marcusprit
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Rapping was invented so people who can't sing could be pop stars 
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turbo500
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Urgh. Rhianna? Katy Perry? Bleeuhh!! Generic rubbish. Go listen to some proper music.
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Well said, Chris! I hate how you need to take the cleaner head off to use the hose, then grab your box of tools etc, like wth? With my trust machine the hose and wand are ready to use within a blink of an eye!
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It's not only that, the height adjustment and tech drive have to be set in a certain way, the removal and reattachment of the nozzle to convert to hose and back to upright has to be done in certain order, not to mention converting from dry vacuuming to shampooing. They're certainly a faff.
The upside to this is that Kirby really are sublime for carpet cleaning and you can convert the cleaner into a proper cylinder, but for quick pick ups and spot vacuuming, they're probably not very well suited. A good deep clean machine though and because they come with a million attachments, you can clean pretty much any surface with them.
Well said, Chris! I hate how you need to take the cleaner head off to use the hose, then grab your box of tools etc, like wth? With my trust machine the hose and wand are ready to use within a blink of an eye!
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It's not only that, the height adjustment and tech drive have to be set in a certain way, the removal and reattachment of the nozzle to convert to hose and back to upright has to be done in certain order, not to mention converting from dry vacuuming to shampooing. They're certainly a faff.
The upside to this is that Kirby really are sublime for carpet cleaning and you can convert the cleaner into a proper cylinder, but for quick pick ups and spot vacuuming, they're probably not very well suited. A good deep clean machine though and because they come with a million attachments, you can clean pretty much any surface with them.
turbo500
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UURRGH That's gonna hack me off
Even turning the machine on, Kirby recommend following a very specifc process:
- turn the machine on
- retract the handle
- lower the height until the motor pitch changes
- lower it one more click
- engage the tech drive
Then to turn off:
- raise the height to the heightest setting
- turn the tech drive off
- turn the machine off
Bear in mind, when switching between carpets, you'll have to raise the height adjustment and lower it again for each different carpet. Even going from a carpet to a rug and back again.
If you're used to Dyson, which are very much "plug in and go" machines, the Kirby can take some getting used to. I know the above process takes literally seconds, but to go from just flicking the on switch to that is quite an adjustment to get used to since you'll instinctly want to just switch it on and go.
Even turning the machine on, Kirby recommend following a very specifc process:
- turn the machine on
- retract the handle
- lower the height until the motor pitch changes
- lower it one more click
- engage the tech drive
Then to turn off:
- raise the height to the heightest setting
- turn the tech drive off
- turn the machine off
Bear in mind, when switching between carpets, you'll have to raise the height adjustment and lower it again for each different carpet. Even going from a carpet to a rug and back again.
If you're used to Dyson, which are very much "plug in and go" machines, the Kirby can take some getting used to. I know the above process takes literally seconds, but to go from just flicking the on switch to that is quite an adjustment to get used to since you'll instinctly want to just switch it on and go.
turbo500
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the assembling process to convert it into a certain mode
Yeh, that was one thing my mother always hated about our Kirby.
It's a good system if you're really wanting to blitz. My mother in law uses her Ultimate G when she's doing a big clean up. She vacuums all the carpets and then gets all the dusting tools out and vacuums absolutely everything in sight. She even vacuums her textured wallpaper in her hallway. She'll do this maybe once a month/every 2 months. But for day to day vacuuming, she uses another machine as a quick pick up vacuum.
Yeh, that was one thing my mother always hated about our Kirby.
It's a good system if you're really wanting to blitz. My mother in law uses her Ultimate G when she's doing a big clean up. She vacuums all the carpets and then gets all the dusting tools out and vacuums absolutely everything in sight. She even vacuums her textured wallpaper in her hallway. She'll do this maybe once a month/every 2 months. But for day to day vacuuming, she uses another machine as a quick pick up vacuum.
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Yes it's not as straight forward as more modern designs but the process you just mentioned is very simple and after you've used the machine for a while it becomes second nature so that doesn't bother me.
The weight, bulkiness and noise is more of a problem, but i'll only be using it every week or 2 so i might be able to live with it. It does give great results on carpet but i shall let you know my feelings after using it again for a few months.
The weight, bulkiness and noise is more of a problem, but i'll only be using it every week or 2 so i might be able to live with it. It does give great results on carpet but i shall let you know my feelings after using it again for a few months.
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I dont know anyone
There's a few around us. A friend of my partners have 2 - a Heritage and a Legend 2 - both family hand-me-downs.
There were a fair few whilst I as growing up too. We had a Legend 2 and I had 3 sets of aunts and uncles with them, one with a Tradition, one with a Classic Omega and one with a G4.
There's a few around us. A friend of my partners have 2 - a Heritage and a Legend 2 - both family hand-me-downs.
There were a fair few whilst I as growing up too. We had a Legend 2 and I had 3 sets of aunts and uncles with them, one with a Tradition, one with a Classic Omega and one with a G4.
Ah cool.
When I was a kid, approx 12 years ago let's say. There was like 25% of a Dyson owners. The most popular vacuum back in the day was the bright orange Vax 6131. Now I have not seen one since my neighbour replaced theirs with a. Henry. Then a few days later a DC33.
