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Thread Number: 35397
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Vaccum bags in your machines. |
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| Post# 380638 11/4/2017 at 08:47 (2,357 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
What do all collectors do about bags in machines that you don't use often? Do you keep a bag in every machine you have or change between machines? Personally I tend to use one bag between machines if they take the same bag. I also tend to use only one vacuum as I don't like having to put a new bag in a machine if I'm only going to use it once or twice. I don't like having bags full of stuff in multiple machines, it seems dirty to me. I'd rather just store the vacuums with no bags in them, much cleaner.
There's also the issues with vacuum bags that are in short supply or not possible to find, I'd rather not use them. I suppose something similar goes with bagless vacuums. If I clean up a bagless vacuum and don't plan to use it much, it's disappointing that one use makes it all dusty inside. | ||
| Post# 380641 , Reply# 1 11/4/2017 at 09:25 (2,357 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
All of my bagged machines use common types of bags that are plentiful and cheap--Kirby Generation 3 style bags and Electrolux 'C' and 'U' bags. I can buy those bags online by the carton for pennies apiece, so there's always plenty to go around. Every machine gets its own bag and each one is ready to go when I want to use it. The only bags I use that are semi hard to find are the Hoover 'G' bags for my QuickBroom stick vacs and the optional paper liners for my Royal Prince 501 hand vacs, but I have a good supply of both on hand.
I don't worry about storing them with a bag inside since the dirt is neatly contained. That said, I agree wholeheartedly about the bagless machines. I think those things are totally nasty and a pain in the butt to keep clean, so I refuse to own one. I can't for the life of me understand why they're so popular. | ||
| Post# 380862 , Reply# 2 11/7/2017 at 19:07 (2,353 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
I kind of recycle mine? I use partly in one, then pass on to another. My Concept gets some smell or fuller, move to the garage Decade 80, yes it's carpeted. My Kirby Diamond, less than half full take it to the kids house for the Legend 2, they fill them much faster there with 7 people and dog and cat.
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| Post# 380925 , Reply# 3 11/8/2017 at 10:07 (2,353 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
If I let any of my vacuums in my home collection stand without use for a few weeks (think 3), they all smell like dogs ((I have two BIG dogs). So I throw away the bag after two or three uses. All are stored with clean bags in them. That's why I tend to use my bagless vacuums and my Central Vacuum the very most. I can clean out the bagless machines in a moment with the Vacuflo and only my neighbors (if they are outside) have to smell the dirt.
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Post# 381117 , Reply# 5 11/11/2017 at 04:18 (2,350 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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How do you use a modified HEPA bag in your dump bag Kirbys-would like to know! | ||
| Post# 381132 , Reply# 6 11/11/2017 at 11:39 (2,350 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado) | ||
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Post# 381182 , Reply# 7 11/12/2017 at 03:40 (2,349 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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That would work--but would be a PAIN to change the HEPA "liner" bag-you can only use them so many times this way-their pores will eventually clog. | ||
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Post# 381225 , Reply# 10 11/12/2017 at 20:25 (2,348 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL) |
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 Most of my machines always have bags in them. The machines that Always have a disposable bag in them: -Kirby Charcoal HEPA bag in the Daily Driver Hoover 29 -Genuine C Bag in the Custom Hoover 1060 Hot-Rod Daily Driver -Perfect HEPA bag in the Electrolux Silverado Daily Driver
The rest are not used as heavily, but I try to keep bags in them all the time. I like to be able to take them out and use them at my leisure without the hassle of getting bags out. | ||
| Post# 382995 , Reply# 12 12/22/2017 at 04:09 (2,309 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
I keep bags in all my vacs. For completeness, and also because I would never remember if it has a bag in it or not and likely end up turning it on with no bag in. I never buy OEM bags, so it never hurts my wallet that much for a simple pack of 5 bags for each vacuum.
For bagless vacs, I give them a quick blow-out on the filter and dust cup with my Tool Shop air compressor. I forget how many gallons, but it's big enough to need wheels. $89 on clearance at the hardware store, I use it several times a month with various cleaning-related repairs so it was a wise investment. 100psi with the precision blow gun makes quick work of those filters. I used it on my Eureka Optima which still has the same filter in it from when it was bought, and you wouldn't believe all the caked dirt that flew out of there. The vacuum ran like new afterwards, you would have thought it was a new filter. I will get a new filter for it though when I refurb it, it's slowly been breaking piece by piece over time and it needs to be gone over. | ||
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Post# 383042 , Reply# 13 12/23/2017 at 01:55 (2,308 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Careful in using 100 PSI air on airfilters-you could rip the filter material.Hold the blow gun a few inches from the filter you are blowing.Holding the blower nozzle against the filter might rip it.Another canister vacuum set up as a blower is safer for filters.And---Blow them out OUTSIDE!!! | ||
| Post# 383155 , Reply# 14 12/27/2017 at 04:35 (2,304 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
Well, what I do with my vacuums is I only keep a couple in daily use at one time. And I use both until the bag is completely full & need to be changed, at that time if I decide to change machines the vacuum that was used gets stored with a fresh bag.
I agree with Huskyvacs about using generic bags - there usually isn't much of a difference in quality between generic/aftermarket & OEM. I usually buy HEPA Cloth generic bags unless there is a huge difference in quality (like generic Miele & OEM Miele bags), & I buy them in bulk on Amazon. If they start to smell with little dirt in them because of sitting around, I don't feel bad about it since I paid so little for them. Rob | ||
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