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Brian,   To answer your first question: No water or suds can enter the fan chamber if you have assembled and installed the shampoo system correctly. There is a series of rubber baffles which act like squeegees to scrape the excess suds into the waste chamber. These baffles also block  any...

I have a late model Sentria made in late 2011 which has all of the Sentria II improvements with the exception of the Sentria II color scheme. So basically I have a Sentria II that is dressed in the Sentria I colors.   It would be interesting to find out how many of these late model Sentria's...

There are two types of pedal height adjusters on the Everlast series.   There is a 5 position height adjuster that clicks through the different heights. There is  also an infinite height pedal adjuster which like the screw knob allows infinite height settings.      

Harley,   My Royal 8300 has the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">infinite height</span> foot pedal adjuster in the rear as opposed to the 5 position pedal adjuster in the rear.   ~Stan    

Ben,   That's very interesting. I did not know about the 8500 and 8600. Do you have any specifications or pictures of those two models? I am very curious about those two machines. I mean the 8400 has a 10 amp motor and wheel covers, I wonder what else Royal could have added to the 8500 and...

Harley,   As far as I know there were only four Royal Everlast models. They were the Everlast 8100, 8200, 8300 and 8400. The 8100 was the bare bones model and didn't even have a headlight while the 8400 had all the bells and whistles including chrome hubcaps on the wheels. The motors...

I believe the Heritage I could have been bought with either shakeout or disposable bag systems.     

It's a fact!   All Kirby's since the 40's or 50's up until the Sentria model came out in 2008 have a coin slot in the handle so you have a place to store coins found during vacuuming.   Kirby salesmen did point out that the coins could be used to supplement the monthly payment.

Kirby G series motor speeds I spoke to a Friend who has owned a Kirby dealership for many years and he really knows his stuff.   Fact: ALL G series motors from G3 to Avalir not only have the same part number, but they all have the exact same Armature and Field Coil. In other words, no...

Marcus,   So you think it's OK for Rob to get away with all the RUDE comments he made about Bill and I in Reply #68? You must have read Bill's reply to Rob's post. He stated that much of Rob's post didn't make much sense. I would have to agree.      

Charlie,   Here are some excellent instructions with pictures on how to replace the Neutral / Drive pedal on your Kirby.   https://www.goodvac.com/kb_results.asp?ID=16      

Mike,   I am glad you got your Dirtmeter. I have owned one for a couple of years now. You will have fun retesting all of your vacuum cleaners and using your Kirby Gsix with Dirtmeter to find out which ones have the best cleaning performance.   I will look forward to watching any new...

Well Rob,   I have never seen so much HOT AIR expelled by one sore loser such as yourself. I think there is enough Hot Air in that desperate long winded reply to fill a Hot Air Balloon that would lift four people for a long ride. I would have to agree with Bill that your long winded, non...

Bill,   How do you measure motor RPM?   ~Stan    

Bill,   That looks like a fairly insignificant increase to me. Could it be that the older G series machines have dry motor bearings reducing RPM? I wish there were an easy way to measure motor RPM so we can determine if there is a significant performance increase.   ~Stan    

Marcus,   you must have meant that photo in Reply #39 for Rob because I believe Bill has shown him that he is still WRONG unless he can make a video that proves otherwise.   ~Stan    

Rob,   There's no Crow on my diet!  As I said in Reply #35, the Nilfisk only matched the performance of the Gsix which is a 17 year old machine that has only 121 CFM. I still believe the Nilfisk would be no match for the much more modern Sentria II, Avalir, (137CFM) or the Royal 8300...

Derek,   Believe it or not the Avalir has the exact same motor as the G3 had. The airflow was increased to approx. 137 CFM by redesigning the Mini Emptor on the Sentria II and Avalir. This would most likely be why the Avalir sounds different than older models.   I doubt if the motor is...

Rex:   At 120 volts a 12 amp (1440 watts) vacuum is plenty of power to clean any home. Remember that a 12 amp 1440 watt vacuum at 120 volts is only drawing 6 amps at 240 volts. The wattage stays the same while the amperage is cut in half at 240 volts.   Marcus:   To me, it looks...

My Mistake... Rob,   My apologies for any confusion. You are correct. I DID NOT intend to claim that ALL uprights deep clean better than a canister with PN. I meant to specify just Direct or Tandem Air uprights made after 2000, most specifically G series Kirby's and 9 and 10 amp Royals.  ...