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I store my Kirbys with nozzle off, and belt completely released so it has no tension on it at all. When I want to use one of them, I simply reset the belt on the belt lifter and put the nozzle on. Of course, I may want to use it with simply the hose, in which case it is ready to go. I also...

Kirby Tour Indeed, Kirby and CWP were very gracious to us., as was Filter Queen.  CWP gave us each a free brush roll of our choice. At CWP and Kirby, it was some of their development engineers who gave us the tours; and they were very hospitable in both factories.  At Filter Queen it was a...

I would love to see them use the late 500 series colors; I think they are so classic looking. But I wonder if anything will come of those designs we saw over a year ago which indicated a complete redesign more radical than ever before. Frankly, I didn't think much of those designs. Kirby...

This has been discussed at length in the past but not for a while so just wanted to check and see what folks are thinking (or even actually know or have hints of) at this point: are we likely to have wild, new, unconventional, and completely redesigned Kirby in 2014 or not?

Why didn't Dyson make all their tools interchangeable? The handhelds would be so much more versatile if they would accept all Dyson attachments. For example, the articulating hard floor tool would make the DC 35, DC44, DC 56 much better hard floor cleaners. I don't like to clean hard floor with...

AB Electrolux was the parent company from Sweeden. Vacuums were shipped here from Sweeden. In the early 1930's the United States division decided to create a separate company with their own factory in Connecticut. They created Electrolux USA. AB Electrolux went on to produce other...

My first Lux memory was the Model XXX -- our neighbor across the street had one and my mother borrowed it sometimes. Also my maternal step-grandmother had one. I remember using both of these cleaners. This would have been from about 1954. My paternal grandmother's neighbor and friend had a...

Lux Model 30 tools The Model 60 came out in 1952, using the same basic attachments as the Model 30. Electrolux continued to produce the Model 30 up through at least 1954; it was sold as a lower priced "budget" model, since it did not have all the features of the Model 60 and then Model 61. At...

My Kirby 560. Favorite vacuum of all time.

Hammacher-Schlemmer has a device known as the "Dog Dung Vacuum!" Who would of thought? :) http://www.hammacher.com/Product/Default.aspx?sku=79689&promo=Home-Living-Household-Cleaning&catid=1890

Model V LUX together with Model XI

Biggest Find Model C Kirby complete with all attachments and Model V Electrolux

Mad Men season premier featured a Turquoise Hoover Constellation. This season takes place beginning in June of 1965. Seems like it was a correct model for that time. The vacuum was set off to the side of a scene toward the end of the two hour episode when Don Draper's wife Megan is attempting...

Kirby Retail Sales Retail selling is not new for Kirby. From the 1950's back to the beginning Kirby sold their vacuums through vacuum stores as well as door to door. In fact with their first models the model "C" they had a corresponding model "R" that was designed to be sold in retail...

Over Engineering I agree. Way too much going on with this proposed new Kirby from the drawings offered. Kirby has continued to offer an alternative to most other contemporary vacuum cleaners because of its commitment to the traditional design. It has continued to improve the design, but it...

My parent's first vacuum was a Hoover 62 with all the attachments. I remember it perfectly. We had it till we got a Hoover Convertible Model 69 with deluxe attachment set in 1965.

"bare floor brush is/was part of a cleaning tool set that included an extra wand and a multi-piece extensible crevice tool (not a Kirby designed tool" "The other tool is a plastic rug tool which has (as I mentioned in my earlier post) a CURVED felt clip on pad" Trebor: I found several after...

"Not sure the Kirby has quite enough oomph to use that wide of a brush, though. Have to say for bare floors the Miele canisters are the bomb" Actually it does! Not the oomph of a Miele canister of course, but quite enough really to clean a bare floor. When you talk about a "standard bare...

close up of the floor brush

Here is the set; I usually use the two Kirbys together when I clean the whole house.