I'm not bashing, but I've let the bag on my Kirby 1CR fill about 3/4 full, it held enough crap to fill half a 5-gallon bucket, and guess how it treated my carpets? It kept on sucking!!!!
Me too, even I keep a good shop-vac on hand! My faithful little Genie 6 Gallon has been serving me faithfully whenever the moment calls, it's a shame Genie left the market!