VERY NICE Kirby Prototype-appears to work well.Healthy sound and "poofed" bag.Great Kirby airflow as always!
I don't know what to say.
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Obervations about the Prototype
It is a really interested hybrid of a beast.
It is clearly very 'hodgepodge-d' together. The handle is completely different from anything we have seen. The handle grip (entire upper area) is unlike anything. Design wise, you may not be able to tell from pictures, but the handle grip is almost a miniature version of what the G3 actually is. Not to mention the plastic is completely different. It is made from the plastic of the Heritage handle. If you go back and feel how a H2 feels vs a G3 they are very different.
The stress relief hook is straight off of a Heritage 2 on the back. The cord is also unlike anything. It is a Heritage 2 cord with a Generation style plug into the motor. The reason I make this observation is because the H2 stress relief is just slightly smaller than the one put onto the G3. At least it seems that way to me, but I could be insane.
Next, the bag. It is clearly a Generation shaped that was made from the H2 bag. The inside components are all H2 parts. It also takes H2 bags. The mini emptor, which does not actually function like a G3, is made from the almost see through plastic from the H2. Very interesting.
There are almost no differences inside of the motor. It functions just like a Generation. The fan is funny. It is made from various melted down plastic colors. (I'll photograph it) Much like the plastic found on some Hoover Convertible bag tubes.
The transmission is where things are different. It not only feels very different. It is clunky, unrefined. It is not just old. It is very linear in the way it moves. I'll make some kind of video comparison.
The mechanism is also different. If you notice in pictures, the transmission does not drop the same. The housing is molded different. Also, the button is teeny tiny. Like a mini neutral and drive petal. When the transmission is out of this unit, the entire back of the housing is gone. Unlike a square hole on a newer model.
The design accents are all very 80's. The nozzle is still rounded, but it is not an H2 and it is not a G3 square. It is the middle. It also has design wings on the sides if you notice. They reflect on top of the bag holder, also.
Overall, it is different screws and various pieces that look like someone just grabbed pieces they had laying around just to hold everything together. It is full of miscellaneous "junk".
I forgot to photograph the Hour Meter and Pass Counter. But I shall.
For now, it has been wiped off. Given a new bag and belt. I also gave it a wipe down with some mothers just to make her happy.
Interesting tidbit... The nozzle does not quite depress the safety switch far enough, so something has to be place there to make it work. If i were to put my Avalir head on it, it works fine. But the nozzle it came with has too short of a metal rod to depress the safety...interesting.
If there is anything else any of you want to know about this machine. Please let me know. Here to share it with all of you.
It is a really interested hybrid of a beast.
It is clearly very 'hodgepodge-d' together. The handle is completely different from anything we have seen. The handle grip (entire upper area) is unlike anything. Design wise, you may not be able to tell from pictures, but the handle grip is almost a miniature version of what the G3 actually is. Not to mention the plastic is completely different. It is made from the plastic of the Heritage handle. If you go back and feel how a H2 feels vs a G3 they are very different.
The stress relief hook is straight off of a Heritage 2 on the back. The cord is also unlike anything. It is a Heritage 2 cord with a Generation style plug into the motor. The reason I make this observation is because the H2 stress relief is just slightly smaller than the one put onto the G3. At least it seems that way to me, but I could be insane.
Next, the bag. It is clearly a Generation shaped that was made from the H2 bag. The inside components are all H2 parts. It also takes H2 bags. The mini emptor, which does not actually function like a G3, is made from the almost see through plastic from the H2. Very interesting.
There are almost no differences inside of the motor. It functions just like a Generation. The fan is funny. It is made from various melted down plastic colors. (I'll photograph it) Much like the plastic found on some Hoover Convertible bag tubes.
The transmission is where things are different. It not only feels very different. It is clunky, unrefined. It is not just old. It is very linear in the way it moves. I'll make some kind of video comparison.
The mechanism is also different. If you notice in pictures, the transmission does not drop the same. The housing is molded different. Also, the button is teeny tiny. Like a mini neutral and drive petal. When the transmission is out of this unit, the entire back of the housing is gone. Unlike a square hole on a newer model.
The design accents are all very 80's. The nozzle is still rounded, but it is not an H2 and it is not a G3 square. It is the middle. It also has design wings on the sides if you notice. They reflect on top of the bag holder, also.
Overall, it is different screws and various pieces that look like someone just grabbed pieces they had laying around just to hold everything together. It is full of miscellaneous "junk".
I forgot to photograph the Hour Meter and Pass Counter. But I shall.
For now, it has been wiped off. Given a new bag and belt. I also gave it a wipe down with some mothers just to make her happy.
Interesting tidbit... The nozzle does not quite depress the safety switch far enough, so something has to be place there to make it work. If i were to put my Avalir head on it, it works fine. But the nozzle it came with has too short of a metal rod to depress the safety...interesting.
If there is anything else any of you want to know about this machine. Please let me know. Here to share it with all of you.
That Kirby is such an awesome machine I love it theirs a video on kirbys YouTube channel called the the Kirby G3 story and it shows some prototypes G3s been tested and they look like that. One thing why hasn't it got a headlight on it very cool machine.
You're absolutely right.
There it is! Thank you for telling me about this video. I had no idea.
There it is! Thank you for telling me about this video. I had no idea.
myvacsrock
Kyle,
Wasn't this Kirby actually plugged in? I ask because it baffles me as to why it would run if it weren't...
~Ben
Kyle,
Wasn't this Kirby actually plugged in? I ask because it baffles me as to why it would run if it weren't...
~Ben
The cordless joke refers to Owen and Tom's joke about the DirtmasteR not having a cord.
Wasn't referring to the Kirby.
Wasn't referring to the Kirby.
