Kirby Vacuum Cleaners?

[wobbegong]

Mmmm, buy a normal machine to clean the carpet cost £120; buy a Kirby cleaner, cost £1800.

Tough call, but I think I'll pass on this one. If my carpets need an extra special cleaning I can always hire a cleaner for £20

. . . or buy a new carpet, and still have some change.

[Sockpuppet]

Kirbys were also sold by Dog The Bounty Hunter before he became a bounty hunter.

[portseven]

Kirbys were also sold by Dog The Bounty Hunter before he became a bounty hunter.

explains a lot...

[Pogle]

My folks had one, looked a bit Heath Robinson, had loads of bits and you could use the engine to do other stuff with ( or maybe that was just my Dad tinkering about with it!) we got it second hand - My folks haven't bought anything 'new' since 1973. It worked OK, but I reckon £250 on a Dyson is just as good.

[conned tractor]

My folks bought one about 20 years ago. The salesman did a fine job. He got them to vacuum the carpets, the bed and so on then, putting a white filter in the Kirby, vacuumed where they had done. It made the house look really dirty with their current machine and although they didn't have much money at the time were convinced it was what they needed to bring us kids up in non squalor and forked out around £1600 for it.

It turned out to be too heavy and cumbersome for my mom to use so spent the next five years of it's life in a cupboard. It got an airing 5 years later by being sold to someone else locally for £50.

Done a kipper they were.

Did I spell vacuum correctly? It doesn't look right.

[RichardCranium]

Did I spell vacuum correctly? It doesn't look right.

You did. When it comes to tricky words to spell, that one really sucks.

[cojak]

You did. When it comes to tricky words to spell, that one really sucks.

Groan

<rummages bottom of the vegetable bag...>

<wait for 'My dogs got no nose"...>

[Sysman]

Kirbys were also sold by Dog The Bounty Hunter before he became a bounty hunter.

I gather these are sold with a pretty high profit margin and you can get them down quite a but if you really want one. Fine if your missus is running an old folks home or hotel, but otherwise not worth it, especially if too heavy to use.

[shaunbhoy]

I gather these are sold with a pretty high profit margin and you can get them down quite a but if you really want one. Fine if your missus is running an old folks home or hotel, but otherwise not worth it, especially if too heavy to use.

I agree. Ex-girlfriend of mine used to sell these about 20 years ago for around £800. Good bits of kit..........but not THAT good.
Get a Dyson and you'll be fine, unless of course you want to make a career out of hoovering.

[sasguru]

Get a Miele - last for at at least 10 years.
Dysons blow up after about 5.