KIRBY AVALIR

[blackheart]

oh...

Well that's a disappointment i was seriously expecting something revolutionary for Kirby. I was prepared to replace my G6 with the new model but this....is just a huge let down. Don't get me wrong i'm sure it's a wonderful machine but it's just nothing like what was rumored and expected. Thanks for posting those Pictures adam.

 

[bagintheback]

Honestly, I wasn't a huge fan of the Sentria II color scheme. I've recently come to appreciate some aspects of it, but I was really hoping whatever the next model was wasn't going to look anything more radical than that. The Availar shampooer looks interesting, but seriously, that new bag and black ascents are NOT my style. It doesn't even look contemporary. No offense to those who like it, but the pattern reminds me of some sort of trying-to-be-fashionable dog purse. It looks like they are trying to be retro with the large central Kirby logo. It could have looked okay, but that pattern.....


 


I was really considering buying a new redesigned Kirby if they had released one. For me, it looks like the Ultimate G was just as the name suggests: the "ultimate" Kirby. I don't think Kirby is going to make anything better than that.

[this post was last edited: 10/26/2014-00:18]

 

[vac-o-matic]

I'm with you Nathaniel...oh well, kinda sad really. Wait 6 mos. and they'll be on Ebay and Craigslist for a fraction of the cost. I recently saw a Sentria II with everything go for $400.00, sad affair for the poor guys still schlepping around trying to sell what's left. I would've thought they could've least figured out how to attach a hose without removing the head, guess it just wasn't in the cards.

 

[seamusuk]

Well.... Nothing new there then....

So other than the handle and the shampooer that's basically the same machine as my 2006 Sentria......
Guess they will be around £300 in a year or so on Ebay....
Seamus

 

[chicagomike]

AVALIR
By: The Scott Fetzer Company
VACUUM CLEANERS AND VACUUM CLEANER ACCESSORIES, NAMELY, VACUUM CLEANER BAGS, VACUUM CLEANER BELTS, VACUUM CLEANER BRUSH ROLLS, VACUUM CLEANER BRUSHES, VACUUM CLEANER HOSES, VACUUM CLEANER WANDS, VACUUM CLEANER HOSE EXTENSION TUBES, VACUUM CLEANER HANDLE EXTENSIONS, VACUUM CLEANER CREVICE TOOLS, VACUUM CLEANER MOTORS, VACUUM CLEANER TRANSMISSIONS, VACUUM CLEANER HEADLIGHT BULBS, VACUUM CLEANER SWITCHES, VACUUM CLEANER CORDS, VACUUM CLEANER WHEE...
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On Wednesday, February 01, 2006, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for AVALIR by The Scott Fetzer Company, Westlake, OH 44145. The USPTO has given the AVALIR trademark serial number of 76654384. The current federal status of this trademark filing is REGISTERED. The correspondent listed for AVALIR is ROBERT P. DUCATMAN of JONES DAY, NORTH POINT, 901 LAKESIDE AVENUE CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114 . The AVALIR trademark is filed in the category of Machinery Products . The description provided to the USPTO for AVALIR is VACUUM CLEANERS AND VACUUM CLEANER ACCESSORIES, NAMELY, VACUUM CLEANER BAGS, VACUUM CLEANER BELTS, VACUUM CLEANER BRUSH ROLLS, VACUUM CLEANER BRUSHES, VACUUM CLEANER HOSES, VACUUM CLEANER WANDS, VACUUM CLEANER HOSE EXTENSION TUBES, VACUUM CLEANER HANDLE EXTENSIONS, VACUUM CLEANER CREVICE TOOLS, VACUUM CLEANER MOTORS, VACUUM CLEANER TRANSMISSIONS, VACUUM CLEANER HEADLIGHT BULBS, VACUUM CLEANER SWITCHES, VACUUM CLEANER CORDS, VACUUM CLEANER WHEELS, VACUUM CLEANER BUMPERS, VACUUM CLEANER SANDER ATT.
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901 LAKESIDE AVENUE
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[chicagomike]

