Kirby Height - 1 click or 2?

[sanimatic]

It is supposed to be so simple. Raise the Kirby height adjuster to the top and lower til the motor sound changes. But unclear to me what to do after that. Keep where it is or lower one more?

For years I lowered the extra notch after the motor change. But after recently keeping where the motor changes, the carpet is lifted much better in most areas rather than looking like it was smothered to death. I am starting to see the benefit in keeping at the first level and only dropping it in the heavy traffic areas where foot prints don't lift.

What do you Kirby guys do?

Chris

 

[eurekastar]

I almost always go to the 2nd click in order to keep the nozzle from lifting off when pulling back.

 

[joe22]

i think the instruction books say till change in tone, then some others and videos say till it changes tone and one more

i do as you do, till change in tone and i get excellent results, i use heritage hg main driver

 

[Sablekid]

always 2 clicks

otherwise the machine pulls off the carpet most of the time.

 

[vacman117]

What I do...

is adjust it until it is hard to push, but not to hard to push. And as long as the green light isn't flickering. But I have very deep pile carpeting, and I adjust it all the way down, and it is just perfect

 

[xraytech]

I kno I do it wrong, I just set it down all the way regardless of th edepth of the Pile if it is a Generation machine. If it is my classic or Legend II I go until it is hard to push and stop there

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Hi Everybody...

I lower it till you hear the change of tone.
If when moving it over the carpet it loses the change in tone I lower it one more notch)

James)

 

[tolivac]

Don't adjust the Kirby floor nozzle all the way down "or to where its hard to push"-you will choke off the airflow needed to MOVE the dirt from the carpet-and you will wear out belts and roller brushes more often.As stated in the Kirby books-"start with the height adjust all the way up-then lower until you hear a change in motor sound-then one notch lower"NO MORE!!If you do have to lower then nozzle more than this-your roller brush is worn.you will have to adjust or replace it.and improper nozzle height will cause "nozzle jumping" on some carpets-you will have to experiment-try another notch lower or higher.That should fix the "jumping" this occurs mostly on "G" series Kirbys.when you adjust the kirby(or Royal for that matter) nozzle height for your floor also listen if you hear airflow sound going thru the nozzle-this is good-Kirbys high airflow doing its job.To sum up another way-you should hear both the roller brush on the carpet and the airflow sounds.If not the nozzle height is wrong.

 

[eurekastar]

I think (though I'm not certain) that all the owner's manuals all the way up to the G4 use the "one-click" rule. That includes the 500 series, Classic series, and Heritage series, and early G series. With the G5, the "two-click" rule is put in place.

 

[pr-21]

Toe Touch Control

Kirby has been changing the bottom plate to enhance the tech drive. I know that I have a different one on my G5 and Gsix, than was on my Sentria. If you put the Sentria one on the G5 and Gsix you have to lower it an extra notch to have the same adjustment you had with the older rug plate nozzle. I much prefer the older style rug plate and tried to buy one off of ebay, but I got the one for the Sentria. The photo on Ebay showed the old style,which is why I bought it, I could have returned it but did not.....

 

[vintagecanister]

Sam,

You and I will have to sit in the "doing it wrong" section. I've been going - all the way - forever myself. I don't think I've never vacuumed above "2". 99%, she's set at a crusing level of "1".

 

[Sablekid]

I love the sound of the Kirby's airflow through the carpeting up to the machine...makes it sound like a real machine!

 

[joe22]

makes it sound like a real machine

bro, the kirby IS a REAL machine ! ! !

 

[Sablekid]

Definetely

However, I don't run into too many people that consider a vacuum cleaner a "machine"...even though they are.


Now everything in the home is deemed to be an "appliance".

 

[electroluxkirby]

I do two clicks after the sound change on my Heritage II and Tradition.

 

[tolivac]

I have been using my 24"nozzle Powerflite upright vac-normally used for corridor cleaning in large buildings-the airflow on this beast is impressive-when set to the proper height-good roller brush and airflow sounds-so powerful that it blows the debris around in the bag you picked up earlier.It has a 10a motor,3" dia brushroll and 7" dia metal fan.Motor is made by DuMore Co.Large beast of a motor-shaft on each side-one for the fan,other has the brush pulley-and Kevlar brush roll belt.

 

[kirbysthebest]

You are only "doing it wrong" If it doesn't work

If you go until the motor changes sound, but it breaks contact with the carpeting when you move the nozzle, go for another click, if it doesn't you're fine. The main thing is you want the nozzle to stay in contact with the carpet.

EXCEPTION--the old style shag carpeting. With this style of carpet you want to just go until you hear a change, sometimes you will still need to raise one click to keep from bogging down the brush roll.

In other words, do what works for you and your style of carpeting.

 

[sanimatic]

I'm finding that sometimes you have to change the setting in different places based on carpet ware or how matted down it is. And that's OK. I am now good for the most part where the tone of the motor changes. At certain places where suction breaks I lower it one notch.

 

[vintagecanister]

On the same note........

I've observed people in my lifetime vacuum with the setting way above the carpeting. I always just shook my head in disbelief when I'd get the response "it's easier to push!" (when it's 10 feet off the carpet!!) so I vacuum this way.

Huh??? What's the point? You vacuum.......air?