Kirby - Upright Series
Models:
Sentria
Avalir Platinum
Avalir 2
Sentria II Home Cleaning System
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"Kirby when the carpets need a good once over..."
"it outperforms 90% of vacuums on the market. ... you will be hard-pressed to beat the performance without spending over a thousand dollars."
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"My Grandmother bought a Kirby in 1969. I still have it"
"At the time they had parts available for all machines."
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"At the time they had parts available for all machines."
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"You can get a used Kirby for $150 or so."
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756g43 0.6Kirbys are great because they're so easy to fix. Every single part is user-replaceable
aabum 0.6My first choice is Kirby. I don't understand others' posts implying they aren't reliable. Mine is 40 years old and probably has another 60 years left. Plastic crap, Dyson and Shark, is just that. Crap. Panasonic commercial vacuums have been a standard for many years.
actionvac-Box2165 0.9As well, a Kirby is probably the best carpet cleaning Vacuum made. It’s just antiquated.
Buy a used kirby off marketplace , heavy but self propeled and super hi high hight adjustment
Aggressive-Age-5796 0.6I love kirby vacuums. You can get a used one for a steal.
all_sight_and_sound 1.0Are we talking upright or canister vacuum? If upright and mostly carpets, I'd go with a second hand Kirby machine. Something from the later Generation series up to the Avalir (they are all fundamentally the same machine) If a canister, then yeah probably a Shop Vac. Although if he has no patience for being able to fix the vacuums I don't like his chances of dealing with the Kirby, as far as maintenance goes. Also, sounds like the bf needs to do some growing up, if he's breaking stuff regularly because it doesn't work I think he needs to learn some emotional regulation. Sounds like a spoiled child to be honest. If he's breaking them he should be paying for them, and if he doesn't have a job, well you guessed it, he should be working if he wants to break shit. Sure he may have some mental illness or problems, and I can relate, but that doesn't excuse him from acting like an idiot? This is not cute behaviour and it only gets worse if validated. EDIT: Just went through your post history.....get rid of this fucking deadbeat. I'm sorry he had a rough upbringing but he's still alive and he's fucking 33. It's time for him to take responsibility for his own life and stop blaming his past. None of this behaviour is endearing or worthy of any sort of coddling or admiration, it's just plain toxic. You DO NOT owe him a thing and it's time to move him on and find someone more aligned with you, and the fact that HE gave you an ultimatum some time back about moving in or he would leave, I'd have called his bluff and taken that opportunity to leave.
Altered-BeastOG 0.6Altruistic_Drink_465 0.6Bought my Kirby in 1987....still use it today. Well, not today.
ancientpsychicpug 1.0Im not even dyslexic and I struggle with my dads kirby he has had since 1995
atclew 1.0We’ve had our Kirby Ultimate G Diamond Edition since 2004. My wife bought it before we met, so technically she’s had it since then. We only replace the HEPA bags and belts.
Automatic-House-4011 0.6Yep. Kirby user here. Just replaced our old one of 15 years with a new model. Worth the $$$.