When I was a kid, approx 12 years ago let's say. There was like 25% of a Dyson owners. The most popular vacuum back in the day was the bright orange Vax 6131. Now I have not seen one since my neighbour replaced theirs with a. Henry. Then a few days later a DC33.
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God, when I was that age, Dyson barely existed. It was all Hoover Juniors, Turbopower 1 & 2's, Electrolux 500's, Twin Turbos, Contours & a few Gliders, Hitachi Powerhouse uprights and Panasonic 40 & 50 series. There were a fair few Vax 121's and 2000's knocking about too.
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Showing your age now Chris
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Showing your age now Chris
I'm younger than you, thank you, you cheeky old woman!
Our street consisted of pretty much all uprights, bar 2 that I knew of. These were all either Hoover, Panasonic, Hitachi or Electrolux. Dyson's didn't really start cropping up until about 1997/98.
I don't live in the same town I grew up in anymore, but there are indeed a fair few Dysons on our street. Varied models too from 04's right up to 41's, with an 08 and 33 thrown in for good measure. There's at least 2 Henry's and a Hetty too.
Our immediate neighbours both have Vax's.
Neither of my parents have ever owned Dysons. Even when I was very young and I saw my aunt's DA001 for the first time and was begging my folks to get one, they never did. We had a Hoover Turbopower U2332, then a Panasonic MC-E44, then the Kirby Legend 2. We kept the Panasonic upstairs whilst we had the Kirby - Mum prefered it and it got far more use than the Kirby ever did. We had that in daily use pretty much from 1992 - 2007ish. I still own that cleaner, actually.
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I'm younger than you, thank you, you cheeky old woman!
Our street consisted of pretty much all uprights, bar 2 that I knew of. These were all either Hoover, Panasonic, Hitachi or Electrolux. Dyson's didn't really start cropping up until about 1997/98.
I don't live in the same town I grew up in anymore, but there are indeed a fair few Dysons on our street. Varied models too from 04's right up to 41's, with an 08 and 33 thrown in for good measure. There's at least 2 Henry's and a Hetty too.
Our immediate neighbours both have Vax's.
Neither of my parents have ever owned Dysons. Even when I was very young and I saw my aunt's DA001 for the first time and was begging my folks to get one, they never did. We had a Hoover Turbopower U2332, then a Panasonic MC-E44, then the Kirby Legend 2. We kept the Panasonic upstairs whilst we had the Kirby - Mum prefered it and it got far more use than the Kirby ever did. We had that in daily use pretty much from 1992 - 2007ish. I still own that cleaner, actually.
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Our street is so long it takes like 3/4 mins to walk on one end of the road to the other! About 140 houses I think. Terraced houses too.
My neighbour has a Dc33
Their neighbour has a blue dc19 allergy
Their neighbour is my uncle. He has/had a dc04 absolute and he currently has a 2013 3d face Henry with park feature and Autosave
Hie neighbour is also my other uncle, he has a black swivel sweeper, white dc14 all floors and a white DC15 Allergy
Then that's the block, my other neighbour has a Hilo Henry
His neighbour has the same, but with push switch
Their neighbour, un known, but a few doors away is my mums friend. She has a dc25 all floors
Then their neighbour has a DC20 Animal stowaway
Then their neighbour has a DC19 T2
Then their neighbour has a Henry
Then their neighbour has a DC40
That's the block done.
Across the road, there's
Our relative, she has a dc07 origin and two DC01's. A Vax handheld, purple bagged cylinder, bissell carpet sweeper, Vax rapide oldie tub vac and another carpet sweeper
An old lady who had a DC04, she had to move out to live with her family on the next road. Lets call that road 2. She was ill so needed care. Their family also had a dc04 silver lime.
Her neighbour two doors away has a Hetty. Used to have a DC02. At the end of the road, our family friend, has a DC03 Absolute which they absolute HATE. They said it breaks all the time
Their neighbour has a DC33 Animal
Their neighbour is my dads mate, he has an Eco Henry
Their neighbour has an Eco Henry too and is also my dads mate. He has a few Henry's cos he owns a car business
Then I dunno, but random houses are;
Bissell powerforce
Vax little tub thing
Blue hoover purepower
Dyson wheeled upright. The I were chucking away the box for their new motor
Vax orange tub vac 6131 I think
Morphy Richards cylinder
Push switch Henry
My side of the road;
My mums friend has a DC14 with clutch. Dunno what colour, but saw her using the wand from it. The later one with the red wand end and it didn't have the non clutched vibrating sound.
Their neighbour two doors away has a DC27
Then many doors later, a DC33
Then their neighbour has a DC07 standard
Then further down the road is SURPRISINGLY AN ELECTROLUX CONTOUR
Ok, the road two now. My Aunty used to live there, so I know what the neighbours have etc etc etc
Neighbour has a Vax bagless cylinder. Her other neighbour is my dads mate and had had a dc04 silver limes cleaner head broke from an accident so it went into the garden. I didn't want it but they have a Vax upright mach range thing. I heard the brushbar grooming pretty well from next door even with the door shut
Their neighbour two doors away is my mums friend. She has a DC27
Their neighbour a few doors away has a DC14 Animal
Then other side... DC05 purple and green absolute cleaning the car
Their neighbour has some bagless Electrolux upright
Their neighbour has a DC04 lime. Its the one where the old lady fell ill and she had a DC04. It's still in her old house actually, but the new owners dragged out a DC33 and put it in their car?!
