Discontinued Kirby bags

[3rdgenvacguy]

Found out from my distributor that Kirby will discontinue the g4&5 bags as well as the g6&Ultimate G style. He claims that they will only have the G3 bags and the Style F Universal HEPA bags in the future for all late model machines.

 

[cuffs054]

3rd. I'm not sure I understand what that means. Will that effect the proformance of my Ult G?

 

[3rdgenvacguy]

Kirby bags

Allright to clear up any confusion, I gave them a call. It seems they will discontinue the brown Hepa bags which are usually labeled G6 and Ultimate G, Part #'s 197201 (3pk) and 197301 (9pk). So if you want HEPA you have to go with the Universal Style F bags which are the cloth style bags. Actually the g3 bags, and the g4 and 5 bags will work on g6 and Ultimate G and the very early Sentria. Every time Kirby came out with a new model early in the G series, they came out with a new bag that just had higher filtration. The later Sentria had the flip down bag bracket and must use the F style bags.

 

[human]

Options will continue to exist...

It sounds like they're just simplifying their supply offerings for these discontinued machines. Not really a big deal as I'm sure NOS supplies of those discontinued bags will still be available for several years to come. Suppliers of third-party bags will probably also ramp up production to fill the void. All three of my G-series Kirbys are presently fitted with genuine G3 bags, of which I've got a decent little supply, along with an even larger supply of third party Envirocare Microfiltration bags. I have no performance complaints on either type and I don't foresee myself rushing out to stock up on discontinued bags.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

That's fine with me to say the least, because I intend to revert my Classic III back to its original shake-out bag setup.

~Ben

 

[jeschbac]

Good idea, Ben.

I prefer in locals where my allergies aren't too bad to leave the original filtration in place.

 

[human]

Ugh... I can't imagine why anyone would want to shake out a vacuum bag or even a dirt cup. Makes me want to cough just to think about it. Disposable filter bags are just so neat and easy that retrofitting a machine to use a shakeout bag seems like a giant step backward to me.

 

[sptyks]

There are two major reasons why someone would want to revert their Classic series machine back to the cloth shakeout bag system.


 


One reason is because the Classic and Heritage series Kirbys have more airflow and better performance with the shakeout bag than the replaceable paper bag system which restricts airflow. Kirby overcame this problem in the G series machines by using a larger fan and a bigger motor.


 


The second reason is because the D50, D80 and the early Classic machines have a higher resale value with the original shakeout system than after they have been bojacked to use paper bags.


 


Personally, I have no problem taking the bag and emptor off my fully restored D50 out to the backyard and giving it a good shake out there. Twice a year I turn the bag inside out and vacuum it with my Hoover Windtunnel Air converted to canister mode.