Recent content by rowdy141

Hello Ben, Could you please expand what you meant in your post #454089 by "its poor performance". Are you referring to an F&G setup? What is an F&G setup? I'm about to convert a Kirby Classic III from original shakeout, to use; a Fill-Tube, F-Type bag bracket, and HEPA bag. Is this a mistake...

Hello everyone, I've been converting my Kirbys to use HEPA disposable bags inside the original cloth outer bag. Cloth bags were pretty-much airtight. Fine fabric, double stitching, felt zipper flap, fine zip... Now the cloth bags are no longer functioning as a container for dust and dirt, or as...

Hello Damien, There's no single right answer. It all depends on the function of the fabric cloth-bag. For example, early Kirby and Hoover bags were the only barrier holding dust and dirt inside. They had to be thick enough to be robust, porous enough to allow air through, yet fine enough to...

If you wanted to stay with the colour and pattern, you could probably daisy-chain two Heritage hoses together? The nozzle end fits snugly into the machine end. Not all Kirby hoses are the same diameter. Tradition and Classic 3 are both narrower than Heritage/Legend. Heritage/Legend are narrower...

Here in the UK, its impossible to find coloured mains flexes. No blue, no red, no green... Black and greys only. Sometimes you can find white, but only by the spool. No plugs or moulded connectors.

Wow! I wish we'd had these here in the UK. Our early-style Hoovers were a little similar, but these early Kirbys with the square emptors are just so appealing.

Hello Gabriel, If I understand you correctly, you're fitting an Emptor Adapter to your Kirby Tradition to connect a regular-size Fill Tube & 'F'-type Bag Holder? I've done this conversion on my Classic III, Tradition, and Heritage/Legend. Take your adapter along to your hardware store and...

My sister likes my pristine Kirby Tradition and said "I'd like one like that! Could you get me one in red?" Everyone sees something different in a vacuum Alex. Vacuums which might not be appealing to you, may be appealing to others. It could be nostalgia, completing a series, or in this case...

Kirby made a few changes to their caddy; Cardboard box - Omega, Classic... Door hanging organiser (Roo pouches) - Hard case (blue) - Tradition Caddy with set layout (dark grey) - Heritage Caddy (light grey) - Heritage II / Legend Caddy (grey) 2 more tools topside - G series Caddy (greige) -...

We can't buy Johnson's Floor Wax for domestic use here in the UK anymore. There were just too many accidents in the home on newly-polished floors, followed by visits to A & E for broken bones. So the government banned it. I think it's still available in liquid form for commercial use though.

$500 USD for a Kirby Tradition, plus $40, plus shipping? Are they hard to find in The States? We have them commonly available for between £15 GBP and £35 GBP. Although the cloth bag will be faded due to their lack of colour-fastness.

I have a complete, new, mint, boxed, Kirby Handi-butler for the Classic III. There's the Kirby Jigsaw attachment in the box too. I'm in the United Kingdom. So postage would no-doubt be slow and expensive. But I'm happy to ship it. email: [email protected]

I think you can take something from a skip providing you ask the owner. In case it's not rubbish e.g. topsoil and hardcore going to a different location. This also prevents journalists and the like from going through your trash for gossip ammunition. And helps prevent identity fraud...

Hello Anthony I'm in the UK too. [Kirby Tradition, Heritage, Legend II, Sentria I, Sentria II] I have an almost-complete Tradition in good working condition, going spare (I bought it just for the incorrect bag on it). If you need anything for yours, such as trim, cord-hooks, rugplate...let me...

I agree. Kirby is competing with the Kirby secondhand market. Amstrad stifled their secondhand market in monitors and printers from day-1. If you upgraded to a colour monitor, you still had to have the old monochrome one connected and powered-up. Same with their printer. Kirby have redesigned...