Across the road of road two;
Dc04 brush control in yellow
Black Vax 6151
Erm.. OMG. I JUST FORGOT
but my bought a new house in 2012. She has a Henry now to replace her old Vax cylinder which lasted 4 years.
On road 3, the one like right behind me there's my uncle. He has a DC19 . He alsok owns the house next door and that has a DC19 too.
His neighbour has a Vax bagless upright.
Their neighbour has a DC04 in yellow. Actually my uncle bought that house last year and they have a DC25
Their neighbour has a DC03 Standard
Then right behind my house, my Dads mate has a Marion Vax little tub thing. Like a mini 6131
His neighbour has a Vax swift, a green DC04 and a Henry. Their neighbour two doors away has a blue DC07
Then my mums house over here. She has a Vax mach upright. Sounds like a a Dyson
Their neighbour has a blue DC04i and a Vax upright bagless Mach range too
I could go on and on forever, LOL but there's so many vacuums in so many roads.
My neighbour has a Dc33
Their neighbour has a blue dc19 allergy
Their neighbour is my uncle. He has/had a dc04 absolute and he currently has a 2013 3d face Henry with park feature and Autosave
Hie neighbour is also my other uncle, he has a black swivel sweeper, white dc14 all floors and a white DC15 Allergy
Then that's the block, my other neighbour has a Hilo Henry
His neighbour has the same, but with push switch
Their neighbour, un known, but a few doors away is my mums friend. She has a dc25 all floors
Then their neighbour has a DC20 Animal stowaway
Then their neighbour has a DC19 T2
Then their neighbour has a Henry
Then their neighbour has a DC40
That's the block done.
Across the road, there's
Our relative, she has a dc07 origin and two DC01's. A Vax handheld, purple bagged cylinder, bissell carpet sweeper, Vax rapide oldie tub vac and another carpet sweeper
An old lady who had a DC04, she had to move out to live with her family on the next road. Lets call that road 2. She was ill so needed care. Their family also had a dc04 silver lime.
Her neighbour two doors away has a Hetty. Used to have a DC02. At the end of the road, our family friend, has a DC03 Absolute which they absolute HATE. They said it breaks all the time
Their neighbour has a DC33 Animal
Their neighbour is my dads mate, he has an Eco Henry
Their neighbour has an Eco Henry too and is also my dads mate. He has a few Henry's cos he owns a car business
Then I dunno, but random houses are;
Bissell powerforce
Vax little tub thing
Blue hoover purepower
Dyson wheeled upright. The I were chucking away the box for their new motor
Vax orange tub vac 6131 I think
Morphy Richards cylinder
Push switch Henry
My side of the road;
My mums friend has a DC14 with clutch. Dunno what colour, but saw her using the wand from it. The later one with the red wand end and it didn't have the non clutched vibrating sound.
Their neighbour two doors away has a DC27
Then many doors later, a DC33
Then their neighbour has a DC07 standard
Then further down the road is SURPRISINGLY AN ELECTROLUX CONTOUR
Ok, the road two now. My Aunty used to live there, so I know what the neighbours have etc etc etc
Neighbour has a Vax bagless cylinder. Her other neighbour is my dads mate and had had a dc04 silver limes cleaner head broke from an accident so it went into the garden. I didn't want it but they have a Vax upright mach range thing. I heard the brushbar grooming pretty well from next door even with the door shut
Their neighbour two doors away is my mums friend. She has a DC27
Their neighbour a few doors away has a DC14 Animal
Then other side... DC05 purple and green absolute cleaning the car
Their neighbour has some bagless Electrolux upright
Their neighbour has a DC04 lime. Its the one where the old lady fell ill and she had a DC04. It's still in her old house actually, but the new owners dragged out a DC33 and put it in their car?!
Across the road of road two;
Dc04 brush control in yellow
Black Vax 6151
Erm.. OMG. I JUST FORGOT
but my bought a new house in 2012. She has a Henry now to replace her old Vax cylinder which lasted 4 years.On road 3, the one like right behind me there's my uncle. He has a DC19 . He alsok owns the house next door and that has a DC19 too.
His neighbour has a Vax bagless upright.
Their neighbour has a DC04 in yellow. Actually my uncle bought that house last year and they have a DC25
Their neighbour has a DC03 Standard
Then right behind my house, my Dads mate has a Marion Vax little tub thing. Like a mini 6131
His neighbour has a Vax swift, a green DC04 and a Henry. Their neighbour two doors away has a blue DC07
Then my mums house over here. She has a Vax mach upright. Sounds like a a Dyson
Their neighbour has a blue DC04i and a Vax upright bagless Mach range too
I could go on and on forever, LOL but there's so many vacuums in so many roads.
