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    Does anybody use their Kirbys to shampoo carpets?

    The Bubble Bunch Also,after you have "worked the suds in" ,you should go back over the room without dispensing.On all renos from the D50 to the Heritage,you'd take the hose off,put saran wrap over the suds screen,then the hose back in place.By going back over the room without dispensing,the...
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    What is the quietest vacuum cleaner of all time, and what is the noisiest? "Discuss."

    Bissell does more than whistle Nasty Bissells ROAR as do the Riccar Supralites,though the Riccar is great in performance.
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    Kirby Lover

    Kirby Derby I love all of the small nozzle Kirbys,they really made a mistake in late 1969 with the 16 1/2 inch nozzle on the clunky Kirby Classic and didn't trim down again until 1986,in the middle of the production of the Heritage II.
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    Exclusively Eureka

    Fountain Fill was Hoover's description of it's bottom -fill Type C bag.
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    First Lux Upright? Newbie Question

    This upright is downright awful Beats me.One problem that it claims to have solved is the getting under low furniture issue.Yeah,right.That sucker had a 6 3/4 inch high motor hood,with a plastic bag shell that was even higher.Yuck.
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    Exclusively Eureka

    Eureka! I've found it! This may seem like heresy around here,but as I grew up in the 70s,overall,I greatly preferred Eureka over Hoover for many reasons.The F&G bag was way better than the Type C "fountain fill" system,the Dial-a-Nap and Rugulator front end adjustment knocked the socks off of...
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    First Lux Upright? Newbie Question

    The Vacuum on steroids They debuted in 1979,boasting about solving upright's six major problems,and were a beast-and-a-half.I'd rather have a Bison.
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    The Latest Hoover Video

    powerful little sucker Also,the converter lifts the belt off,and the fan thus whirls @12,000 RPM,creating stronger airflow with the hose.
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    My first vintage vac!

    DAM! that's nice Congrats Veg! A fun cleaner.Oh,and yes,that is Samantha Stevens with her 1100,the Hoover logo skillfully taped over of course.
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    The Deeper Sweeper

    What,my friends is the deepest cleaning vacuum OF ALL TIME,in your humble opinion,on carpets overall ?
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    Your Favorite Vacuum Cleaner

    up,up and away,my beautiful,my beautiful vacuum Welcome Vacuuman,I feel like we know each other already.Hard to say,but the Kirby Dual Sanitronic 50 is tops,the Royal 880 is groovy,the Airways are fab,I love so many.So,what's YOUR favorite?
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    Welcome to the Vintage Vacuum Forum and Our New Website!

    guess we've all been sucked into a vacuum Thanks Robert and the others.This is totally impressive
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