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Nathan Explosion posted:I'm gonna have to disagree with you. Kirbys are over engineered like crazy. Mine is at least 20 years old and still runs like a raped ape. The thing is constructed like some sort of turn of the century steam powered torture implement. The suction and power is legendary. Yeah, a Kirby pretty much has an endless service life. My grandparents on both sides bought one in the 60's and they're still going (and work extremely well). I think they were last serviced for ~$100 about 10 years ago. Motors were re brushed, new bearings, replaced the cords, bag, polished the hell out of them, etc. My parents bought one in the early 90's for god only knows how much, but considering that it's been roaring along for ~20 years, gently caress all other vacuums. The service cost is some percentage of the original purchase price now, so even a 90's Kirby is hilariously cheap to have rebuilt. I would never buy a new one, but good lord do they work well. e: they only weigh like 30lbs. My 80 year old grandmother used to walk up the stairs carrying it in one hand. Hypnolobster fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Sep 9, 2012 |
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