Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Grant Whyte on July 11, 2012, 08:48:45 pm
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Hi all
Anyone got a link/supplier for finding a Royal Vacuum Cleaner.
Thanks
Grant
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Buckingham Palace, don't have the number tho :o
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weblink would be fine though
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Hi Grant
Vortech in the Medway city estate had Royal vacuum cleaners the last time i cleaned their carpets...If you like give me a call (website)
Richard
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Sorry home number please & not the mobile on 02
Richard
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i thought SolutionsUk was the only company importing them, I think they are a poor copy of the Kirby
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Good to know, thank you. Thinking of moving on from Sebo. Can you recommend a Kirby model? Sentria seems to be latest model.
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I've not seen a bad Kirby, even the old heritage models did a great job.
keep your eye on eBay they are always coming up
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Buckingham Palace, don't have the number tho :o
So its not you then, Simon ;D
Rog
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No, not me, rog ;D
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No, not me, rog ;D
Liz didn't curtsee when he did the quote. Next! ;D
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;D ;D
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Mike you've never used a Royal. They are not a copy of anything, they are just a vac motor & beater bar with a handle and a bag.
Equal or better performance but about half the weight.
Mine's 6 years old and still tip top, how is that poor exactly?
p.s. Solution don't do them any more unfortunately, I don't think you can buy them over here any more. They are owned by Dirt Devil so maybe searching through that avenue might bring something up?
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I have used one, you cannot say that it's a coincidence it looks like a Kirby, the makers have tried to ride on the reputation that the Kirby has.
No way are they equal or better than a Kirby, but as I have not done a side by side trial we will have to agree to disagree on that. I will try and find the specs of both to see how they compare, but like you say it's half the wieght so it must be a wonder of engineering it it is more powerfull.
When I use the word 'poor' I don't refer to its reliability or longevity....I'm sure they are a well built machine.
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Ive got one you can have for a swap of one hundred pounds
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A royal is just a Hoover
Paul
There’s one on http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/royal-vacuum-cleaner/104777093 £50QUID ;)
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Len,is Nick still selling them. Think they where about £400
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Mike, what shape would you make an upright vacuum then?
By that rationale there must be dozens of vacuum manufacturers making "modern" plastic machines that are all a copy of each other!
Since when has weight equalled power? ;D The weight of the kirby is its downfall
I think Royal were making vacuums in 1904 or something, not sure how far back the kirby machines go ;)
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Where's Harry Hill when you need him anyway :D
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Ah here we go, Royal founded 1905 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirt_Devil)
Kirby founded at least 10 years later (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_Company)
So the kirby is a poor copy of the royal :-* :P :-* :P :-*
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i beg to differ!!! ;)
royak founded in 1905.....
Kirby.......
The first model he developed in 1906 employed water for dirt separation. After noticing the inconvenience of emptying dirty water, he began pursuing better ideas. In 1907, he developed a vacuum that pushed dirty air into a cloth bag that filtered out the dirt.
so although the Royal started 1 year earlier it does not say what actual design they used but kirby states it used the origanal design of the kirby in 1907...... but if I'm honest perhaps they saw the design of the first Royal and copied it ....so I'll give this one to you and admit i might be wrong
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Never :o
Shaun
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By the way, Murray Spangler’s “ suction sweeper” was the first [American] electric vacuum cleaner. Some accounts credit the Royal Company with this distinction, saying their cleaner was introduced in 1905. This is incorrect. Well, partly incorrect. The Royal Company did introduce a sweeper in 1905 but it was a cylindrical, upright, hand-pumped model, not an electric one. ;D ;D
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Has anyone tested these two vacuum cleaners side by side? i have a Kirby Ultimate G model and it would give a B36 a run for its money in terms of performance... sure its heavy compared to the Sebo but then its made from metal and not plastic.
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Mike I've printed that off and framed it ;D ;D ;D ;D