Kirby G5 Upright Cleaner

What I love about the Kirby is it is an outstanding vacuum. It is built from high quality materials and is engineered to pick up the dirt using high airflow and low vacuum as opposed to most vacuums which promote 'clean air'. Those vacuums use high vacuum and low airflow. Ultimately it is airflow that will clean a carpet. The folks at Kirby know this and have stood by a tried and true design when other companies, even the biggest, have experimented with other designs. That good old high airflow works the best overall in my oppinion because those other, bigger companies still utilize this design on their vacuums. One, inparticular actually went back to the airflow design for their flagship model after being acredited for pioneering the clean air design, on that very model. What this tells me is Kirby knew what they were doing all along.The title of this review says it all though, for me. My G-4 and G-5 picked up the same if not more dirt in one of those recent promotions for the latest model. I'm proud of my two Kirby's for performing so well. I maintain them myself because they are so easy to work on.I clean carpets for a living and can testify to the wonderful capabilities of the Kirby shampoo set-up. I always tell my customers sure, let me professionally steam clean it once and you can easily maintain it for life with your Kirby's shampoo set-up,it's actually gentler on the fibers. Nothing beats that shine of a carpet cleaned with a Kirby.