I can't believe how people treat their vacuums

[vac-o-matic]

I keep telling co-workers/friends, it's easier/cleaner just to reach in, pull the old bag out, put a new bag in, and you're good to go. They bring their bagless vacs in coughing/spitting dust, not picking up, and have NEVER touched the filter(s), much less didn't think they needed to read the instructions when purchased, just plug in and go until it blows! Now when it comes to bagged vacs, I have seen them packed like concrete...ugh...you can't fix stupid! Where do they think the dirt/dust goes?

 

[tolivac]

A Kirby G6 brought into one of the vac places for repair-complaint "Not picking up well"Vac shop owner let me try the machine-Was still picking up despite the paper bag inside had long burst and the outer cloth bag hard as a rock.Helpted with the autopsy-Had to drag out the owners SHOP VAC to clean out the Kirby bag.Finally got it cleaned out and put in a new bag.Turned out the owner got ill for several months and the housecare was relegated to the grandchildren.Guess no one told them you had to replace the inner Kirby bag when the dust reached the "Full" mark on the paper bag.Surprizing the machine didn't stink-didn't come from a pet or smoking household.This does show that a Kirby can PACK stuff into its bag-even breaking ther paper one to do it! After the cleanout and new paper bag Kirby was fine-think the belt got replaced,too.

 

[tolivac]

Another vacuum brought into the vac place for repair-this one was GROSS!!!Came from a hamburger restuarant.A paper sign on the vacuum explained-"This is not a magic vacuum cleaner,Please check the bag before using"Turned out----machine a yellow Carpet Pro-the vacuum tried to "eat" some patrons hamburger dropped on the floor!!Some of it in the bag-rest in the fill tube and brushroll housing.Machine had to be taken apart and WASHED!!!
Another eating place vac-Sanitaire-Stank badly.Problem---Half of a mouse in the fancase--other half in the bag.Someone picked up a mouse with the vac and the fan chopped him in half!Another GROSS one!!!Guess at that restuarant there must of been a "sport" of chasing and picking up mice with the vacuum!

 

[vacuumlover]

I dont understand most people today they will spend alot of moeny on things and treat it like its nothing. when it breaks they just throw it! God i couldn't do that. Where i live so many people have these new cars and looks like they've never been cleaned. Oh well when i got my U2716 the hose was clogged full i just dont get it lol

 

[vacuumlover]

I dont understand most people today they will spend alot of moeny on things and treat it like its nothing. when it breaks they just throw it! God i couldn't do that. Where i live so many people have these new cars and looks like they've never been cleaned. Oh well when i got my U2716 the hose was clogged full i just dont get it lol

 

[parwaz786]

My neighbours Dyson DC33 which they got new 2 years ago

Has had the following things go wrong:
Blown motor
Cable repair
Broken wand
Loss of suction
Another cable repair
Worn out clutch


They dont emoty it unless it stops sucking. The only clean the brushbar out if it wont pick up strings or hair anymore. They wont wash the filter unless all the suction has gone.
They use it like twice a day in their 5 bedroom mainly carpeted house with a large family of 8+ people including kids, teenagers and long hair. This thing has had a hard life in a domestic environment under normal household use.

The first time the brushbar was so badly wrapped in hair it looked like a round brushbar. Its a helix actually.

When they cleaned out the brushbar, they called me because they couldn't get it to work. The brush wasnt in properly and the clutch was off. I fixed that.

One week later, I had to take it home to repair because the cable had busted up. The brushbar was SO HAIRY in a weeks worth of use! The filter had a massive hair all on it, it had lots of sugar and grit in the filter aswell. The post motor filter was almost black. The bin was full to the top. I predict it would have filled itself completely towards the main ducting in a few more uses

 

[human]

Absolutely! When I rescued my G6 from the Dumpster, the bag hadn't burst but it must have weighed five or six pounds when I took it out. The belt was also about to go, but even in that condition, the thing would still extract cat hair from a Persian rug! Best dumpster find ever!

tolivac wrote: A Kirby G6 brought into one of the vac places for repair-complaint "Not picking up well"Vac shop owner let me try the machine-Was still picking up despite the paper bag inside had long burst and the outer cloth bag hard as a rock.Helpted with the autopsy-Had to drag out the owners SHOP VAC to clean out the Kirby bag.Finally got it cleaned out and put in a new bag.Turned out the owner got ill for several months and the housecare was relegated to the grandchildren.Guess no one told them you had to replace the inner Kirby bag when the dust reached the "Full" mark on the paper bag.Surprizing the machine didn't stink-didn't come from a pet or smoking household.This does show that a Kirby can PACK stuff into its bag-even breaking ther paper one to do it! After the cleanout and new paper bag Kirby was fine-think the belt got replaced,too.

