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Author Topic: Whats The Best Vacuum????? David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-02-2003 11:10 AM                        How does Oreck get their vaccum to be so light without cheapening it out? It's like half the weight of most of the other vacs.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 04-04-2003 09:37 AM                        ...but would it withstand this?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-04-2003 11:30 AM                     I personally prefer a central vac mounted in the garage vented outside. In the booth I use a hoover portavac  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 05-16-2008 04:55 PM                 It has been 1869 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 05-16-2008 04:55 PM                     Dysons suck, and not in the good way. The $80 Dirt DEvil up here cleans better than that big yellow turd called dyson. I "vacuumed" with the dyson first then had to go over it again with the dirt devil. It is amzing how a clever commercial can convince people that something works even after they use it. And they have this over heat shut down thing....Why not design it so that it doesn't overheat????? anyway, if you want a good vacuum, get a KIRBY! I have had a generation 3 kirby for at least 15 years, my mom bought it in the early nineties and gave it to me when I moved out, and that thing still works like new. The impeller has had to be replaced a couple times, but that was from trying to suck up stuff that I shouldn't have. The only thing that I don't like about Kirby is that you can't buy the bags at the local wal mart or Home Depot. You either have to drive to the Kirby store or order them online.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-16-2008 06:22 PM                     Oh no... not this thread again! Just so you all know I got rid of the Oreck when I inherited a Hyla... it was Brenda's vaccum. This is by far the best vaccum I've ever used. It is also the very best at picking up our dog's hair when he's shedding. Highly reccomended! Mark  |  IP: Logged Tristan Lane Master Film Handler Posts: 444 From: Nampa, Idaho Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-17-2008 01:59 AM                     I used to refurbish Kirby vacuums for my wife's step-dad and I can attest to the quality. They are very expensive, but it is much like buying jewelry. There is a high markup on the vacuums because the sales structure is much like a pyramid scheme. The body is all aluminum, and the motor is very high quality. I picked up a G4 at a local thrift store. I then put 100 bucks of parts into it to make it look new, buffed the aluminum and had him sell it for me. He sold it for 450 dollars and that's how I got into refurb for him. It was great bread & butter money. Anyways, Kirby's are good to buy used. The one I bought was pretty trashed, but you can find nice used models in most vacuum stores for around 300 dollars. Parts are mid-range in price but anything is fixable on the machine. Wear parts are mostly the brush-roll, motor brushes, and the transmission. Belts and Bags are much cheaper online than in the kirby stores. Some 3rd party vacuum stores will sell kirby bags as well. Dyson vacuums are not any better than the other plastic look-alike ones you find a wal-mart. And one true fact still remains, they are made of plastic, with cheap parts, and will only last a few years. If you are going to go with a budget vacuum, go with a Hoover.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-17-2008 07:19 AM                        The Henry Hoover is apparently very popular in Poland, and is said to be 'ready to go, time and time again'...  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 05-17-2008 10:24 AM                     I've been running my Kirby G3 in the booth for about a year now. It does alot better job than the old Royal Commercial vac did, and it is a bit quieter. That self-propelled transmission on the Kirby makes me feel like I am mowing the grass sometimes. I FOUND this G3 on the street with a load of junk. All attachments, rug shampooer, etc. were there. I replaced the impeller. Too bad it's not metal like the older ones. We also have a local Kirby distributor who has no problems with getting me any parts that I want. There is a vaccuum cleaner repair business about 1 mile from my home that sells OEM bags.  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-17-2008 08:17 PM                     quote: Leo Enticknap The Henry Hoover is apparently very popular in Poland, and is said to be 'ready to go, time and time again'... That is just plain weird. Well, it could have been a "Hetty." Henry, Hetty, and their brothers and sisters are probably high-quality vacuums and the face motif is quite the gimmick, but there's something just over-the-top strange about a vacuum cleaner that stares back at you in a cartoonish way. quote: Chris Hipp Dysons suck, and not in the good way. Funny how the Dyson seems to receive equal amounts of praise and scorn. I recently got a DC15 "Ball" and it indeed does suck...a softball-sized clod of cat fur and dirt up with each vacuuming; this in a small house with two cats. Impressive enough for me, but it will be interesting to see how all that plastic holds up over time.  |  IP: Logged Michael Moore Expert Film Handler Posts: 188 From: Dover, DE / USA Registered: Jun 2006 posted 05-17-2008 09:51 PM                        We use the 2 stage 14 gallon shop vac by Ridgid. Not as loud as you think it would be, but with 6 dogs in the house it is the only thing that survived. We have had Kirby, Oreck, and Hoover, In fact we had a little Dirt Devil bag less that did a great job, but had a flexible hose design flaw that would clog up! so we started using shop vacs, and we have found Ridgid to be the best. Mike  |  IP: Logged Galen Murphy-Fahlgren Master Film Handler Posts: 405 From: Canton, MI, USA Registered: Oct 2007 posted 05-17-2008 10:06 PM                     My dad has the Dyson, just the plain yellow base model. He has terrible dust and pollen allergies, and when he got it 4 or 5 years ago, the Kirby he'd had for 20 years was just about dead. He thinks it is fantastic, and he is a very discerning consumer. I always found the ergonomics of it pretty good, and it is certainly better than the cheap Dirt Devil I have now.  |  IP: Logged Tristan Lane Master Film Handler Posts: 444 From: Nampa, Idaho Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-18-2008 01:58 AM                     The older Kirby models have less filtration from the use of a thinner bag material, and less fabric. Kirby claims that G4 and up models meet HEPA requirements. They call their technology "micron magic" In essence, they just added extra filtration to the disposable bag, and the fabric bag. I agree on the plastic impellers, but unless someone is vacuuming a gravel driveway, they rarely break.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-18-2008 05:33 AM                        quote: Jon Miller Henry, Hetty, and their brothers and sisters are probably high-quality vacuums and the face motif is quite the gimmick, but there's something just over-the-top strange about a vacuum cleaner that stares back at you in a cartoonish way. They're certainly heavy duty. In the last-but-one theatre I worked, two Henrys were in use, one for hoovering each of the auditoria between shows. They were probably running for around an hour a day in total, and hoovering up serious amounts of crud (popcorn etc.) each time. They were bought new when the place opened in 1996, and were still going strong when I left in 1999. They probably had the equivalent of around 10 years of domestic use by then, and were still fine.  |  IP: Logged

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