Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike Halliday on January 13, 2013, 09:47:02 am
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Shows the dysons in thier true light, do you still find customers who think the dyson is the best vacuum?
http://www.greatvacs.com/education/KirbyVsDysonVacuumReview.html
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Good post Mike.
I have 2 Kirbys, one for carpet cleaning and
the older one for doing wife's car and the van.
Only thing that wasn't strapped down when I
left the van doors partially open whilst driving
off last week was the extension hose for it.
So I am now needing another extension hose.
Couldn't believe the extension hose on the older
model won't fit the newer model as it's smaller.
John
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did not know you could get a Kirby for $299 but when you click on their web site reconditioned ones are about $700
Tester could not be considered to be unbiased
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Ian
Go on e bay, I picked mine up for £60 in
very good condition from a private seller
in Chesterfield.
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Wife swears her Vorwerk is better than my Sebo dart; have to say it’s more versatile excluding the carpet shake and vac. I do rate the valet 10 truvox old style
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Although im not a fan of dysons i think to spend a whole week on tests shows that i think the guy would like to shift alot of his reconed kirbys.
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Dyson have always been poope. Sebo are ok and the kirby the best, how ever if you can pick up a Royal then you get the kirby power at a lower weight.
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I do rate the dyson’s airblade also the realisation of the optical illusion, when the markets open I’m buying
Paul who sells the royal ;
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Interested in the Kirby but could not find a single company selling them new in the UK
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UK Kirby distributors http://www.kirby.com/gb/how-to-buy/distributor-locator/ (http://www.kirby.com/gb/how-to-buy/distributor-locator/) always some on ebay and http://www.kevco.co.uk/ (http://www.kevco.co.uk/)
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Leni bought mine a few years ago from a company up north ( cant remember the name just now) Nick Von White was selling them too.
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Nice post. Thanks for sharing.
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If I remeber correctly Mike H used to sell Kirbys when he was in selling
Are the secondhand onces any good ?
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Both mine work perfectly...the older one is around
25 years old.
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If I remeber correctly Mike H used to sell Kirbys when he was in selling
Are the secondhand onces any good ?
Ian if you read the article you will see the writer has quoted a life span of over 25yrs,
When I sold them we would contact people who ad purchased a Kirby 5 yrs previously and offer to take it in art exchange on a new one, the part x machine would go straight out to the service engineers to be sold as a second machine to other Kirby owners. After 5yrs they needed nothing doing to them than a new belt & roller
They are a great machine.
There are loads on eBay and this article has prompted my to bid on one 10 miles from me
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Is there one kirby model better than another.
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Belt on mine went other day, don't half make
a smell when they go.
Simples to fit new belt and roller is easy enough
to change.
John
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I wouldn't use a Dyson even if they were any good. Nothing worse than using something a custy has. A few customers have had Kirby's, but because they paid such a lot for them and was sold their virtues it then becomes a positive.
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I used to use sebos, but since buying a 2nd hand kirby off Steve Gunn are now convinced kirby are a better machine. The weight issue is outweighed by it robustness and perfomance. Was constantly having to change bits on sebo due to breakages, clog up more easily etc.
Peter
www.carpetcleanercardiff.com (http://www.carpetcleanercardiff.com)
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Link did not offer a new Kirby all the sites i have looked at offer re-conditioned vacs, seems crazy you cant buy them new in the UK
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You can buy them James, but I think you've got to have a salesman round so you can barter with him to get £500 off the asking price and so he can tell you that he just needs this one last sale so he can win a holiday - but he better check with his boss first as they dont normally offer this amount of discount.
Buy a good used one (G5 onwards) would be my advice.
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Found an article from a guy with 45 years experience in them and he said the G6 is the best but they are all good only downside i can see is the weight and looks tricky to use a stair attachment with, using a Sebo BS36 at the moment pretty good better than any other i have used, but since i started carpet cleaning i am using a vacuum everyday so have noticed that even the Sebo has faults bits do snap on it, the plastic part that holds the upper part in place has snapped on two of them they are good but the Kirby does look better.
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For stairs and uph they are hard work but for rugs and carpets they are great.
James forget the guy with 45 years experience, i know carpet cleaners like that who are pooe. If you want the inside knowledge on the best kirby to buy (which i agree with, the Diamond) this is the only guy to listen to ;)
http://www.greatvacs.com/education/best-kirby.html 8)