How Do You, Dump Your Vacuum Bag?

Last time I ended with this possible suggestion:

"If you were to rubber band a trash bag directly under the opening, (make sure you empty it outside), you could probally shake out the contents without it getting all over the vacuum or you!! I've never tried to do it this way, but I bet it would work... Any other suggestions?"

Soooo, Kirby admirers, what is your experiences, when you empty your vaccum bags???

I'd really enjoy hearing from other Kirby owners....

Just a short post today, gotta go, pretty busy helping my sister.

Until next time, see ya!

I Think My Kirby Model 515 Is 53 Years Old!!

Another thing I like about my old red plaid Kirby vacuum, is that it has a reasonably quite motor too.

The newer vaccums, I've noticed, seem to have raucously loud motors, I wear earplugs when I use them! They are in good working condition, if they need a new belt, etc, my husband replaces and cleans them up before I use them.

The newer vacuums having loud motors, are not because of something being wrong with them. Yet they don't seem to have the cleaning suction power, for the amount of noise they make!

I've been trying to do a little research, to find out how old my red plaid Kirby vacuum is. It has on a metal plate on the bottom of the metal vacuum head, "Kirby", with machine #114029 WS, patent #'s 2538464, 2598120 and 2268970, other patents are pending, and Model 515. Because of wear, we can't quite read all the small print on the metal plate.

It doesn't have any "Kirby" logos anywhere on the vacuum bag or on the front aluminum cleaning head. It only has a round red circle, with what looks like the "sun" or outline of an "eye, with eyelashes". See detailed photos below...

It has a very long red power cord, red wheels, and a full aluminum body and round handle. You push the aluminum on/off power foot button switch on the left side of the vacuum head, near the bottom, where the power cord plugs into the machine.

However, my research shows, the closest description of a "red plaid vacuum bag", puts it to be the "Kirby Classic lll, and was made from 1976-1979. However, because of the medal plate on the bottom of the machine which shows what looks like Model 515, seems to be a Kirby made in 1955.

But things don't quite match up with the description of this vacuum either. None of the rest of my description fits, because there is NO logo anywhere on the bag or medallion on the front of the vacuum head, and the vacuum bag seems to be the wrong color. My research shows that Kirby didn't start using the logo until the 1930's.

However, the "Kirby Classic lll", has the red plaid bag, which seems to be the only thing that matches up with my vacuum, and has a red on/off power foot button, and has the "Kirby" logo on the front vacuum head medallion.

The only thing that matches up with my Kirby Classic lll vacuum, is the red plaid bag!

So it's a little confusing, to try and match which machine this actually is, or how old it really is.

Humm, my Kirby is either, around 30 years old (1976), or 53 years old (1955), or much, much older (no logo, pre-1930's)!!! However, because it's a Model 515, it seems that it is 53 years old.

Either way it still works great!!!

Anybody got any ideas on what's going on with my Kirby, no logo, red plaid bag, model 515?? Could it be a "re-conditioned" Kirby with parts from different years???

See my detailed photos below, titled:
"Kirby Red Plaid-No Logo" to "Kirby Red Plaid-Aluminum Handle Detail"
(They post at the bottom of my blogs...)

Gotta go, see ya, until next time....

Old But Reliable! New-To-Me Kirby Vacuum

WOW!!! See my photos below...
...Titled: "Who Me??" to "That's Allot Of Dirt and Dog Hair !!!
(They post at the bottom of my blogs...)

I guess at this point in time, I should " fess-up"...

I've only really been using this old red plaid Kirby vaccum for the last month or so! I call it "old faithful", because it's the old heavy duty upright vacuum. That's why I'm so surprised every time I use it!! It vacuums up sooo much dirt, dust, and dog hair, I'm amazed every time I dump out the bag. I dump the bag after each use.

Let me explain... my husband found this Kirby vacuum in the trash hopper at the apartment complex where he works. He's always bringing me home different vaccuum cleaners. It seems when people move out of their apartments, for some strange reason they throw away their perfectly good vaccuums when they move.

That makes it nice for me, I can use the different vacuums, and decide which ones clean the best, handle the best, pick up dog hair and dirt the best, if there too heavy or hard to push, etc... and which ones I like the best...

I really like this old red plaid Kirby Upright Vacuum Cleaner!!!

I really like this Kirby vacuum because, besides the fact that it has the power to really suck up sooo much dirt, and dog hair, I also find it's easy to handle, push and pull, when vacuuming. It's made out of aluminum, so it's not super heavy. It's vacuuming head is about 13 inches wide, adjustable, up and down according to the height of your carpet, or floor. I like that it goes from vacuuming the carpet, to the floor, to vacuuming over throw rugs without, "eating" the throw rugs!! It has a very long electric cord too. I like the fact that I can see all the dirt, dog hair, etc, when I dump the bag each time after vacuuming.

The only "down side", is when you dump out the vacuum bag, it can be messy. But for the power it has for getting the dog hair and dirt sucked out of my carpets and floors, it's well worth a little "mess" to me. Since I dump my bag outside, all the dirt and dog hair goes back into my dirt backyard, so it's not a problem for me. I make sure that I'm standing up wind, so the dirt and hair blows away from me when I'm shaking out the bag.

However, as a suggestion, if you were to rubber band a trash bag directly under the opening, (make sure you empty it outside), you could probally shake out the contents without it getting all over the vacuum or you!! I've never tried to do it this way, but I bet it would work... Any other suggestions?

Since I have all these different vaccums to choose from, I'll be discussing the others as I go along, like the "old faithful" blue bag upright...

Gotta go, until next time... see ya!