what is the next kirby model

[kirbysthebest]

I don't have any comments re: the new Kirby, as I am sure whatever it is Kirby will have made sure it was up to their standards of Quality, Reliability and Performance.

I agree somewhat with Trebor, honestly Kirby has too many attachments. I have used everyone, but as I have stated before I don't care for the shampoo system. I always wonder when the garden tiller attachment will come out.

Anyway, I had a question. Where does one find the vacuum sales numbers?

 

[joshdonnell]

Well

I love my kirby shampoo system. It doubt it will ever go away.

 

[IL-Kirby-Fan]

Its Time...

I sure wish the new Kirby would come out, that or they would at least change the color and the name of the Sentria. The Sentria is the longest running Kirby and they're several years over due for a new model. Don't get me wrong...I love Kirby, but come on already...get something new out there and don't use the color gray on it!

 

[super-sweeper]

Hey Guys,

I've got an idea for a new Kirby from reading thesse posts,I'll see about drawing a blueprint!

-Alex.

 

[kirbyloverdan]

I heard it`s

on it`s way very very soon .

I said what about 2014 and I was told it will be much sooner than that .

I was also told it was going to be completely redesigned and they have addressed

every problem and complaint that consumers have complained aboout for years .

I was told being a collector I and other vacuum collectors will be suprised and pleased .

 

[trebor]

The 2014 model...

would more than likely be introduced late August, early September 2013, so just over a year to go.  It takes about three months to clear old stock, on average. Kirby likes to keep the selling of two models concurrently to a minimum. This is the alleged 100th anniversary, an exaggeration at best, since Jim Kirby's name did not appear on the machine until 1935. Fall 2012 is a wee bit early to introduce the 100th anniversary model, summer 2013 MAYBE. I will be very surprised if it is before that.

 

[IL-Kirby-Fan]

New Kirby

I don't care if they put it out next week and call it the 200th Anniversary edition. When Jim's name first appeared on the machine doesn't matter. A Kirby is a Kirby...get the new one out already! As for over stock on Sentrias they can strip them all down, save the part for their replacement part stock and melt down the aluminum to be cast into the new model. It's just time. I am Sentria'd out! So KIRBY CO...if you have your informants monitoring this page please take note that the Sentria has been sold to death-New Model Now!

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Why do you think

it will only be released as the 100th Anniversary model ??? Where did you come

up with that therory ?

Do you not remember when the G4 was introduced they did not wait to release it

until the 80th birthday . They just slapped an 80th Anniversary sticker on it .

I guess you will be suprised then because its gonna be

here sooner than what you think !

 

[trebor]

The G-4 was introduced in 1993, the 80th anniversary

being 2014. Vehicle introductions are always in the calendar year prior. On their charts, Kirby has listed the actual dates of production with the exception of the 'Generation III by Kirby' which was so-named because the Legend II was produced concurrently all the way through 1990. The G-3 was introduced in late 1989, but listed as 1991. If the Tech Drive failed in the marketplace, they would have had production of the tried-and-true model up and running.They attribute the Legend II as the only model produced during that time. I knew many old time Kirby salesmen.


 


There was serious talk of a color change before now, and as time crept along, it was not practical to have two new model introductions in so short a time.  The distributors who buy heavily will have a heads up so they can move old stock. The factory tracks serial # so the heavy buyers will start seeing their purchases delayed to level the playing field, so that light purchasers will not have an advantage in getting new machines sooner and leave the heavy hitters with overstock they need to lowball. 


 


"A Kirby is a Kirby"?  From 1935 on, true, however, prior to then, it was a Grasshopper, Vacuette, or Scott and Fetzer.  That's like saying a Mustang is really Chrysler because it was produced under Lee Iaccoca. It's Scott & Fetzer's history, so they can take a bit of historic license if they choose, but it it is technically inaccurate.


 


Dissemble and melt down already manufactured Sentrias? You must be joking. That is a decision that makes absolutely no economic sense whatsoever, for any reason.


 


 

 

[kirbyloverdan]

All true but

the first G4 was not labled an 80th Anniversary until a year after it was introduced.

I have the very first G4 and its not labled 80th so that`s why your therory of the
redesigned Kirby not being released until 2014 doesn`t make sense .

The new totally redesigned Kirby is on the way very very soon .

They realize they need a new machine but needed to work out all the bugs
because in this economy you can`t afford to introduce a new model and have
it break down .

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Kirby history

Model history
Ezee Vacuum Cleaner (1914-1919)
Vacuette Wireless (1919-1930)
The Vacuette Electric (1925-1928)
Scott and Fetzer Sanitation System (1928-1934)
Kirby Model 1C (1935-1937) Gray and Black
Kirby Model 505 (1945-1947) Gray, Black and Red
Kirby Model 508 (1948-1949)Gray, Black and Red
Kirby Model 509 (1949-1950) Gray, Black and Red
Kirby Model 510 (1950-1951) Gray and Red
Kirby Model 516 (1956-1957) Gray and Red
Kirby Dual - Sanitronic 50 (1965-1967) Sirrocco (Tan)
Kirby Dual - Sanitronic 80 (1967-1970) Avacado (Green)
The first model with a substantial redesign was the Kirby Classic.

Kirby Classic (1970-1973) Chocolate Brown w/ Gold Bag
Kirby Classic Omega (1973-1976) Rosewood Brown w/ Tan bag
Kirby Classic III (1976-1979) Red w/ Plaid bag
Kirby Tradition (1979-1981) Royal and Navy Blue
The Kirby Tradition was first Kirby model to feature disposable paper bags, notably later than other vacuum manufacturers.

