New Kirby...???

[frkirby511]

A while back there was a thread in which several members indicated they thought a new Kirby model was on the horizon and might be out this spring. Has there been and further information on this?

 

[retardturtle]

i heard the same...i think they call it the g-10...not
sure.somthing on ebay reviews or yahoo answ.[sorry].but if you run across it let us know...specs ect.

 

[lux1521]

While they may not call it the G10, I'd guess thats what its going to be. They have not had a major overhaul since the G3, which was back in 1993, if I recall correctly, and I don't really have my hopes up for anything really different. There are a bunch of things I think they need to work on, but I'm not going to go there.

 

[tristar]

The G3 was actually the 1990 model. The Generation series has been around for 19 years now! The Sentria is nothing more than a glorified Generation with a new belt lifter and a funky new handle. They changed the transmission shift ratio, but they also did that in the G4.

It's about time they come out with something new. However, with their recent shift to the plastic base pan, I'm sure you can expect a lot of plastic on whatever comes out next...

 

[lux1521]

Well, I said I would not comment on what my issues are, but I changed my mind.

For starts, I'd trade a bunch of plastic if they would just get rid of the self propelled set up. Its just another area prone to failure. I don't know about anyone else, but I just seem to see them on ebay with busted transmissions, and other forum members comment on their failure too.

I think it would be just fine if they ditched some of the tools. Most people don't seem to use them.

I'd love to see some of the 60s era design concepts tried out. Did you guys know that there is a patent floating around for a clean air Kirby, and the patent has been around for something like 40 years? Now that would be different!

 

[lux1521]

This is the clean air Kirby from google patents. This was 60 years ago in 1949. Clearly, it needs some refinement, but its quite doable.

http://www.google.com/patents/about...as_miny_is=1950&as_maxm_is=12&as_maxy_is=1970

 

[vintagehoover]

And there's also this monstrosity, which pre-dates the one above:

 

[lux1521]

Yeah, I missed that one.

If you look through a lot of his ideas, many are quite strange. Its been a while since I looked at them, but I recall some strange methods of implementing the motor driven brush roll, including an exhaust powered turbo nozzle.