Factory Reconditioned Gsix Kirby Vacuum LOADED HEPA

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• ASIN: B0019I1N2G
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Hideous monstrosity..., April 26, 2009

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C. Wilson "Thai massage practitioner" (TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Factory Reconditioned Gsix Kirby Vacuum LOADED HEPA

Ours wasn't reconditioned...it was new. First, it's hard to say what is more ridiculous, how much it weighs (not for the elderly or non-weightlifting Olympians) and how difficult and time-consuming it is just to switch from floor-suction mode to the hose attachment in order to clean along baseboards and any other place the clunky chrome housing cannot go. In fact, it doesn't matter that it can supposedly clean a thousand different ways...changing attachments is such a tremendous hassle that you will quickly decide to leave the bulky box of extras in the back of the closet, where it will gather dust. The rest of your home will quickly gather dust as well because cleaning ANYTHING other than obvious traffic paths on the floor is just too tedious to mess with.

And let's not forget the bag! They aren't cheap OR easy to change, and you will need to change the bag when it's only half-full...or less, if you actually want to pick up dirt from the floor.

After three years of purgatory with this thing I was ready for it to have an "accident" so I could buy something else. My husband (who purchased the Kirby and fell for the pitch that it would "last forever and handle all household cleaning needs") couldn't believe anything could be better so I slowly cleaned a carpeted area with a new bag in the Kirby Gsix, then made a quick pass with the DC-7 Dyson. It was truly shocking how much that Kirby was leaving behind and how light and easy the Dyson was to use. ESPECIALLY the wand/hose tool...which is always attached! Just press a button and literally less than a second later you're using the hose and can pop it back on just as quickly to continue cleaning floors.

I know there are Kirby fans, but I'm not one of them. Even if the Dyson only cleaned as well as the Kirby Gsix and not considerably better, our house would still be cleaner because the Dyson is so easy and pleasurable to use and so efficient that it's used more often than the Kirby ever was.