Kirby Vacuums

If you’ve got a Kirby vacuum, or seen one in action then you’ll already know just how good they are, and why they are so popular. If you are considering buying a Kirby cleaner, then here’s what you need to know.

1. Kirby have over 80 years of experience, and the products just keep getting better, and are even more useful around the home or workplace.

2. Thanks to the amazing ability of the Kirby vacuum, these cleaners have a huge following. Many loyal customers have had their cleaners for years, and wouldn’t swap them for something newer. That’s how good a Kirby is.

3. Kirby vacuum cleaners will replace several appliances, so if you’re looking to be able to clean and shampoo carpets, polish wooden floors, clean the furniture and curtains, and ensure that your bedding is free from dust mites, then you really need a Kirby vacuum.

4. Because these cleaners are so versatile, and combine all the cleaning you need in one appliance, you don’t need separate appliances, which in turn save you money. In addition, less storage space in your home is required.

5. Even the early Kirby cleaners offer fantastic performance, so no matter which one you choose, or how old it is, it will give you really clean home the way you always needed.

6. Kirby Vacuum Cleaners is only ever sold door to door. This is so that the legendary Kirby vacuum can be seen in action, so that it’s clear to see why it is so good. It will be compared against the existing vacuum cleaner, and will manage to pick up even more dust and dirt from the floor.

7. Because it does so much, there’s always another use for your Kirby cleaner. Whether you want to be able to polish your floors, or clean your curtains or bedding, your Kirby is up to the job. They come with HEPA filters, thus preventing dirt from getting re-circulated in the surrounding.

8. Kirby parts, tools and accessories are still available, even for really old models, so there’s no need to replace your Kirby. If your Kirby isn’t working as it should, then it soon will be! It’s noteworthy that all Kirby vacuums offer a minimum of three years warranty.

9. Kirby cleaners will last for years with just a bit of care and maintenance. It’s a good idea to get your cleaner serviced annually so that you can be sure that it will continue to give you the performance you expect.
10. Kirby vacuum cleaners are fantastic value and offer unrivalled cleaning ability on a wide range of surfaces around the home. If you buy an especially pre owned Kirby, even from a couple of decades ago, then you get even better value for money, and a product that will keep working, and keep your home clean, for many years to come.

Now you know more about why you need one, which Kirby vacuum cleaner will you get?

All those who own or ever experienced the use of a Kirby vacuum cleaner or another of its cleaning systems would know how efficiently Kirby products work. No wonder then Kirby carpet shampoo and other cleaning agents are doing a good business and rising popularity charts.

Basic Kirby Shampoo Works Great

The basic carpet cleaner from this brand just does the intended basic job of a cleaner to scrupulously clean the carpet. Apart from making the carpet unbelievably clean, it also eradicates dust mite particles that tend to penetrate the inner layers of the fabric of carpet. Only one wash with this shampoo and you will experience the difference in the quality of air around the place, not to mention all those allergies from which you are saved.

Pet Owner Rejoice

Kirby believes in offering cleanliness all around the area of your house. We are all aware of the trademarks that our family-friends leave around the house in the form of dander and stains. So, here’s a shampoo for your dear friends. Its application leaves you place free of those trademarks, and the only time you realize their presence in the house is when you see then wandering around the house. Now you can caringly fondle with them without the fear of your upholstery getting spoiled. Not only that, it saves you of some labor while vacuum cleaning the place.

Remove Gum and Other Difficult Items

Surely at times you would have missed having something that was slightly stronger than your regular carpet cleaner. That pocket-sized atom bomb of the family, be it your favorite child or a teenager, was too carefree to dump the leftover gum on the carpet. How to get rid of that conspicuous sticky mark? Simply use Ice-N-Clean Gum & Residue Remover just introduced by Kirby and obviously becoming a favorite of everybody. It comes handy for removing wax and caulk, apart from gum.

Make Your Old Carpet Look Even Newer

In fact, Kirby offers a complete set of cleaners. Here comes Brightening Oxygen Additive to make you old carpet acquire a brighter look. It’s a pre-treatment for those areas of the house that experiences a heavy traffic and call for a slightly more attention. Apart from that they offer an upholstery protector that helps you deal with those really stubborn stains that may otherwise ruin your furniture. We truly have an all in one cleaning supplier in Kirby.

I hate confronting pushy salespeople. It is bad enough when you are in a store, at least you can easily walk away. But it is much worse when they are in your own home, especially when it is time to negotiate! Sadly, this is the biggest detraction to this great product. They played the “Let me call my boss and see what we can do” game with us. They must have made 5 phone calls before we came to an agreement. In the end it was worth it, though. I haven’t heard of anyone paying a lower price for a brand new G6.