Rug Doctor Mighty Pro X3 vs. Kirby Avalir?

http://www.abbysguide.com/vacuum/discussions/58345-1-1.html

Rug Doctor Mighty Pro X3 vs. Kirby Avalir?

http://www.abbysguide.com/vacuum/discussions/58345-1-1.html

 

[djtaylor]

No more gray

I'm just glad it not YET ANOTHER shade of GRAY!!!! I was hoping for something of a color, say a red or green...blue even, but Basic BLACK will do for now. I'm also glad it's not that Beltless Monster from the Google Patent drawings, that thing was just plain awful. Attached Tool Upright, Quick Eject Nozzle with the push of a botton? No thank you! I like my Kirbys to look like and function like a KIRBY. I'm all for moving forward...and it is about time since the G Series is nearly thirty years old, but that Patent Office design was just too much. I'm glad it's not happening any time soon. And it occures to me that Kirby followed Rainbow and Aerus Lux in the color scheme by going with Basic Black... should Kirby follow or lead??? Just my two cents.

 

[godfreys_guy]

anyone, any shampooer pics?

Seems like the biggest change and no pics

 

[chicagomike]

Looks like to me they made the new machine even cheaper with regard to manufactured cost and in the process removed a few ounces of overall weight from the machine...
1. The removal of metal/plastic from the handle equates to less weight
2. I bet the new handle costs less to produce too then the Sentria handle did as there is now less plastic in the handle and the is missing metal in the handle equates to less metal cost and less polishing/buffing cost too...
3. Plus, when the vac bumps into painted walls and gets scuff/dings I believe the black trim will really show off the left over white paint from the wall real well too... At-least the 2 different Sentria color rubber/plastic trim did not glare with scuffs/paint marks on the trim.
4. I am disappointed with my first impression of the new machine but when we see more pics maybe I will change my mind... I cannot wait to tear one apart to see if anything internally changed from the Sentria 2 to this model. Not to mention the name for the machine is old too

 

[Miss Mercy]

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[nycwriter]

It's still a sexy machine, but ...

... can manufacturers grow some balls like their forefathers did back in the '50's, '60s, and '70s and use some color?

And I mean REAL color. NOT grey. NOT black. NOT white. NOT beige.

This isn't just Kirby, either ... this is pretty much the entire world, from fashion textiles to shower curtains to tablecloths to cars to toasters.

"Globalization" has blanded-down everything.

If you were born after 1980, I can understand your not remembering what it was like living in a world of COLOR and VARIETY. People weren't afraid of it; they embraced it.

Chartreuse shag carpeting on one level. Orange shag on the other. Bright florals and paisleys on the furniture and windows. Bold colored appliances. Tupperware that was offered in the flaming colors of October in all its splendor. Even CARS came in aqua ... cherry ... PINK! ... copper ... lime ... and orange. And the interiors were just as bold (my uncle had ORANGE PLAID upholstery in his car when I was little).

And everything was different! Today we're all carrying around the same identical iPhones ... tapping away on the same laptops ... driving the same cars ... wearing pretty much the same clothes.

A generation ago, everything -- EVERYTHING -- came in countless models and colors. Part of the fun of being a kid was when visiting other people's houses, seeing what their sweepers looked like ... or their TVs ... their stereos ... even their toasters ... because the world was a wild ride of variety.

Today? *sigh*.

 

[kirbyg6]

I was looking forward to seeing the totally redesigned machine oh well at least it's not Grey anymore

 

[gsheen]

Wow as someone who is really getting into my kirbys i am very dissapointed. All the talk of something new something lighter and its just a facelifted sentria, Which in turn is just a faclifted g3 so here we go for 25 years of the same machine.

If i am a ordanary customer what is the incentive to upgrade from my sentria to this new model?
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I was seriously going to consider buy a new one when it launched but not any more. I wonder if Kirby and porsche dont share the same boring design team with tracing paper design desks. They are built to last but unless your an enthusiast not much difference to tell them appart for the last 20 years.

