At £1,600 you would probably gag before buying this, however there is a 40year guarantee on parts and I don't think you can beat it when it comes to deep down cleaning. For example for years we used our panasonic cylinder vacuum recommended by Which best buy. It was good but if we used our vax, alot of dirt still came up indicating that it had not deep cleaned. After the Kirby, the water in the vax is almost clean!
Disadvantages, be very wary its bl#@£%y heavy. My wife can't lift it up the stairs and the cleaner refused to as well so I have to take it up before she arrives! I now even considering and "upstairs" vacuum. Bags are a bit of a faff to get as you have to ring up the central stockist and order them. Kirbby is a still relatively small supplier so you won't find a local branch.
One great thing is that you can vacuum the bed and it pulls up loads of dead skin and if its there, bed bugs! You tend to breath easier at night and you don't wake up with quite as disgusting a taste in your mouth. A good buy but think carefully if you want to get it.
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Advantages: Has good suction, is built to last and comes with a shampooer. Disadvantages: It's quite heavy and you have to disconnect the main upright head to attach the pipe attachments for doing the edge of the carpet.
Ankes-un-amun 04.06.2002 (03.09.2002)
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Advantages: Has good suction, is built to last and comes with a shampooer. Disadvantages: It's quite heavy and you have to disconnect the main upright head to attach the pipe attachments for doing the edge of the carpet.
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