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I was wondering what's the most expensive production vacuum? Yes, I've seen the limited edition gold plated and diamond encrusted ones, but I'm talking mass produced.

I have a safety catalog that has vacs designed for cleanrooms, asbestos/mold removal etc that go for $5-$7K with filters costing $400-500+, being they have to contain potentially lethal dust, and or not contaminate surrounding areas I can see why.

Any other examples of expensive ones (eg over $700-$800)
 
When I sold Kirbys they were going for $1800, but now I hear they go for $3200!! Thats just insane!
 
$3,200!!!! Holy goshnfishes that's getting too far above what Middle America can afford. Talk about pricing yourself out of business. Mom gave $1,100 in 1999 for her Kirby and she got the shampooer and all kinds of shampoo, odor powder, tool caddy, all tools, plus bags and a free bottle of wash detergent as a gift. Whatever happened to the good ole days? LOL
 
Meh...

Anybody with a little patience can buy a Kirby G series vac for $50 or less (without attachments) on Ebay or Craigslist. I'm going to pick up a G7D tomorrow for $20 (too heavy, where have i heard that before?). The ad was in spanish & apparently threw people off. I've paid an average of about $35 for my collection of G6 & newer Kirbys. I missed another $20 G7D recently by calling a day late & the guy just left it in the apartment he moved out of. Yes they are all on the dirty side & or in need of belts & such, but wholly molly do these rather awesome vacs depreciate fast... Miele, Rainbow, & even Fantoms not so much.
I'm hopping to nab a long sought after vac tomorrow as well the Kirby mentioned above...i'll post again tomorrow on the outcome of my efforts.

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Filter Queen Majestic 85th Anniversary costs a whopping $3000.00!

I just bought another TriStar EXL for only $1.00 but it doesn't have the dusting, crevice & upholstery tools & PN; only the hose, wands, tool adaptor & bare floor brush.

Are TriStar vacuums quickly losing value lately? I'm refering to the A101 Series (EXL, MG1, MG2, MG3 & CS Series) Why are folks getting rid of those newer style TriStars or selling them so cheap?

All I know is that a 1999 TriStar EXL is EXACTLY the same cleaner as a 2013 TriStar CS; although the actual model # is A101 whether it's a 1999 model (EXL) a 2002 model (MG1) a 2004 model (MG2) a 2008 model (MG3) or a 2012 model (CS) Whenever the A101 style TriStar comes into my shop for repair, I replace the vacuum motor that was originally in it with a new Ametek #115923 high-performance motor; which beats most vacuums' suction power & pulls an amazing 110"+ water lift.

This is a pic of the Ametek #115923 high-performance 2-stage motor that I put on every TriStar A101 vacuum.

And I also replace the old style brush roller with a double-helix brush roller; which boosts grooming performance. Any TriStar A101 Series vacuum from my shop has unbeatable performance, both suction-wise & grooming-wise.

In addition to the HP vacuum motor & double-helix brush roller, I also install a HEPA motor filter & micro-lined paper bag (inside cloth bag) for unbeatable filtration.

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In the UK, its Kirbys that are way more expensive than anything else. A Dyson DC41, which is about the most expensive plastivac costs about £400 ($600) A Miele S7 is about £350 ($525) but a Kirby Sentria 2 costs about £2000 ($3000) from a Kirby Salesman!
 
$3,200!!!! Holy goshnfishes that's getting too far above

Darlink,
No body pays retail.
You can get a Brand-new-in-the-box Kirby Sentria II for around $750 if you catch a desperate dealer on a good day. $900 if not so good day.

Rainbow is another question. They flat out will not deal. They may give you $200 off for this, or $100 off if you give them the names of your closes friends and relatives complete with bank account numbers and title to their home. Otherwise, it's retail.
 
Check these out! these are surely over several grand!
http://www.minutemanvac.com/hazardous-material-vacuums.html

I know they are definitely not household use, but they are expensive and they are production, so I'll count them in.

ULPA filters sound cool too! (Ultra Low Particulate Air filter)
From Wikipedia:
A ULPA filter can remove from the air at least 99.999% of dust, pollen, mold, bacteria and any airborne particles with a size of 120 nanometres (0.12 micron) or larger.

That's pretty impressive!

My Filter Queen Princess3 has better suction than any other residential vac I have, including Kirby, Rainbow, Dyson and even my 2 year old shop vac!

http://www.minutemanvac.com/hazardous-material-vacuums.html
 
Darling???

If you wish to respond to me, please do not use a condescending tone such as that. Thanks. And yes, people DO pay retail. Kirby has been sued and complaints have been filed for high price/high pressure tactics, particularly among the elderly. The same is probably true of any other door to door operation.
 
I've heard of Vortech Force outfits being sold for over $3K. As has been previously stated, the selling price of the distributor-sold product is often whatever the salesman can get.
 
Yes A Tacony product she is...

the 2nd switch tells you it's a Tandem Air model, this one being the Riccar Radiance / Rad 3.
Will be awhile before i can put it through it's paces as my bench is crammed with 1/2 finished vac projects right now.
I don't know if this design makes any worth while sense or not but i wanted one of these at a decent price & $50 seems decent as it needs some sorting but came with a pile of snazzy cloth Hepa bags, an extra filter & loads of attachments.

I even could have got one of those crazy pricey Minuteman vacs once for $75 but passed as they are usually used in labs & i had now idea what kind of substance may have been in that machine.

The Kirby was gifted to a daughter who aparently didn't know there is supposed to be a paper bag in there to collect the dust...or perhaps the parents didn't know either, whatever the case she runs but will need a major SpaIfication treatment as it was keep outside for a long period as well. Will be a testimony to these vacs if i can get it back to where it should be with minimal cost, at $20 i think i'll be satisfied with my buy.

Thrift store vacs are snapped up here in San Diego so quickly i'm only go to look if i'm already in the neighborhood as there is usually nothing but junk or over priced fixer-uppers to be found. Auctions or Craigslist are my main avenues for machines now.

I think the full manufacturer MSRP is only paid by government agencies or large corporations who don't pay attention to the price of the goods they buy. DTD vacs at full price are another matter altogether but i have got to think suchcustomers are getting fewer in number as the younger generations are more savvy about such things.

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From what I've priced in the past, Thermax is at the top of regular vacuums for price. But I don't know about Tristars or Aerus as other commenters have said they're up there too. The Kirby is just not worth the money for a brand new one, when the model from 5 years ago works the same and you can find them for 1/2 of the new ones.
 
if you think rainbows and kirby's are expensive...

then you should know that go vacuum sells a gold plated vacuum (link at the bottom of this post) and it is worth $1,000,000, but they reduced the price to $999,999 instead of $1,000,000. the price of this machine almost makes Kirbys and Rainbows sound cheap. I think that they didn't really make the vacuum and they just took a royal and plated it in gold and changed some things to make it seem like Go Vacuum actually made it and then plated it in gold.

Jack
kirbyfan99
Youtube: jedi725

http://www.govacuum.com/26132-Million-Dollar-Vacuum-Cleaner-Model-GV62711-UPC-60893974724.aspx
 
Thanks for the info guys! Kirbyfan, I've seen the pics of the gold plated vac, and also a Hyla covered with either crystals or diamonds that was really expensive too!

I like my Kirbys, and my Royals, I love my Filter Queen, (super suction!) and my Rainbow is pretty good too, as a matter of fact. I just bought an Oreck "Buster" portable vac today for $5 and it's awesome for small tasks, and it's one of the US made ones too!
 

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