The excuse of it must look and sound like a Kirby is just that an excuse. The Classic was completely different from the dual santronic and yet still looked and sounded like a Kirby. Same with the G3 vs Legend II . I would have been very dissapointed as a kirby dealer if i Saw this at the launch

 

[kirbyg6]

What a shame

 

[marcusprit]

Haha same old| What a boring life it must be to work for the Kirby design team.

 

[kirbyg6]

Yeah I'm annoyed iv been looking forward to seeing it and the only things they have changed are the handle and the shampooer

 

[alexhoovers94]

Thats it?!?! What a joke. It is exactly the same, It is seriously time for kirby to retire the clunky old generation design and make something new and modern, they are stook in the past.

 

[alexhoovers94]

It is still going to be loud, heavy, outdated, inconvenient, should I go on.
I am really dissapointed.

 

[turbomaster1984]

Alex your right.

Still it keeps the 'turn up to anything including the opening of a can fridge door' crowd happy.

Gotta have some reason to pose in front of the cameras with a glass of bubbly.

 

[bnsd60m9200]

i normally don't post in the "modern" part of the vac world, but after seeing the patent designs kirby filed, which were publically available for a short time; i for one am glad that those designs never made it to light with this new model.

am i disappointed its now a new ground up design change? yes and no. yes because i never like the g series based design. too clunky and thought a powerdrive that kirby invented in 1990 that is still the basic same design, was way too large and cumbersome. they tried to save money making the tech drive unit use the same power from the motor the runs the rug nozzle. the ended up with a bloated machine because the motor isn't mounted on the same axis as power drive axle and needed a complex gearing to power it. a kirby with a motor mounted on the same axis as the brushroll/ axles instead of perpendicular to it would make the unit smaller, and MUCH easier to make a power drive unit that could be done with a belt and turned off with a button.

i am however also pleased kirby didnt go thru with the insane radical design changes originally filed with the avalir patent several years ago. imho it would've cheapened the product and honestly, looked clumisily designed like a bison and be too different to deal with for customers who've owned older models of kirby's. i for one am HAPPY to see a brand new handle design, its sleek, and ERGONOMIC. one complaint i've always had about my vintage kirby's from the classic/ heritage era, is the handle bale. the rug nozzle width and very unbalanced heavy weight under the bale, makes it very hard to carry. the plastic handle grips you CAN carry them by, but would fail after many liftings like this.

a kirby hasn't been easy to lift since the DS80. this makes it MUCH easier to lift the machine for quick moves, the for going up and down stairs, the typical low handle bail is preferred on any upright. i think the handle design is smart and a very good step forward for the Avalir. i also like the color scheme. ive hated EVERY g series color combination except for the G5. i only liked the g5 because it actually HAS color in it, i don't really care for maroon, but its better than the 50 shades of grey EVERY g series had and the g six was too blah, albiet black blah. this color scheme reminds me a lot of the heritage II though updated smartly and a bag pattern with a fun complex design. though it is stil essentially a sentria, at least that awful name finally died, and they actually put some effort into redesigning the handle for the first time in 25 years, and put some decent effort into the color scheme. the rug shampooer looks interesting and completely different , which really hasn't changed since the d50 much at all. that IS a big change. i personally never used a rug reno even on my old kirby's so i couldn't compare it to the new one. will have to get a look at the attachments before i could put an opinion on them. i always thought the g series attachments were cheap and not as diverse as the older attachments with my classic III/ tradition/ heritage II or older machines.

overall i give the new design an a+ for fixing a very big ergonomic problem the g series machines and even 70's/80's kirby's had, and coming up with a new rug reno system and very smart color scheme. i would actually consider getting one of these used off craigslist, an estate sale or thrift store if i ever saw one. i will never buy a kirby new, just too expensive to justify when i can repair them myself and don't need a warranty to repair them, or deal with the DTD demo, even if i called for one. it'll probably be a few years before i could even afford to get one from the used market, so ill enjoy the photos or play with one a collector has till that point.