The cup version failed!!! The vacuum was covered in dust from air leaking around it. It was embarrassing. If anyone buys a beast like this, get the bag. It worked great today
I’m in the mood to buy another vacuum
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So the task vacuum motor died before the first bag got changed.
Who's task vacuum? My conquest is still working great! I was on some pig astroturf yesterday and it nailed it
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must have shut itself off. It was plugged up pretty good. Got home and it seams ok now.Thought this was where I talked about the taski.
I was drooling over that vacuum last week. Was there a tiny button hidden somewhere that needed to be pushed like the proteam vacuum?
The thermal overload on the motor tripped. Remove the clog, wait about 30 mins and it will reset.
hogjowl
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Buy a Shark
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Buy a shark. Show up with the same vacuum as your customer and charge 100 bucks an hour. Good plan.
Lee Stockwell
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Nah, just compliment them on their great choice. No problem.
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When I show up to get the check engine light in my car checked I really hope the mechanic has a 30 dollar bluetooth code reader to diagnose what my problem is.
Dolly Llama
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meh..
no knock on dog 'n pony shows, glitz 'n pretty lights...
but it's all fluff
bring in any decent vac and use it and you've done more than 92.8777% of CC'ers
It's also an opportunity to educate them that it's not so much the vac, but most about keeping it maintained (like empty the dawgone bag or cup and clean filters more than once a millennium) and how to use it right (like stop "sawing" back n forth at warp speed) and let the vac do the work
they'll appreciate and get more value out of that than a vac they've never seen before
having said that.....if I was jan/san, a bitty head Shark would be my last choice
..L.T.A.
And cutting the hair off the brush roll.
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Yep. That’s Jimmy’s advice right there. It looks like I’m in the market for another residential vacuum. This happened about an hour ago
I should’ve used the ugly Hoover instead of this one
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I have 4 pro teams with thousands of hours by multiple people. Never had that happen.
I could not be any prouder.
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Yes that's what happened. I think the maintenance man was using it and we have several 17 year olds so I need to keep a closer eye on it I guess.
Real happy with it so far. The proteam has been real good too.
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Have about a dozen of them.
Should I strap 2 or 3 together for commercial jobs?
Trip Moses
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Strap five together have employees do a three legged race.
Trip Moses
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You don’t like Pawn Shop Kirbys?
My pawn shops around here are a joke
Trip Moses
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There are plenty of pawn shop Kirby’s around here. I have no idea about shipping one but I could pick you up one between 125-150 bucks. Sometimes $100.
Nah, I'll let you know when I want one. thanks
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I can find kirby's in dumpsters. Dont need pawn shops.
If it's the lower housing it costs about 46 bucks. If its the nozzle housing it's around 50 bucks.
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If you haven't tried an oreck commercial yet try that after the poweeflite. You can get attachments with some models too but I've never tried those.
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Unless it’s actually broken, ITS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.... that’s how you change the power head, or put a different size head on... 12”-15” for example.....
