A challenge to everybody:

[washernoob]

mrcleanjeans

Wow. I think you nailed it! I would say for kirbys to include the classic series. I think thats the most iconic model of kirby. Maybe not. But thats what I always see when I think of kirby.

I totally forgot about kitchenaid stand mixers! One of the most thought of home small appliance!

Gregs filter flow picture is yummy.

 

[mrcleanjeans]

Actually Brandon, you are right. The Kirby Classic and the Classic Omega are the top selling Kirbys ever and really are Classic. The Classic III had 2 bad bugs about it, though pretty. 1ST, the awful pointish skinny handle grip which they quickly got rid of somewhere in production.2nd, that stiff plaid "industrial filter" bag that seeped dust like a mofo! I realize some Omegas did too, with their plastic nubbies all over the bag, but not like that red one. I didn't want to go past the D-80 in my list because the Classic series were oxy and clunky, ungraceful. But they do stick out in history. You will find more Kirby Classics than any other Kirby everywhere!

 

[circlew]

A few more

Delta single-handle faucet (original style)

Western Electric 500 & 2500 series phones (also made by ITT, Northern Telecom, and Stromberg-Carlson)

GE C-7 & C-9 Christmas lights

Hamilton Beach commercial milkshake machine

 

[washernoob]

Kirbys

Yep your right. The only classic I ever owned was an omega with a eureka F&G bag setup. It was a fairly good cleaner, but just a tad ugly. Lol

I adore the C and R series, and the 505-509. Im looking at a 510 at the moment for a local collector.

This collector in town has a scotts and fetzer sanitaiton system, and almost all kirbys up to the sentria, with multiples of the 509-sentria series. Comvacs and super sweepers too. Its really impressive.