 

[tolivac]

Love it another "Packed Kirby bag"event,glad both survived-yours and the one I helpted with.
"Hairy beater bars" Have a Dyson DC05 that came from a Kirby trade in pile--same way-brush so wrapped in people and dog hair it could be used as a buffer!Bin packed too,smelled like dog.Replaced the filter and washed out the vac-much better.No more stale dog smell.

 

[citroenbx]

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[bikerray]

A friend of mine at a vac shop had a woman come in with her Kirby, shes been sucking up the dog poop off of the carpet with it.

 

[sebo_fan]

Jeezo, Ralph - if every consumer could get away with dropping a vacuum cleaner down a flight of stairs and demand a free repair, I doubt brands would make much money. She was obviously fit to come into shop with said vacuum.

It isn't just vacuums that buyers and owners are ignoring when they get them home but there is also a rise of people who don't wash themselves very well.

Im not just talking about the heat of the stale air and associated smells witnessed on London Underground, but everywhere in a public place.

It has got so bad whenever I visit a city that I end up buying cheap aftershave to spray about to get rid of bad human smells when on a train or even in a cafe trying to enjoy a decent coffee!

 

[columbus]

Well Said John-

That saying brings back many memories, yes as I refer to my late gran, She use to paint a picture with words in the same diagram. What she also added was that Culture, Class and decency can not be purchased, nor the person you are. It an not be taken like a tablet or pill with the hope that eventually it will kick in one day.

Respect is not given and trust not imposed, it is earned.

I say this with a tear, as the sayings of the elderly has such a way to benefit the truth. That is why I am pretty much from the old school at 38 pinstripe suits, wingtip or toe cap shoes with a decent manufacturer. Rocking up at church in a suite with sneakers hahaha what a spectacle. and without saying do what ever you do to the glory of the Lord, whether it is taking care of your vacuum cleaner, speaking to people or just fitting in with society, not having to converse to the values and systems. Where is the norms, what has happened to values, and respect?????

HAHAHAHA I recently swopped a Kirby heritage, where the bag was a pillowcase. The previous owner very proud of the machine hit the socket to show me in what pristine condition it was. Needles to say, an Electric operated dust bomb. You needed another clean pillowcase over your head not to inhale the dust of blowing out from every corner and hole it could escaped from. How people can work with such a machine sneezing themselves into another blood grouping, and not notice that there is something wrong, I can not understand. It created a great value of entertainment.

The Hoover elite commercial I have sent to Gareth, as he was searching for one, Cosmetically I tried cleaning it, however I am sure that Gareth will replace the bearings on the motor, and thorough service to it. One should approach the machine with great care, as when you suddenly clean it after not seeing a damp cloth in years, it may die of heart failure or shock to the system. LOL


Thanks for this thread.

Adrian Smith

 

[tolivac]

Isn't that what the first vacuum invented using for a bag--a pillowcase?Kirby picking up poop-At one vac place I frequented-a person brings in a Hoover Convertible used to pick up doggy poop-vac shop operator told the person to take the machine out of his shop-PRONTO!!He REFUSED to work on it-don't blame him.A vac place here had to clean up a TriStar CXL college students used to pick up the poop from their puppy.The inside of the machine was corroded.Took a lot of dollars to clean it up.Hope the school kids learned their lesson from vacuum school how to take care of their vacuum cleaner.
Remember one subway trip to work in Wash DC area-my seatmate takes out a plastic shopping bag and barfs into it.At the next stop got off and boarded a diffrent car.You know what happens--the SMELL of barf triggers others to do it!

 

[parwaz786]

Chris was that a Dyson DC25? Looks like it

 

[anthony]

back in the 60s

my mums Hoover Junior lived behind the front door permenantly plugged in ready for a quick clean up .In a house with four kids and a dog it was used at least three times a day and it was a common sight to see its bag dragging on the floor because it was so full [mum had a dam sight more to worry about than her hoover] when it did get emptied the old bag would be used over and over till it fell apart mum would take the machine outside rip the bag off then switch on for a fiew seconds to give it a good blow then on with a new bag and possibly a belt if needed and then it would be back in the house ready for more hard work .these days working for a local council i see lots of modern vacuums [lots of dysons] thrown out simply because the owner cant be bothered to empty them and i have come to the conclusion people simply have two much money at there disposal only last week i found a brand new Morphy Richards steam iron still in its box thrown in the bin .when i asked the owner why she said she nothing wrong with it i just cant be bothered filling it all the time .One of my workmates needed a new washingmachine and because the machine was in her kitchen she had to buy the maching dryer even though the old dryer was fine