Kirby Heritage (1981-1984) Medium Gray and Scarlet Red, the last Kirby to be fitted with the Sani-Emtor and now optional shake-out bag; introduces the Turbo Brush, Turbo Sander, and Turbo Groom
Kirby Heritage II (1984-1987) Black and Red w/ Gray and Red Kirby bag; introduces the Zippbrush, smaller rug nozzle and the new "Mini-Emtor"
Kirby Heritage II Legend (1987-1989) As Heritage II but with a design on the handle and with "Legend" on the belt lifter
Kirby Legend II (1989-1990) Maroon and Black w/ Maroon and Gray Kirby bag, handle design as Heritage II Legend but with new color scheme & with "Legend II" on the handle and the "Kirby" logo on the belt lifter


Another substantial redesign from the ground up, introduces the patented TechDrive Power Assist self-propelled feature which eliminates 90% of the effort required to move the Kirby back and forth.
Kirby Generation 3 (1990-1993) Alabaster White and Gray w/ Gray stripes on bag and handle
Kirby G4 (1993-1997) Stone Gray and Periwinkle Blue w/ G4 pattern on bag; introduces the patented Micron Magic filtration system
Kirby G5 (1997-1999) Burgundy and Gray w/ G5 pattern on bag
Kirby GSix, G2000, and G2001 (1999-2002) Black Onyx, Yellow and Gray w/ G Six pattern on bag; introduces the patented and redesigned Micron Magic HEPA filtration system
Kirby Ultimate G (2002-2003) Twilight Gray and Yellow w/ Ultimate G pattern on bag
Kirby Diamond Edition (2003-2006) Twilight Gray and Yellow w/ Diamond Pattern on bag and handle
Kirby Sentria (2006-Present Day) Gray and Red w/ Sentria pattern on bag; different handle shape and belt lifter modification
[this post was last edited: 7/6/2012-10:33]

 

[joshdonnell]

Dan

Generation 3 was the start of tech-drive not legend 2.

 

[kirbyloverdan]

When did I say

that Josh ? I know the G3 was the first tech drive I have the very first one NIB >

 

[IL-Kirby-Fan]

Dan

Your post said to expect the new model very very soon. How very very soon would you say?

 

[trebor]

The Heritage II

initially had the wide Classic type nozzle and the mini-emptor and the Zipp brush. Did the switch to the more streamlined nozzle happen before the name change, or concurrent with it?

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Brad

I was just told very very soon and when I mentioned the anniversary she said oh it will be way sooner than our anniversary and everyone waiting will be quite pleased with its release .

Trebor , concurrent plus they offered the 500 series head to customers who did not like the wide head .

 

[trebor]

Very very soon...

could be three months from now, or it could be the anniversary. We have been down this road of speculation before a time or three, with supposed information from the inside. We have seen patent drawings, heard rumors of people seeing the new machine, etc.  Unlikely, but this still could be just a color change on the Sentria. I have not heard anyone say specifically that the new model introduction that is supposedly coming 'very soon' will be the long-anticipated redesign.  There is only one hundredth anniversary. Why would they launch it prematurely and not close to the century mark? It seems anti-climactic. In any case, if Kirby follows what they have done in the past, the production of the old model ceases about 90 days before the introduction of the new. Large distributors have been known to ship overstock back to the factory so it can be sent out to other distributors without revealing that these machines had already been shipped to another distributor first. Kirby wants the new model to arrive everywhere as close to simultaneously as possible, with as few old machines still for sale as possible. This is why all the secrecy surrounding a new model release.  If this one is the big change, I'd think they would want it to be the 100th anniversary.


 


 

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Kinda hard to

release it nearest to the anniversary date when many distributers are pissed and many are leaving Kirby .

Kirby has to release this model before 2014 or risk losing people to sell them .

From what I was told they can`t wait until 2014 to release it .

So I guess we shall find out soon enough ![this post was last edited: 7/6/2012-16:10]

 

[floor-a-matic]

VERY RARE blue Kirby?

How rare is this Kirby & how long did this model in production?

I wonder if this is a 516 or 560?

 

[trebor]

Distributors are pissed for many reasons...

One of the biggies is that when people purchase supplies on-line the local distributor receives NOTHING, Zippity Freakin' Do-Dah!


A distributor who has been successful will not leave over lack of a model change. That may be the excuse, but there are distributors are still making a living selling the Sentria.


 


There is not a commission schedule for bags and accessories like there used to be with Electrolux, so dealers could develop a base income that helped them through periods of low sales. Kirby even now has shampoo for extractors! It's true.  So many cleaning products that could add to the dealer's bottom line, and the distributor's, but nothing is in place. And what about factory rebuilds? The salesman and the distributor should make a few bucks off of those as well. What about an extractor carpet cleaner? People do buy them, even people who have Kirbys.  Why not have one of Kirby quality? Why not a revival of the straight suction nozzle they had on the pre-508 machines with all the hard surface floors everywhere?  Yes, distributors have reason to be angry, but the delay of a new Kirby is just the tip of the iceberg that has been melting for a long time now.


 


I don't know what is spring push month in the Kirby Universe these days, but I think February, March, or April is when the new model will be introduced. The 100th anniversary model in 2013 is believable. "So fantastic, they couldn't wait any longer!"  I will be very surprised if it is introduced within the remainder of the calendar year of 2012.