Kirby Vacuum - G5 Upright Vacuum Review

If you like Uprights, but can't find a quality one, you just found the product for you. It is expensive, but look at it the way you would a new dishwasher, or refridgerator. You are buying a quality cleaning appliance that is going to last you several years.

I love the versatility of this vacuum. I've vacuumed everything, and it picks up slitely better than other vacuums. But then, with another attachment, it becomes a carpet shampooer. It does a fairly good job of that, too.  I've also used it to blow up an air matress, and a pool. I've drug it out and vacuumed my car with the hose attachment.

Besides being expensive, you do have to go to a specialty store for replacement bags and belts. But I found a janitorial store near my home, and the supplies are not more expencive than replacement bags and belts of other vacuums.

 Also, I have long hair that tends to catch in the brush of the vacuum, but unlike other vacuums, this vacuum has a way to detach the brush from the belt. When the brush can spin freely, it is easier to remove the hair.

My Mom doesn't like the Kirby because she prefers a canister vacuum. Her vacuum does a better job of picking dirt, but it doesn't shampoo the carpet or inflate an air matress! And every two years my mom is getting a new vacuum.