amtraksebo1997
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This is just kind of an opinion piece, but I thought I'd share my thoughts on certain Kirby Accessories.
There are certain accessories and functions that Kirby pushed that are kind of weird/unfitting for a household vacuum cleaner.
1. The Turbo Accessory kit. It seems like a neat machine, but I can't picture myself using it with a Kirby as an actual sander. I'd probably leave that job to a Shop Vac. Everything else (buffer, scourer, and massager) I can more-or-less see someone using with a Kirby. Although, I'm not sure I'd want to listen to the deafening sound of the machine in tool mode on top of the Turbo Accessory. On the topic, the massage cup is also a little strange, as I wouldn't want to use it on my hair or body with how dirty the machine itself is from use. My dog might enjoy it, though!
2. The Handi-Butler. Again, this doesn't seem like a tool that's appropriate for a household vacuum. Reason being that I wouldn't want it to get all dirtied up from shop dust while I'm working. Maybe Kirby should've done what Electrolux did and made a separate wet/dry vacuum for all of these power tool accessories. Maybe they could've even made a carpet extraction system for it, similar to a Vax or Bissell Big Green canister.
3.The handheld mode. I can't really justify a reason to use this with a G Series. Maybe it was easier and more practical to use on a pre Tech-Drive machine, but I've tried using it on my stairs and my bed, and it wasn't great for either of them. You can kind of make the argument that you'll get better agitation with the power nozzle on stairs, but I'd rather use the Zipp Brush with the hose. That's another thing, It seems kind of unsanitary to use the power nozzle that goes on your dirty floors and carpets. Again, I'd rather just use the Zipp Brush for it (not that it's completely sanitary to do it that way either, but it's slightly more so). Thus, the only use I can see using the handheld handle is for using the machine with the hose.
4. The portable sprayer/blower. It's not that this addition is weird or next to useless, it's just that execution on it is not the greatest. This is because when you use the hose in blower mode, any dust that is caked around the inside of the hose and fan chamber will get blown into the air. That kind of doesn't matter if you're inflating something, but using the sprayer or otherwise blowing stuff with just the hose indoors is gonna spew a bunch of dust back into the air. My advice is to get a 2nd hose to only use with the blower attachments, which is probably something that Kirby should've included to begin with, along with some sort of filter for it to catch any dust in the air before it's blown out.
There are certain accessories and functions that Kirby pushed that are kind of weird/unfitting for a household vacuum cleaner.
1. The Turbo Accessory kit. It seems like a neat machine, but I can't picture myself using it with a Kirby as an actual sander. I'd probably leave that job to a Shop Vac. Everything else (buffer, scourer, and massager) I can more-or-less see someone using with a Kirby. Although, I'm not sure I'd want to listen to the deafening sound of the machine in tool mode on top of the Turbo Accessory. On the topic, the massage cup is also a little strange, as I wouldn't want to use it on my hair or body with how dirty the machine itself is from use. My dog might enjoy it, though!
2. The Handi-Butler. Again, this doesn't seem like a tool that's appropriate for a household vacuum. Reason being that I wouldn't want it to get all dirtied up from shop dust while I'm working. Maybe Kirby should've done what Electrolux did and made a separate wet/dry vacuum for all of these power tool accessories. Maybe they could've even made a carpet extraction system for it, similar to a Vax or Bissell Big Green canister.
3.The handheld mode. I can't really justify a reason to use this with a G Series. Maybe it was easier and more practical to use on a pre Tech-Drive machine, but I've tried using it on my stairs and my bed, and it wasn't great for either of them. You can kind of make the argument that you'll get better agitation with the power nozzle on stairs, but I'd rather use the Zipp Brush with the hose. That's another thing, It seems kind of unsanitary to use the power nozzle that goes on your dirty floors and carpets. Again, I'd rather just use the Zipp Brush for it (not that it's completely sanitary to do it that way either, but it's slightly more so). Thus, the only use I can see using the handheld handle is for using the machine with the hose.
4. The portable sprayer/blower. It's not that this addition is weird or next to useless, it's just that execution on it is not the greatest. This is because when you use the hose in blower mode, any dust that is caked around the inside of the hose and fan chamber will get blown into the air. That kind of doesn't matter if you're inflating something, but using the sprayer or otherwise blowing stuff with just the hose indoors is gonna spew a bunch of dust back into the air. My advice is to get a 2nd hose to only use with the blower attachments, which is probably something that Kirby should've included to begin with, along with some sort of filter for it to catch any dust in the air before it's blown out.
