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DillyDallyAllie
Camarillo, CA
The only thing it sucks is the money out of your wallet
1 star rating

too busy to make beds
Pros

    Sales Pitch

Cons
    Poor Suction, Not easy to switch modes, Emits odors of dust, Light burns out quickly, Bulky, Belt fall off often, Overpriced, Heavy

NOV
6
2008
 

Kirby Vacuum - Kirby Ultimate G Diamond Edition — 

I can't believe I actually begged my spouse to get me the Kirby Diamond Edition.  I was amazed by the in-home demonstration and was happy to think that I could do both dry and wet jobs with this one unit.  After I forked over $2,000 and started getting busy cleaning all of those dust mites from the mattress and couch, I soon realized the Royal Airo-Pro 1000 (valued at under $100) worked way better than the Kirby Diamond Edition.  This vacuum should have been named the Kirby Zirconia!  The Kirby is not very user friendly.  It starts emitting odors of dust after only a few uses and the replacement bags are way over priced.  The wet vacuum feature was a joke.  I still have to rent a unit from the Rug Doctor, since the Kirby is too difficult to switch modes from dry to wet.  The parts are heavy and do not assemble easily.  The belt smells burnt even if not unattahced.  However, when the belt comes loose, it is hard to reattach and aligned.  I wish I would have never answered the door the day the Kirby Rep came to town.  I feel the only thing good about the Kirby is the sales pitch.  Buyer beware...save your money and get a Royal.



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Sunny494 wrote on Feb 10, 2009 at 1:28PM

I own a Kirby Ultimate G Diamond Edition, and I too am so very sorry I answered the door when the Kirby rep came.

I paid $1200.00 for this vacuum and dread using it. It is soooo heavy, the hose falls apart when using the attachments, and on some of my really expensive rugs it has pulled out little fibers. I have set the height so many times trying to get it to actually clean my rugs to no avail except to do damage. The handle has actually fallen off during vacuuming!

The other drawback is that most of my house is pine floors, then I have area rugs in all rooms, so I have to first use the hard floor attachement and then go all the way back through the house with the main head attached to clean the rugs. Way to time consuming for me. This vacuum is just a real pain to me, and I'm just sick that I spent so much money!

MikeMaroon wrote on Nov 8, 2008 at 10:18AM

That's too bad. Way, WAY back in the day, when I sold Kirby's door-to-door, they were a good product! Too expensive, but a good product.

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