Originally Posted By: larry818
Although Kirbys can come with an amazing assortment of accessories (cable driven car polisher, floor sander, etc...), including power head, it gets kind of inconvenient to use. For stairs, a basic canister would be best. I had a canister at one time that was no wider than a stair step, which was useful.


Can you buy Kirby's retail in the US? In the UK I think they are only sold in-home using high-pressure sales. A former colleague did it for a couple of years and was apparently very successful but gave it up because he couldn't handle the unethical sales methods required. A friend of my parents apparently endured a three hour pitch and was "forced" to give them the names of five friends before they would leave (I would have physically removed them myself long before then, but they are wet lettuces).