. They also have realized that if they dont want to change the nozzle to use the hose, that they should buy another small vac for hard surface cleaning or quick clean up. I will admit I never use the hose (I have central vac) but I can see how it might be frustrating to some. I havent used the smaller head Kirbys but I dont find the Heritage-G-series models to be overly bulky or difficult to use. I think that Kirby is a pretty smart company, they build a quality product and when they release a new machine, its an improvement on the previous one. While these may not be huge changes, they are still ways in which their product is better. I cant imagine that after all these years, they would radically change their design so that it was "dumbed down". Todays Kirbys minus the tech drive are not all that much different from the ones 50 years ago, why ruin something that has proven to be a success for so many decades? I guess we will have to wait to see what happens when the new model is released. Lets keep our fingers crossed that its something great! |
Post# 83125 , Reply# 18   10/27/2009 at 06:52 (5,266 days old) by samotronic ()   |   | |
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I have looked at this site several times now. There aren't that many posts on it. But I cannot find the item about the onboard hose. Can someone point me to the right place. Chris |
Post# 83143 , Reply# 21   10/27/2009 at 18:08 (5,266 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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...back in 1934! |
Post# 83153 , Reply# 22   10/27/2009 at 19:30 (5,266 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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And again from Hoover in '37... |