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Post# 230494   4/29/2013 at 07:18 (4,013 days old) by shinymac (USA)        

Hi

I have always been fascinated by the sight of a fully inflated dustbag on the older upright vacs.

I was wondering what everyones opinion would be as to which vac had or has the largest dustbag when fully inflated ?

Thanks


Post# 230532 , Reply# 1   4/29/2013 at 14:11 (4,013 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)        

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I don't know if it's the biggest, but certainly one of the biggest I can recall is the cloth dustbag on the Hoover Commercial 91/913/918. Somehow it seemed larger than the residential cleaners, but I could be wrong.

- Hershel


Post# 230560 , Reply# 2   4/29/2013 at 16:33 (4,013 days old) by Electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

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Yes, the old Hoover 913 et al bags were pretty big, but I think the older Kirby bags (509 thru Tradition) were fatter at the top than the Hoover commercial bags.


Post# 230587 , Reply# 3   4/29/2013 at 21:38 (4,013 days old) by Brandon_W_T ()        

I think the Hoover model 0 could take the cake for that. It had a pretty large cylinder shaped bag. Also the Hoover Conquest has a massive bag too.

Post# 230598 , Reply# 4   4/30/2013 at 02:16 (4,013 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)        

How about NSS M1 bags or bags on external filter wet-dry vacuums.The external bags on 55 gal drum vacuums are huge!They can hold several bushels of dust.

Post# 230957 , Reply# 5   5/2/2013 at 16:47 (4,010 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        
One Word,

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Clarke 500.


Post# 231101 , Reply# 6   5/3/2013 at 19:35 (4,009 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH)        
General Electric/Premier Vacuums of the 40's....

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Has to be one of the biggest....pr-21

Post# 231106 , Reply# 7   5/3/2013 at 20:53 (4,009 days old) by kirbybag (topeka ks )        
kirby

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i think the older kirby the dustbag inflat big.

Post# 231312 , Reply# 8   5/5/2013 at 14:39 (4,007 days old) by parwaz786 ( )        

Numatics take approx 3-6 months to fill up

Post# 231318 , Reply# 9   5/5/2013 at 15:05 (4,007 days old) by Ultimatevacman ( Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK)        

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You're right Tayyab. Although I never let the bag get full In my Numatic's, I usally change the bag once it's 1/3 full.

- Joe


Post# 232001 , Reply# 10   5/10/2013 at 01:07 (4,003 days old) by parwaz786 ( )        

Fab idea :)

Post# 236178 , Reply# 11   6/11/2013 at 23:01 (3,970 days old) by packardmanken (atlanta ga)        
clarke 500

I just found and bought a clarke 500 and it runs beautifully. Very quite and lots of suction. I found bags for it as well as a belt online (not bought yet) and need brush strips. The vac was stored somewhere outside, maybe a barn because it has dirt daubers mud nests built on the bag?
I need to find replacement brush strips as something has nibbled at them and there is not much left ! (probably a critter in the barn)
Any ideas? This thing is a caricature of a vaccum. It it HUGE!!
Thanks!


Post# 236179 , Reply# 12   6/11/2013 at 23:07 (3,970 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Well, if you look at a HOOVER 28, for instance,

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that is one large bag when inflated.

Post# 236184 , Reply# 13   6/12/2013 at 00:41 (3,970 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)        

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There was a Mastercraft upright that I know of, probably from the 80s, that had a HUGE bag. It was very wide from what I remember. It was in my local vac shop for the longest time when I was little. Maybe someone can confirm that?

 

Chase


Post# 236196 , Reply# 14   6/12/2013 at 08:47 (3,969 days old) by kirbyvacuum (Long Island New York)        

I think the Kirby 505

Post# 236373 , Reply# 15   6/13/2013 at 15:13 (3,968 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        
Oh, I think I know what you're talking about!

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One of those big cormerical wide-track cleaner thingys!

 

Disney-World uses them, I remember seeing an out-door version being pushed around by a custodian during a vacation some time ago :D

 

@PackardManken, Where did you find a Clarke 500? I've always dreamed of finding one of those!

As for brush strips, Good luck, the vacuum itself is an insane find! perhaps you could find a similar replacement, though, would it be possible for you to post some pictures?

 

Thanks,

-Alex.



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