Recent content by thoth

Turbo500, thanks for posting info about the legislation. I'm kind of stricken about it. It's like it's more of a reaction to bad marketing, the idea of more power being better, and then it's trying to continue shifting the burden of lowering our energy usage to consumers which is basically...

Another question, is replacement of the outer bag worth doing when buying a used vacuum cleaner? Can much gross/unwanted stuff collect in the outer bag? I'm hoping not as I would think the inner HEPA bag would take care of all but some dust and hair? I'm eyeing a G6 from an old lady for about...

Knowing the model number would probably help a lot...

That's great to know about the Diamond being gimmicky. It seemed like so, unnecessary. How much more would you be willing to pay for a Sentria over a G5/G6/G7 assuming similar condition? I'll consider getting one from Walmart, but I tend to avoid Walmart as much as possible, plenty of vacuum...

Can someone link or quote the details of the legislation? Is it just to limit the power used by appliances? I don't see why this would even be an issue if we went 100% renewable like we are moving towards and must lol

Can't edit my post... I'm not worried about dust from the brushes. Good to know it's a minute amount of dust too.

Does the motor cooling exhaust pass through the HEPA bag too? Is the cooling exhaust coming from the dirty floor air sucked in from the floor or is it clean air coming from another air intake that's not from the floor? Thanks for answering my noob questions :) I know my current Hoover has a...

Sptyks, What about concerns of the air that the Kirby releases that does not get to go through the HEPA bag since it is not sealed? Are there any tests that have been done to compare the filtration of a Kirby vs a clean air upright?

I have considered getting a Kirby on CL but I'm very wary about ending up with a cleaner that was used to vacuum dog poop or something gross along those lines! I don't really use many attachments, is there anything else that the Sentria I/II have that is worth spending more for? What's...

Kirby vs Riccar How big is the difference between a clean air and dirty air system for filtration? For example, between a Riccar 8955 and a Kirby? How much cleaning performance is given up for the better filtration when being used on medium pile carpet? I currently use an early 2000s bagged...

That is quite helpful, thank you. When an auction says it's seller refurbished, can I assume they cleaned the vacuum cleaner out entirely or should I not assume that unless they say they did so on the listing? Any thoughts on these auctions...

Hey all, After doing quite a bit of research, I'm pretty sure I want a Kirby. It seems like at best other vacuum cleaners are as powerful, but few are as reliable or easy to service and replace parts. The other main vacuum cleaners I'm considering are the Simplicity 7850/Riccar 8955 and Miele...