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Thread Number: 39625
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Whatever happened to twister cups? |
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| Post# 420391 2/22/2020 at 08:55 (1,522 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
Back in the late '90's/early 2000's I recall some canisters (I think it was Sharp and Kenmore) having twister cups on the side of the wand. They were also called "bag savers." Other than making the wand obviously more clunky to maneuver, it seemed like the ideal hybrid for someone who wanted bagless/bag technology. I have a Kenmore E4 upright with that same type of twister cup. Are any canisters still made like this?
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| Post# 420399 , Reply# 1 2/22/2020 at 11:30 (1,522 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
Like many early 2000's bagless systems, those "bag savers" were highly inefficient, reducing the vacuum's airflow to next to nothing. They were mostly a sales gimmick. I could never see one actually working. I will attach a picture of one.
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| Post# 420418 , Reply# 2 2/22/2020 at 18:07 (1,522 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 420420 , Reply# 3 2/22/2020 at 18:17 (1,522 days old) by EurekaFanSquid (Sacramento, California) | ||
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| Post# 420437 , Reply# 4 2/22/2020 at 21:38 (1,522 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
Performance loss!
Other than one example shown by Mikko these generally eat your airflow reducing cleaning performance. Here's one I tested with my Henry 200-11 as we can see there was a huge performance drop.
The other thing is while these will stop the coarser particles the fine ones will get through which would end up clogging the bag anyways, probably at a slower pace but still.
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| Post# 420449 , Reply# 5 2/23/2020 at 05:01 (1,521 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.) | ||
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It's essentially making your vacuum a bagless model..... even if it already is one.
But like all bagless vacs, it's a bad idea because of the mess of cleaning up the dirt from the container. Plus you've got this dirt container flopping around on the wand. | ||
| Post# 420492 , Reply# 6 2/23/2020 at 19:10 (1,521 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
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| Post# 420522 , Reply# 7 2/24/2020 at 08:45 (1,520 days old) by Mike811 (Finland) | ||
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| Post# 420545 , Reply# 8 2/24/2020 at 16:40 (1,520 days old) by vaclab (Pickerington, Ohio) | ||
Devin & Mike | ||
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