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The G-4 was introduced in 1993, the 80th anniversary being 2014. Vehicle introductions are always in the calendar year prior. On their charts, Kirby has listed the actual dates of production with the exception of the 'Generation III by Kirby' which was so-named because the Legend II was...

The 2014 model... would more than likely be introduced late August, early September 2013, so just over a year to go.  It takes about three months to clear old stock, on average. Kirby likes to keep the selling of two models concurrently to a minimum. This is the alleged 100th anniversary, an...

If the basin is overfull... the machine makes a horrible chattering sound, and it vibrates. It is impossible to ignore and the suction is low enough that it is useless anyway.  Foaming is essentially the same thing. The spinning vanes of the separator are keeping water out, while the fans are...

Some facts about carpet... Carpet was the villain in the minds of allergists for decades. When the trend shifted to hard floors several issues became apparent 1) noise pollution, EVERY noise is magnified. 2) dust, it floats everywhere, and above the floor cleaning needs to be done more...

A few nozzles on their respective machines... have been proved to be effective carpet cleaners, and have even done well in cleaning competitions, most notably, Compacts, Apex canister, and the Rainbow D2 with the nozzle minus the air vents. The Sunbeam tuna can in Consumer reports in 1968 did...

Straight suction machines were once the... standard. Look at old Royal and Electro-Hygiene and other uprights. Unquestionably the Hoover was an improvement for deeper pile rugs. Moving into the 50's, flat rugs, even reversible ones became popular, and non-powered nozzles could do a decent job...

Wal-mart sells... an exclusive model called the Powerforce Helix for 47.84. A new brushroll is 24.99, and belt 4.99 and a set of new filters 19.99. Do the math. It is cheaper to replace it every six months and have no maintenance costs except perhaps one or two belts. Four new vacuums per year...

Rexair... could cut their warranty issues in half or less by simply including three separators with each unit, one clean, one on the machine, and one in the dishwater, or dishwasher.  After cleaning and dumping, people just want to put it away. If the clean separator is staring them in the face...

The Jet Dry... reduces surface tension in the water, just like a Rexair product called Aqua-Wet, if it is still made. Higher concentrations of non-wettable dirt, like drywall dust, can be successfully trapped in the water if the surface tension is reduced.

A member of this Forum... Aeolian Dave is into Lewyt big wheels, Big Time...

Luxes on display @ Brtistol ) (Fred's trip) The peculiar looking Tri-Star-esque vacuum is a never-sold machine called a Sun-Storm, presumably to compete with the Air-Storm.  There were many, many prototypes from the Old Greenwich plant that were simply junked. An article in a Lux magazine in...

Cyclonic action... works only on particles with sufficient mass to be picked up and spun. Very light particles require very high-force cyclonic action to acquire sufficient mass so as to drop out of the air stream, cyclonic separation. Particles too heavy to be spun can be sucked up, but create...

Alex.... Just let your sister know that this is not over, and you have a very long memory. Someday, she will need a favor from you, very badly.  You can either laugh in her face, or after much torturous conscience wrestling be magnanimous and come through at the last possible minute. By the...

The cyclonic action in the bag of a canister machine was inv Electrolux copied the concept (NOT the actual design) when the patent expired. This would have been with the model LX. The salesmen used to have a clear plastic demo plate to put over the cloth bag. Pressing the switch on the inside...

If you think of the Rainbow... as just one among many vacuums, you never will understand why it is unique. It takes a minimum 30 days of using the Rainbow exclusively and daily to begin to appreciate the level of cleanliness it brings to your home. Not everyone appreciates a Rainbow and that's...

I was never more successful selling Kirbys... than when I did it in a TUX... "If I can use the Kirby in tux, how hard can it be...? Will that be check, credit card, or payment plan."

The reason Kirby is so picked on... They are more well known, and just about every other DTD brand has vanished, or is barely hanging on. There was a time when being a vacuum cleaner salesman was an honorable profession, and a respected way to make a decent living. The branch system was...

Actually.. What I envision, in the floor-cleaning upright mode would look very much like a Kirby, or a Royal upright, but with inclusions of other improvements as far as weight, quietness, and ease of use. If nothing changes, the product remains the same. Think outside the box. I doubt...

The Kirby DE was indeed a four-speed machine. The switch on the back selected, in essence one of two speed RANGES. Just use a pen to activate the speed selector switch through all four possible combinations NORMAL-nozzle, NORMAL-hose, LOW-nozzle, LOW-hose and you can hear four distinct...

Gsheen... The early Vorwerks did not have hoses, but were light enough to swing around for above the floor cleaning. Our metal casting, molding, and stamping technologies are so much more advanced now. How light could we get a full-size upright to be? The back end of the wheel carriage would...