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Purple Air-Way Vacuum |
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Post# 52515 , Reply# 2   9/26/2008 at 21:37 (5,662 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 52517 , Reply# 4   9/26/2008 at 22:44 (5,662 days old) by hoover28 (Oneida N.Y.)   |   | |
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air-tec bags. thay are great. 3 ply hepa cloth bag. Chris CLICK HERE TO GO TO hoover28's LINK |
Post# 52525 , Reply# 5   9/27/2008 at 07:20 (5,661 days old) by buyitjody ()   |   | |
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Chris - Are you referring to the AlleRx bags or what they call the MeltBlown bags? |
Post# 52593 , Reply# 6   9/27/2008 at 23:02 (5,661 days old) by hoover28 (Oneida N.Y.)   |   | |
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the allerx bags. thay dont make the meltblown bags any more. Chris |
Post# 52608 , Reply# 7   9/28/2008 at 10:18 (5,660 days old) by dsmiler ()   |   | |
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I ordered bags from two suppliers. They claim to be made to oem specs but who knows. I will see when they come in. I don't know what the original should be like so if anyone wants one to compare let me know. Scott |
Post# 52615 , Reply# 9   9/28/2008 at 14:37 (5,660 days old) by dsmiler ()   |   | |
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I ordered bags from two distributors. I personally do not have an airway but if these bags are the correct thing I will keep them in stock. Scott |
Post# 52647 , Reply# 10   9/28/2008 at 19:21 (5,660 days old) by buyitjody ()   |   | |
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Scott - If you would like to drop some by to let me test them, let me know. :-) Then I will at least know where I can buy GOOD bags in town. |
Post# 52840 , Reply# 14   10/2/2008 at 07:12 (5,656 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA)   |   | |
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The Air Tec bags work very well in both the new and older Air Way machines. After Air-Way stopped making the greenish color bags that they had done for many years they went to a blue color bag. I never felt the blue bags worked nearly as well as the Air Tec bags. I use my Air-Way all the time and love it. As far as repair, any good Vac Shop will be able to fix the vacuum for you. It is my understanding that you can not use the older Air-Way bags with the card board collar in the newer Air-Way machines. The suction is much stronger in the new models and will fold the cardboard collar bags back into the machine. Morgan |
Post# 53016 , Reply# 16   10/5/2008 at 13:08 (5,653 days old) by dsmiler ()   |   | |
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The bags I received look kinda thin. Plastic collar, thin paper. I ordered bags from Vita-Mix to compare. They sure are proud of their bags. |
Post# 53172 , Reply# 17   10/8/2008 at 10:43 (5,650 days old) by dsmiler ()   |   | |
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Got the Vita Vac bags. Much better looking. |
Post# 53207 , Reply# 19   10/8/2008 at 22:10 (5,650 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA)   |   | |
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Gosh, I've missed this thread for some time but Jody has covered the ground rather well. I do sell the Air-Tec bags and recommend them for the Air-Way 88 Mark II, Mark V, Centurion and Signature Series. I do NOT recommend them for the 55, 55A, 66 or 77 series. Even the early Mark 88 with anything with less than an 9 amp motor may not be able to work correctly. The bags made for the Air-Tec Black Knight are HEPA cloth bags that have wonderful filtration. The collar may be a bit thinner than the original Air-Way products, but this will not reduce suction or allow dust to be exhausted into the air. Many believe this bag is better than the original 14 layered or 28 layered allergen wood pulp cellulose bag that made Air-Way world famous. I reserve comment other than to say my Air-Way customers LOVE this new bag. My prices are different than what Air-Tec offers and I ship nationwide. What Jody said about the founder of Air-Tec is correct. Mr. Lovely worked for Air-Way for years and became one of the national distributors. During some point in the 1970's, he became unhappy with what was happening with Air-Way and started his own company.............Air-Tec. His vacuum was essentially the Air-Way Sani-Clean, that later became known as the New Century. It was also almost a twin sister to the Royal Pony. Slight differences with both prevented a law suit on patent infringement. While the Royal pony and all Air-Way products have gone with the wind, the Air-Tec Black Knight remains a current, American made product that is an all metal bodied vacuum..........something rare these days. If I can help you with this vacuum, bags, filters or otherwise, please let me know. Charlie W. |
Post# 53341 , Reply# 21   10/11/2008 at 17:46 (5,647 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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