[Derek_Walker]

Hi

The Kirby in my opinion is way too heavy and very overpriced, the Henry is a great machine for general cleaning and very robust but not good enough for the carpet cleaning industry. Pull along cylinder vacuums with power brushes on the end are not heavy enough and tend to skim along the surface of the pile. The Sebo dart 2 is my prefered choice as it is lightweight, extremely powerful, and very manouverable. I have a large pile lifter vac which I bought many moons ago which I used to use but to be honest it was far too heavy, the Sebo will perform just as good with not as much effort.

Derek

[Liahona]

Rob, I made my comment tounge in cheek and wasnt surprised you were the only one to pick it up. Having said that I still dont like the Sebo's....... I dont vacuum anyway so what do I care?....... Most of my customers use vacs without any beater bar or brushes for the same reasons I dont use a rotary machine on what it is that I clean. To my knowlegde the highest rated vac is or was made by a company called, Lundhouse, although I know this is not how it is spelled. I think they were bought out by Euroclean. A vac is judged not always by what it picks up but by what it doesnt put back in to the "air". This in mind, at the time I had one, many years ago when I did vac, it was the only one recommended for use in hospitals..... this info as I say was from a few years ago and I am sure has since changed.......

[Everbrite]

My first Sebo bought in 1992 is now in the hands of my daughter and still going strong.
SEBO just seem to last and last and last......................

[*paul_moss]

I have a sebo dart 2 for sale on ebay if any body is looking for one.



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sebo-Dart-2_W0QQitemZ4460856152QQcategoryZ43015QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

kirby kirby kirby kirby kirby and kirby. Ive also got a sebo bs46. I stopped using that after comparing its effectiveness with the kirby on rug cleaning. - When the sebo's done its best the kirby will carry on bashing dirt out for another half an hour.

kirby kirby kirby kirby kirby..............  :

Dave, a henry? No wonder you need such a powerful truckmount

Alan

[Ralph]

Hi, sebo, for price and general effectivness, however, I invested in a Rainbow E - series some years ago ( £1600 ) when I got mine, doesn,t feel like its doing anything but the crap it pulls out is unreal, H2O vac off of QVC similar idea coupled with a power-vac attachment might have good results, but most of the time I use power vac attachment with downer on my ninja, no reason why it can't be used with TMs either. read most of the posts on this subject, sebo 36, seems most popular, and they do go on and on with minimal problems, I've used them for 18 years ( I have 4 ) only ever really change belts, drive spigots, filters and brushes, motors seem indistructible.

[Liahona]

Alan fair comment although if you look at another post on here re vac's the Henry is way out in front........ Anyway as I have said before I dont vac so it makes no difference to me. Oh and I havent done for over 10 years, again its the market we each clean for, best, Dave.......

[Andrew P]

I use a numatic back pack with the rotating air powered brush. I am new to carpet cleaning but found it a class peice of kit, I almost bought the vacuum attachment from ashby's but went for the back pack and never looked back.

Regards

Andrew P

[robert stubbs]

Ashby's vacuum attachment with the dustdowner will out perform the lot,2x 3stage vac's or even put it on your Truckmount (WOW). l've never looked back and only have to carry in the attachment.
   The Kirby and Sebo are gathering dust in my garage.


Regards Rob

[Jason Hedges]

Hi,

I use a sebo BS36 daily for work and can't fault it. We have a henry indoors and it works well on hard floors and floorboards although I don't consider it to have the carpet cleaning power of the sebo. I wouldn't fancy using the henry for work as its so much harder to push and pull the head across carpet compared to the sebo.

Kind regards,
Jason.