Why Kirby plastic fans are superior...

[kirbysthebest]

Sock

Depends on the mode you are in.


 


If in upright mode, then more than likely you will jam the brushroll and slip the belt.  In canister mode depending on the size of the sock you could stop the hose, or if it make it to the fan will more than likely be stopped by the shaft.

 

[turbomaster1984]

Kirby under the bed

One of their downfalls....

That's assuming you can get the Kirby under the bed - it must be a tall bed given the Kirbys bulk.

Why wouldn't you just check under the bed first to make sure theirs nothing under there that shouldn't be?

Probably more realistic to use the hose/tools which will go under the bed but will fail to let most large objects enter it - especially with the floor brush on.

That's if you can be bothered to go along with the faff of using them of course.

 

[marcusprit]

Do you get the feeling Robert doesn't like Kirbys? Haha

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Under the bed.

<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">Depends on the bed. I used to use the Kirby under my granny's bed as a upright. She had a wooden framed bed.
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<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">I don't have pics of me doing that strangely enough but there is another kind hearted member on here who did take a pic of one of their Kirby's under the bed. The picture attached belongs to them.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">Not that I can imagine many uprights going under a modern divan bed....</span>


 


<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">James

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[seanc]

The sock under/down the side of the bed scenario would be in hose mode, probably with some extension pipes as I tend to reach down between the gap to dust the skirting board.
Some good answers anyway

 

[sptyks]

I think it would have to be a very small sock (like a baby's sock) to get sucked through the hose all the way to the fan. However if it did get all the way to the fan, I believe it would be shredded to pieces and blown into the bag. Hopefully, you will never need to find out.

 

[tolivac]

Sock into a direct air fan-probably would be stopped cold.Had this happen with my NSS M1-this has a 13A motor.Picked up and sock and it was stopped cold.Had to take the "snout" off to get the sock out of its fan.Yes,in the Kirby the sock-if its small would be stopped by the motor shaft.In a way this is a good safety feature for the machine-large objects are stopped before going into the fan.Picked up a spent shotgun shell with my Kirby in the hose mode(12 Ga shell)and it made a pretty startling noise when the shell hit the motor shaft!Instinct told me to shut the machine down!Also if I hear a paper item rubbing against a plastic fan-Kirby or otherwise-shut the unit down and take the paper wad out.Had a Sanitaire fan get ERODED by a paper wad rubbing against it while stuck in the fancase discharge opening.

 

[jaker15]

Sucking up odd things

I once killed the fan on a newer Hoover Convertible by sucking up a drywall nail... The Hoover started making a horrendous racket and I thought the brush roll was to blame, until I got bored one day and decided to take the motor out. Turns out the nail shot through one of the blades, and then snapped in half (the head of the nail fell out of the nozzle after I sucked it up, never would have guessed). The blade in which the nail was buried cracked along the bottom, almost all the way to the center. You can see the nail in the attached picture below, I'm amazed the fan didn't turn into a virtual hand grenade and explode the next time I tried to run it! 


 


The fan was remarkably easy to replace, it took less than 5 minutes to pull the old one off and drop a new on onto the shaft. Now I have like, 3 spare Convertible fans, anyone need one? LOL!

 

[human]

I was messing with my Kirby G6 last night and found two foreign objects in the emptor--a small nail of the size and the type that would go on a picture hanger, and a metal washer almost exactly the same size as a U.S. or Canadian penny. I pulled the nozzle off and visually inspected the impeller but didn't see any real damage beyond a couple of minor nicks on a fin or two near the shaft. I'm assuming they've been in there since before I had the machine, but apparently they managed to go through the fan without doing any damage. Pretty impressive.

