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Another one of the Conquest...

So I got a couple of new vacs this weekend. One of them was a Hoover Conquest that I actually bought over a month ago! Thanks so much to Eric and Austin for making this happen for me! Eric found it on Craigslist in Dallas and picked it up for me. He was of course paid immediately. It was an...

Cyclonic action? It's got this 90˚ elbow in the intake to direct the air away from the filter. Filter-Queeny!

Pretty powerful too! Pulls 56"!!

New filter! Has a new filter........pretty cool! The dangling metal basket thing in the bottom of the filter is a bit odd.....seems like a fixed cage would have made more sense?

Made in October '71...

And another.... Says it's for dry pickup only!

So what is this thing? Is it a shop vac? Canister vac? It's pretty powerful! I like it...

No.......this was NOT a draw........ Here is a Photoshop side by side of the Kirby vs the Sanitaire. On the left is the Sanitaire bag from today. Used once after the Kirby was used for 3 days. On the right is the Kirby bag from last Saturday. It was used once after the Sanitaire had been...

And of course the compulsory side-by-side... And here's the 3 day Kirby bag next to the one-use Sanitaire bag. Just like the first go round with the Sanitaire being used first.

Meh you say.... Scroll up and look at the Kirby bag from last week's run for a very good comparison as to what I'm talking about here. The Sanitaire pulled a massive amount of dirt from this carpet! FAR more than the Kirby ever dreamed of last week! There's fur, dirt, dust, and a LOT of...

Now for the Sanitaire's bag... Remember.......this is the SAME test run in reverse from last week. If everyone's claims were right, the Kirby and the Sanitaire should have about the same amount of crud in their bags in the "they went last" run right? For perfect clarification....... This week...

So here's the results... So here are the long awaited results. God this house gets NASTY during a week! Here is the Kirby bag. Keep in mind, this is the souped up Generation 3 with the metal fan. I've used it 3 times this week on the same days that I vacuumed with the Sanitaire last week...

I had my own method for the Type C's. I would lay the handle down and pick up the front and shake all the crap towards the handle. Then remove the entire bag from the machine and hold it upside down and take it to the trash. No acrobatics required to hold the machine in position and it was a lot...

IDK about the metal being more durable.....I'd probably s&*t myself if the fan ever broke while I was using it. They definitely have better performance though due to the fact that the material is tough enough to have taller vanes with better angles to push the air harder. I personally like both...

I've never had any of the problems you describe with the F&G bags, however I did once have a stick launched through the filltube. THAT made a mess.... Compared to the Hoover Type-C setup, the F&G bag is a CAKEWALK to change! At least you're not trying to keep all the dirt and mess from going...

It's not the dog that's the odor problem. She's a long haired breed so she's got none of the lanolin that makes dogs "smell". It's the dirt she brings in from the yard. We had the driest 18 month span on record that ended in March, and the yard got severely drought-burned last year. It's still...

One of these days I'll find the conversion kit for the F&G style machines so I can try out the ST bags. They seem like they'd probably work a bit better since they're actually the cloth bags. That's my biggest gripe about the F&G style is how FAST they clog up! Even the filteraire bags are a...

Why? The VGII works better. if you want a VGIII, get one of the generic wooden ones. They'll probably work about the same.

Oh wow...it's in surprisingly nice shape! Unfortunately funds are limited at the moment...