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Thanks for that info - That would explain why I've never seen anything older than a Classic omega on Ebay UK, and the omega and classic 3 are both rare as hens teeth here as well. I think the Kirby only took off here with the introduction of paper filter bags on the Tradition. When I worked for Kirby in 1994, during the training sessions, it was never mentioned when Kirby first started selling vacs here in the UK. So they have been going now in the UK for 40 years then. Nice to know.
 
You're right. The Classic Omega and Classic III were not big sellers because while everybody else had disposable bags, Kirby was still chugging away with shakeout bags.


I also know the Legend II was made until July 1992 over there, and the ones made after August 1990 had the G series attachments and caddy in the LGII color.
 
Yes they did, and it looked strange to see the L2 in its red colours, along with the new grey toolkit of the G3. The G3 was indeed delayed in the UK, which is why there are so many Legend 2 models still about today as they had a long sales run.


The Tradition is still often seen for sale here on Ebay, but the older models hardly ever come up - especially the Classic Omega, which is a pity, as the Omega was a beautiful looking machine, and would have been competing with the Hoover Senior and Electrolux 500 at the time. In 1973, the E500 was a cutting edge technology vacuum, and essentially it was the first mass produced clean fan plastivac; it ushered in the plastivac era, and was the model that eventually changed the vacuum market away from the direct air system of the last 70 odd years - and many people would have preferred one of these over a cloth bag model as it was so new and different and especially over one which cost a small fortune to buy such as the Classic Omega, and especially since at that time Kirby was unheard of in the UK and not sold in shops.
 
Hmm, 1956, not so different from the 59 Compact we did have, brought up on canisters, so maybe one of those, or a Lux, but liked the Kirbys of that age too
 
Being born in 1993 I would've gotten the current Kirby (the G3 I believe). If I couldn't afford that, then a nice Panasonic or whatever Hoover's best was at the time would suffice.
 
Tyler, the Generation 3 would have been the current model at the time you were born. If you were born in July or later, the G4 would have been the current model.
 
1956. I would have gotten a Model E (not automatic) for canister and Kirby 516 for upright. Although that's just because those are my two favorite vintage brands! There really were many good cleaners being made that year.
 
In January 1982, I'd buy:
Electrolux Olympia One 1401 or Silverado 1505 with PN4A
Kirby Tradition
Compact C9 or TriStar CXL 2-speed
Eureka ESP or Dial-A-Nap
Hoover Convertible U4119 or U4383 or Decade 800 U4393
 
But i was Born in 1988

So i would have bought used...lol......i know, that's against the rules of this game, but that's how i feel....i don't fancy Concepts or Elites very much....i may have leaned toward a new Eureka Rotomatic powerteam, but not much else....
 

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