 

[sptyks]

Human, Your G6 should have an Amodel fan in it. You will find that your G6 fan will withstand most anything that you suck up. The nail and washer amount to almost nothing compared to what I found in the emptor of a G5 I once worked on. This G5 was relegated to being used in the garage of it's owner after he upgraded to a Sentria II for inside the house. The rear half of the garage near the workbench was carpeted with glued down commercial carpet which was vacuumed weekly. The emptor of this G5 contained a full handful of screws, small nails, nuts, bolts, washers and some gravel that was tracked in from the dirt driveway. Needless to say, after inspection, the Amodel fan had only a few small scratches near the tops of a few fins.


 


Hear's something to ponder: Bullet Proof vests are made of Kevlar. The Amodel fan is supposed to be 300% stronger than Kevlar. Now go figure!


 

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Y'all are dangerous vacuumers...............

screws, coins, bullets, oh my!
I avise that you replace your bulbs, too, lol
You Kirby might not 'beat as it sweeps as it cleans", but, it anhialates. Better get a bullet-proof vest before you vacuum.. Maybe the new model has a "bullet emtor". (you KNOW I'm being silly.... right? One must be careful.

 

[kirbyg6]

This might sound weird but I love that sound that Kirby's make when they suck something hard up

 

[tolivac]

I like the sounds of direct air vacuums,too picking up stuff.Immediate feedback of stuff picked up!The plastic fans-clicking and clacking,metal fans-DING!The vac place here is in between Kirbys needing fans-Saniaires,too.The most frequent killer-Coins such as nickels and quarters.Pebbles come next and nails and screws.One time it was several Barbie shoes.So far NO Royal metal uprights coming in for fan replacements-and LOTS of those were sold here-including to the local school systems.Like how that Hoover fan was impaled by a nail!!Never seen that.

 

[marcusprit]

I have to say I'm not convinced the Kirby plastic fan is tougher than the metal fan on the Royal. To me the Royal looks the more solid machine.

 

[tolivac]

A former dealer here sold most of the Royals used in my area.They were still built in the US then.Was at his shop when the Royal factory rep showed up with his machines.The man showed us a neat demo of the Royal and its metal fan.He put the hose adaptor on a machine-then started it.Next he fed a small handful of pennies to the adaptor and let them get sucked out of his fan into the Royal-Loud dings and bangs---Me and the vac shop owner commented that would have destroyed a Kirby or Sanitaire fan.Then the Royal man opened the fancase of the machine-one fan blade was slightly nicked-another just very slightly bent.The vacuum performed just fine.The pennies were bent from the ordeal.the Royal vacuum was equipped with the cloth dump bag.And there were loud "thoops" as the coins were thrown into the bag.The fancase was not damaged in any way.

 

[marcusprit]

I did use a Royal about 15 years ago my relatives over there had one. But my memory of it is vague.

I've seen videos of it and it looks a beast but extremely loud! I doubt you would find a deeper cleaner on carpet. The agitation looks very aggressive and I'd be a bit worried that it would wear my carpets prematurely.

Looks a very impressive machine. Pity they aren't available over here as I'd like to try one out.

 

[tolivac]

The Royals sold in the US with 10A motors are the loud ones.The Royals with the 6 and 7A motors aren't any louder than a Kirby.The Royal brushrolls have plastic brush stiffners on them.I don't think they cause any more wear on carpets than other vacuums.They do something I found amazing-Track any mud on your carpet?Let it dry and the Royal will get it up-Haven't tried this with a Kirby.Bet the Kirby could do the same.The mud is gone-but a slight stain remains-a wet carpet cleaner will get the stain up.

 

[marcusprit]

That is good to know. Thank you Rex.

 

[tolivac]

You are welcome.As a matter of fact think the heavy thumper-vibrating brushroll vacuums may cause LESS carpet wear by shaking out more of the dirt and removing it with their powerful airflows.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I dated someone years ago who had one

along with a Eureka upright and a Miele canister.  I had to run that Broomvac.  I didn't care for it.  There WAS a HOOVER Celebrity pn at the "house in Massachusettes".  Thank goodness.  I was given one of those cleaners.  I gifted it to someone.