We bought our Kirby several months ago after an in-home demonstration. It is undeniably a very well-made and extremely well thought out product. With features like soft rubber wheels so it won’t damage our hardwood floors, easy height adjustment with a foot switch, convenient belt tensioner, and a great drive assist mechanism, plus the HEPA filtration built into the bags, it is truly the best of breed. It really does everything that they claim it does and I am fully confident that it will last for generations to come.

I still can’t believe how new our carpets look and feel. After one use I could immediately see the difference in how it picked up the carpet compared to our old Eureka upright. I could hear the sand and grit that was being pulled out from the padding underneath. We recently got new furniture for our family room and I was amazed at the amount of dirt that came out of it. I was even more amazed and disgusted at the amount of dirt that was pulled out of our mattress! The best part is my wife no longer has sneezing fits when we fire up the vacuum.

Included in the package are the standard attachments with updated features, as well as some additional ones you don’t normally find, like the shampoo kit, a sprayer and an agitating brush. The best part is that the hose is nearly indestructible. You can twist and pull it and it always goes right back into its original shape. There are several extensions to reach high places or so you can stand while cleaning the floors. There is also an angled handle that has a suction adjustment so you can reduce the suction power for cleaning blinds or anything else you need to be gentle with. All the attachments have specially ridged and tapered ends so that they easily fit together and can tightly interlock with a twist. The attachments on our old vacuum would never stay together like these do.

The agitating brush uses the suction to spin a brush in the center of it. We mainly use this attachment for cleaning our couches and mattresses. It is more gentle so that it doesn’t damage the fabric with too much suction or too strong of a brush. It has worked well for us so far.

We haven’t used the sprayer or the shampoo kit yet. I don’t know how practical the sprayer will be for us. It is a little limited in what it can do. The shampoo kit was demonstrated for us in our family room and it honestly made a huge difference in how smooth the carpet felt. They repeatedly vacuumed an area of our family room until the vacuum stopped picking up much visible dirt. They then shampooed that area of the carpet with the Kirby shampoo formula and let it sit for a few minutes until the foam disappeared. Then they ran the vacuum over the shampooed area to pull up the dirt etc. The interesting thing is that the carpet was not as wet as I expected it to be. The Kirby actually uses very little water in comparison to most shampoo systems, in order to avoid causing your padding to rot and soaking the floor underneath. It left the carpet feeling better than when it was new and it didn’t have any sticky residue leftover from the shampoo either.

I like being able to dust our baseboards and crown molding with the standard brush attachment. It has turned the work into a lot less of an exercise and it takes less time. I also really like the attachment for cleaning our hardwood floors. It has soft rubber wheels and slots at the sides so that you can suck up dirt that is stuck right against the baseboards. I was glad to trade-in our old dinosaur, that really didn’t do much of anything in comparison.

It is strange sometimes how cosmic forces are at work among us, for as I was using my borrowed Kirby that week and deciding I had to have one, my doorbell rang and who should be standing there but a Kirby salesman!

He demonstrated his model which was several years newer than my girlfriends. He showed me the other things the vacuum could do and all the attachments etc. I was ready to buy this wonderful vacuum immediately. The only shocker was discovering the price! I was literally in shock for a few minutes. But I was determined to own one!

So, after some negotiation on the price, I signed a payment plan. I was very happy with the job that Kirby did. That was 20 years ago. It never failed me, right up to the day (15 years later) I upgraded to my Kirby G5. I have had the G5 for 5 years now.

The G5 was an improvement on the older model I had, in that it had a more powerful motor and some slight design modifications, but most notably it had a self propelled switch. The handle also detaches and the Kirby G5 can be converted into a portable cleaner for mattresses, carpeted stairs and automobiles.

The older model did give you a workout pushing and pulling. It is a heavy vacuum cleaner. Using the self propel feature, it takes very little effort to vacuum.

As I stated before it really sucks (lol). It has very strong suction. It will lift your carpet right up if it isn’t nailed down and beware not to get too close to small pets!

One sticking point for many people may be the price. It is expensive. I was willing to pay however because I know I will get every pennys worth & more. I have noticed on the internet that used Kirbys can be picked up for half of what I paid for mine. And, I would not hesitate to buy a used Kirby. They are very well built and I wouldn’t be surprised if mine outlived me!

The G5 comes with a variety of attachments, like the hard surface nozzle, duster brush, upholstery nozzle, crevice tool, wall & ceiling brush, massage cap,inflator/deflator tool,and a portable sprayer.

With some of the optional accessories on the Kirby G5, you can also shampoo your carpet, wax & buff a hard floor, turbo sand …turbo polish…and tubo scour, and give an orbital massage. With all these extra goodies, keep in mind though that the main job we all usually want done and done well is a good vacuuming.