Best and worst aftermarket brand of bags?

[mariotron]

Just a little fun question here.
I genuinely use HEPA OEMs when it comes to my Kirby aftermarket when it comes to other brands especially Bissell and my Ridgid shop vacs i gotten after market. Some pretty good some made really thin and prone to tears and poor filtering.

One good one I found for Bissell was the Clean fairy style 7 HEPA bags which are MILES better than the OEM and Fabreeze ones. Not just filtering but last overall longer because of the cloth vs the paper.

Any other brands you guys used that were just as good if not better than OEM? And what brands do you NOT recommend?

 

[vaccumkid]

Just a little fun question here.
I genuinely use HEPA OEMs when it comes to my Kirby aftermarket when it comes to other brands especially Bissell and my Ridgid shop vacs i gotten after market. Some pretty good some made really thin and prone to tears and poor filtering.

One good one I found for Bissell was the Clean fairy style 7 HEPA bags which are MILES better than the OEM and Fabreeze ones. Not just filtering but last overall longer because of the cloth vs the paper.

Any other brands you guys used that were just as good if not better than OEM? And what brands do you NOT recommend?

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[vaccumkid]

The clean fairy are very good bags for those Bissels

 

[cheesewonton]

DVC makes very good synthetic HEPA dust bags. Casa Vacuums does too with one exception, their Style P bag for the Aerus Guardian Platinum has too thin a mounting card and caves in when you shut the lid. But otherwise their synthetic bags are five layer and very good. Menalux and Swirl are two brands you don't see in the US but they also sell synthetic HEPA dust bags for a lot of older vacuums that were never sold with a synthetic bag. If you have a Swedish made Eureka like the S6982/83/84 Home Cleaning System or Europa, all Eureka sold were miserable leaky paper bags. Menalux has synthetic bags that fit since the Swedish Eurekas all have a European counterpart. I buy their bags through fhp.fi in Finland, though I have not tried to buy anything since Jupiter ( the orange colored gas giant ) instituted tariffs.

 

[mariotron]

I forgot to mention these! Kobolenz HEPA F&G bags are AMAZING. I had to clean an old carpet in a large house for my grandma (I got her a Sentria that fixed up now) that haven't been properly vacuumed in a good while and that had drywall dust in it BAD due to some carless renovators but It worked great in my rescued Eureka 5134B. Absolutely no dust leaked and the neck/trunk being the fabric material bag changes were super easy. I love F&G bags for their size and lack of a fill tube poking out the front of the outer bag but the tearing on some other brands sucked.

Only down side is they ARE pricey.

Sorry if the machine looks dirty that's when I first rescued it.

 

[cheesewonton]

I forgot to mention these! Kobolenz HEPA F&G bags are AMAZING. I had to clean an old carpet in a large house for my grandma (I got her a Sentria that fixed up now) that haven't been properly vacuumed in a good while and that had drywall dust in it BAD due to some carless renovators but It worked great in my rescued Eureka 5134B. Absolutely no dust leaked and the neck/trunk being the fabric material bag changes were super easy. I love F&G bags for their size and lack of a fill tube poking out the front of the outer bag but the tearing on some other brands sucked.

Only down side is they ARE pricey.

Sorry if the machine looks dirty that's when I first rescued it.

Kenmore has fantastic synthetic HEPA dust bags. The thread was about aftermarket bags so I didn't mention them but yes Kenmore bags are the best.

 

[centralsweeper63]

I usually use new-old stock bags where possible. For example if I see bags for something older in an op-shop I will buy them.

 

[kirbylux77]

One brand I have grown to dislike is Envirocare. Their Miele FJM and GN generic bags are absolute garbage! Poor quality HEPA Cloth material that clogs easily, and the rubber seal breaks off the collar too. Their other bags are definitely sourced, you can tell from looking at them. And they are no better than any others, and overpriced compared to other generic brands too.

I have also seen their generic HEPA Filters are pretty bad too. Bought one for my Simplicity Gusto and was not pleased with the difference in quality! Same for my Electrolux S filter for my Electrolux UltraCaptic.

 

[mariotron]

One brand I have grown to dislike is Envirocare. Their Miele FJM and GN generic bags are absolute garbage! Poor quality HEPA Cloth material that clogs easily, and the rubber seal breaks off the collar too. Their other bags are definitely sourced, you can tell from looking at them. And they are no better than any others, and overpriced compared to other generic brands too.

I have also seen their generic HEPA Filters are pretty bad too. Bought one for my Simplicity Gusto and was not pleased with the difference in quality! Same for my Electrolux S filter for my Electrolux UltraCaptic.

I think I know exactly what you mean about the EnviroCare bags. I cant confirm that's what i used but I got some off brand Kirby HEPA bags for free when I got some shampoo and they had this same weird notched collar that's SUPER TIGHT looked almost like these minus the seal sticker and mine had green markings on the little tabs. Not 100% sure if that's what I'm supposed to do but I would press two tabs in for a twist style machine to make it fit. They seemed to filter well as far as not leaving dust in the outer bag but I absolutely hate unprinted bags lol.

 

[mariotron]

Kenmore has fantastic synthetic HEPA dust bags. The thread was about aftermarket bags so I didn't mention them but yes Kenmore bags are the best.

I haven't used a Kenmore in soooo long but I hear they still make good machines and nice to hear their bags are up to snuff too. And sure mentioning your fav OEM bags is cool too!

I have noticed higher end fabric bags are more tighter woven and or thicker.

 

[cheesewonton]

I haven't used a Kenmore in soooo long but I hear they still make good machines and nice to hear their bags are up to snuff too. And sure mentioning your fav OEM bags is cool too!

I have noticed higher end fabric bags are more tighter woven and or thicker.

I have Kenmore canisters going back to the late 1940s, one of almost every canister body Kenmore sold. Not ever model but just about every body. The current 600 Series "Pop-N-G0" canister is the best vacuum Kenmore has ever sold. I still cherish and use a 1982 Sears Best Kenny and will never part with it but in all honesty the new 600 Series is a better vacuum in just about every possible way. The Chinese company that now makes Kenmore vacuums, Suzhou Cleva Electric Appliance Co Ltd has made significant improvements in materials, fit and finish and the power nozzles compared to the Progressive series vacuums made by Panasonic and they are light years better than the old Whirlpool made Kennys I have.

 

[centralsweeper63]

That is lovely to hear. good to hear that at least SOMETHING is getting better instead of worse.

 

[mariotron]

I have Kenmore canisters going back to the late 1940s, one of almost every canister body Kenmore sold. Not ever model but just about every body. The current 600 Series "Pop-N-G0" canister is the best vacuum Kenmore has ever sold. I still cherish and use a 1982 Sears Best Kenny and will never part with it but in all honesty the new 600 Series is a better vacuum in just about every possible way. The Chinese company that now makes Kenmore vacuums, Suzhou Cleva Electric Appliance Co Ltd has made significant improvements in materials, fit and finish and the power nozzles compared to the Progressive series vacuums made by Panasonic and they are light years better than the old Whirlpool made Kennys I have.

Genuinely surprised they're actually improving! I've actually been curious about both the Pop and Go (never had a proper canister) and their Intuition specifically the lift off because NO ONE else makes a bagged vac like the for some reason lol and I haven't seen much talk on the latter.