I can agree with the VinVacs entry on Kirby bags-I have seen Kirby vacuums still pick up with the bag PACKED full of debris.there was a Kirby G6 brought into a vac place out here for service-the cloth bag was so packed it was HARD-and poofed out without the machine turned on!Yes, it would STILL pick up dirt off the vac places floor.the machine was brought in by a woman who was bedridden for several months and her grandkids took care of her house-they NEVER replaced the bag and when the bag was opened at the repair place it was so full the paper bag BURST inside the cloth one.Glad it wasn't really nasty dust and dirt thaey picked up.took a few hours to clean up that machine-helpted out the serviceperson.I have also used the Kirby sander to help out in drywall sanding at a freinds house-made a GREAT drywall sander-and truely dustless-and you could attach the sander to the wand and do high up work-this is where I wish Kirby would have LOCKING tools.It did fall off a time or two during the job.But no plaster dust left behind as vinvac points out.Usually that stuff gets EVERYWHERE with regular sanders-even if they have a bag.Sometimes I even used the kirby sander with my NSS M1-that sander REALLY went to town!
