Half the Kirbys...

[human]

I just had an odd thought. I've only ever seen eight Kirby vacuum cleaners in the flesh and I own four of them. The first Kirby I ever saw--and was mightily impressed by--was a Classic III Omega that a salesman demoed in our living room when I was about nine years old. Shortly thereafter, I realized my elementary school had the same model to vacuum the library, which was the only carpeted space in the school. The next one I saw was almost 40 years later when I rescued my first G6 from beside a dumpster in December 2012. A few weeks later, my dad gave me a Heritage 1HD. A few months after that, I spotted a G3 in the basement of my church. Somebody had donated it for the rummage sale, which was still a few months away. Something came up the day of the sale and I wasn't able to go and get it. Oh well, wasn't meant to be. Some time after that, I spotted a decrepit Heritage 2 at a thrift store. They only wanted $12 for it, but it was missing too many parts to be worth fooling with. In the past couple of months, I've gone Kirby crazy and bought a G5 on eBay, and am spending way too much money fixing it up, and a rather pristine G6, which I bought at a thrift shop. Had that happened a few weeks earlier, I most likely wouldn't have bothered with the G5. But there you have it. I own half of the Kirbys I've ever laid eyes on. Kinda scary, huh?

 

[KirbyG4Vacuum]

I have 17 Kirbys but have seen over 30 in person.

 

[suckolux]

This may fix itself as you get older, as in you will find/ have them all! Stuff happens.

 

[human]

How much older is "older" I'm already in my 50s.

 

[suckolux]

OH well, should be good then

 

[vacuumman206]

I can't remember how long ago it was that I had 4 Kirby's. Can't honestly give you an exact number of how many there are in the lineup, but there's no room on the shelf for any more!! Keep up the good kirby searching.

 

[human]

Number nine...Number nine...

I saw my ninth Kirby earlier this evening. It was a somewhat forlorn looking Classic III. It was at a thrift shop I don't frequent as much as I used to since I moved to the opposite side of town. It didn't seem to be missing any parts; in fact, it even had its hose and a crevice tool. But the aluminum was badly oxidized, the handle would hardly stand upright and there were a couple of tears in the bag. For $50, it just wasn't worth it. A week from tomorrow is their monthly half price sale. If it's still there and it occurs to me to go over there, maybe I'll consider it for $25, but even that might be stretching it.

 

[jfalberti]

I have 5 Kirby's

In my collection I have

1 Kirby Sanitronic VII
1 Kirby Dual Sanitronic 80
1 Kirby Classic Omega
1 Kirby Tradition
1 Kirby Sentria

All of them have special meaning to me, so they are definately keepers.

 

[oldkirbyman]

KIRBY's

How about 800 from 505 to Tradition and 152 Heritage to Legend 2 and 10 or 12 G

 

[hygiene903]

Kirbys!

I have seven of them. Here's a group pic. Left to right are a 512, 517, two D-50's, a D-80, Classic, and Classic III. The 512, D-50, and Classic III are pretty much my favorites of the group, and the Classic III is my most complete Kirby, I have everything except the Handi-Butler.
Jeff

 

[hygiene903]

And here's a pic of my Classic III. As I said, my most complete Kirby.
Jeff