WE GOT A KIRBY!!!!!!!

[mrcleanjeans]

the Kirby Derby

Hi Tolivac,love the stuff youv'e collected.When you refer to your Kirby from childhood,I'm not sure which you mean. The 500 series started as you may and probably remember , with the 505 in 1945, then the 508 in 1948,509 in 1949,510 in 1950,511 in 1951, 512 in1952, ...thru the 519 in 1959, then 560 in 1960, etc. And,as for the 1CB1 as a predesessor to the 500 series , you might have meant the model C , sometimes called 1C of 1935-37 origin ,the first with the Kirby name on it, tho' some say it was the retail R. The 1CB was a Kirby Classic Omega from 1973-1976, which followed the 1970-73 Classic 1CR ,in 1976 came the 2CB, The Classic III,...you, being a Kirby aficianado may already know this, but others just getting "sucked-in" may enjoy some vacuum tidbits

 

[tolivac]

You are right-I need to have my Kirby chart in front of me-its at home.The 510 would have been the one I wanted to refer to. The 1C
was the early model I wanted to refer tne of the Kirby salesmen ran into an older customer that had a 1C and she didn't want to give it up.The salesman was thinking of me and trying to get it for me.He was offering her all kinds of discounts and special offers to try to get it for me.The one that got away.The salesmen said it was in excellent shape and had all of its attachments.He sold her a Diamond G machine.The prospect wanted to keep that older one as an "upstairs" vac.Sometimes the Kirby model alphabet soup gets confusing when you don't have the chart handy here at work.

 

[kenmore1978]

Upstairs vac

I don't blame that customer, I wouldn't want to lug a Kirby up and down stairs.

 

[tolivac]

That is the disadvantage of the "G" models-they are heavy to slepp up the stairs. The saleperson said she was an older customer as well.The Royal Powercast is EVEN heavier than the Kirby-and doesn't have the "Tech-Drive" self propulsion drive.

 

[mrcleanjeans]

not a ROYAL pain

The older Royal uprights ,such as the 880 which was out for years and years,were wonderfully light and easy to carry and push,they had a 3 amp. motor in them but cleaned well IF you put a straight-row brush in them instead of the standard brush , they were also quiet and came in red also under the name ELECTRO-HYGEINE,loved them.Besides, amps mainly tell you how much electricity a machine is sucking, not its cleaning efficiency.

 

[kenmore1978]

Royal Powercast

A machine HEAVIER than a Kirby? And it doens't have a propulsion system?

 

[mrcleanjeans]

POWER CAST IRON

Tolivac is right,the Kirby is 24 lbs.,the Powercast is 30 lbs.

 

[tolivac]

I own two powercasts-On another appliance chatroom-there is rumors that royal was going to discontinue them.The only METAL clean-air upright.The performance is supurb-but the WEIGHT!It will give you a workout-put this one on one of those weight loss diet plans.I also own MANY of the Classic and Everlast Royal machines-those are better and lighter than the Powercast.The fan-first Royals-like the Kirbys make better use of eletric power-can use a smaller motor than clean air machines.I also have a Royal 189 that has a 3A motor and it outcleans about any 12A clean air machine I have.And that is using it with the original "A" bag outer bag assembly. It performs even better when you use it with a "B" type bag assembly.Sometimes while running the Powercast it can even trip a 15A line breaker without anything elese one it!The Powercast is a two motor upright-one motor for suction and the other for the brushroll.It has a cogged belt and a metal brushroll with replaceable brush strips.Another unusual feature-the plug has a built in GFI circuit breaker in it.Would make the machine OSHA legal for commercial use.The dealer I bought mine from says he has had commercial customers buy them-Two of the restaurants in my area.Haven't seen them in use yet.