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Poor old Compact!!
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Post# 235085   6/3/2013 at 20:29 (3,951 days old) by kenkart ()        

Man has it seen some heavy use lately, aside from tons of sheetrock dust, it also has been used to power the Kirby Turbo Sander ,we sanded about 5 layers of paint off of the kitchen cabinets, im going to give it a good cleaning soon, I used this one because its not as pristine as some of my others.

Post# 235086 , Reply# 1   6/3/2013 at 20:32 (3,951 days old) by kenkart ()        
I found out for sure!

A Compact maintains suction much longer than an Electrolux, I started out with a Silverado, but that fine dust stopped it up so fast I was using way too many bags, The Compact held its airflow much longer.

Post# 235089 , Reply# 2   6/3/2013 at 20:56 (3,951 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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Yes, I agree there, owning both.Poor little guy

Post# 235095 , Reply# 3   6/3/2013 at 21:57 (3,951 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)        

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I used my filter queen one time to do some sheetrock dusting and you could hear the pitch run high almost at once and it was just "light" dusting. I had an old dyson I didn't care anything about so I did the rest of it with that and gave my FQ a good bath. One time Mom and I used her Vortech when we took the "popcorn crap" off the ceiling, it did pretty well.

Post# 235179 , Reply# 4   6/4/2013 at 16:46 (3,950 days old) by papasvacs (Lauderdale Lakes, FL)        
Love my Compact...............

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With a dog and a cat in the house, it fills quickly as a daily driver.  I was using too many disposable bags. 

 

I have a C-7 and a C-9 with a power nozzle.

 

Greg F.


Post# 235197 , Reply# 5   6/4/2013 at 19:28 (3,950 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)        

Did U use micro-lined paper bags, single-ply paper bags (with the cloth bag) or just the cloth bag only? Micro-lined bags retain airflow & suction longer; & keep the fine dust contained inside the micro-lined paper bag.

I use micro-lined paper bags inside the cloth bag & HEPA motor filter with all of my Compact/TriStar vacuums & no dust leaks past the micro-lined bag.

Is there any HEPA bags available for the Compact/TriStar? The "supercharged" EXL is my daily driver; the vintage machines get less use since I got the EXL.



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