Meet Herbie the Kirby! My brand new Sentria II

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Meet Herbie.
I'm having a clear out and replacing all my 'daily drivers' with this one unit.
So far I've spent £1013.00.
This has bought me the Sentria II with tools & shampoo unit, zip brush, pack of bags and 3 spare belts.

I've got the optional extras on order as they didn't have them in stock in the Sentria II colour scheme. They'll take around 4 weeks as this is when the Kirby dealer will be placing their next order.

Getting the floor buffer / carpet fluffer head, turbo sander tool and the new handy butler. I was quoted £100 each for the buffer and handy butler and £70 for the sander, but they have said they will do all 3 for £200.

So here he is....

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Have given the house a quick vacuum round with it. It's going to take some getting used to having a Kirby again, it currently feels like I'm driving a tank LOL
It hasn't pulled a great deal of dirt up but that's because most of our carpeting is less than 3 months old.

As stated in another thread I owned an Ultimate G Diamond Edition a number of years ago so the Kirby experience isn't totally new to me.

I'm very pleased with it and look forward to getting the optional extras to complete the system :)
 
Meet Herbie the Kirby

Great pictures
It really shows up the high quality of the product and makes so many of the new vacuums of today look so cheap.
That should last for a long time.
 
Hi,

<span style="font-size: large; font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">Hi Matt, Glad you like it. I thought it was Wednesday you was getting it
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<span style="font-size: large; font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">Hope you got the DVD as well lol.</span>


 


<span style="font-size: large; font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">James</span>
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The Sentria II is a beautiful vacuum. I love mine. Though, I love the price tag on mine more than anything else. ($0)

Enjoy it for many years. I cannot think about living without my Sentria or Sentria II.
 
How did you check...

to see how much dirt the Sentria II picked up? Did you cut the bag open? Have you thought about getting a "dirtmeter" for Herbie?


I got a dirtmeter for my Sentria a couple of months ago. It's a great tool for seeing exactly how much dirt is being picked up in Real Time.


 


I like to spread some clean kitty litter on my carpet and rub it in then vacuum with my Hoover Windtunnel. Then I put the dirtmeter on my Kirby and go over that same spot to see how much kitty litter the Hoover left behind. It always amazes me to see how much more kitty litter the Kirby gets out. Of course I always put the bag back on and vacuum that spot thoroughly to make sure all the kitty litter has been removed.
 
Sptyks. Rub kitty litter in the carpet and run the Kirby. Then go over area with Hoover Windtuunel with a cloth or other filter in exhaust and see what the Kirby missed. Could be fun!!
 
Durango159:

I have done that. My Hoover is a bagless model so I don't need the cloth filter. Just looked in the bin after vacuuming with Kirby first and there were exactly 9 grains of kitty litter in there. And yes the bin was washed and filters cleaned before the test.
 

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