I agree
Yes people are using these great old vacs for crap jobs and the plastic crap machines for their home cleaning which is a shame. I do use an old Electrolux for my nasty jobs but also have much better Electrolux’s I dare not use for such. I tried a shop vac but was disgusted with it constantly clogging and how nasty it was to clean out, hence I decide to replace it with an older Electrolux. Surprisingly, I have had very good luck with using the old Electrolux for these nasty jobs...the dirt gets all contained into the self sealing bags and I never have a nasty clean out job to do on the machine and the machine is so well built it is much better than a cheap noisy plastic shop vac and I love the Electrolux tools as well so much prefer to use it than a clumsy shop vac.
I rarely have had any issues with the bags tearing or otherwise failing. If so it was when I was pulling it out to change it and it was full anyway. I’m quite leased at the filtration I get from the Electrolux. Those 4 ply bags do keep the dirt captured quite well.
Since I was realizing that some of the nasty remodel jobs I was doing I was likely sucking up stuff that could be carcinogenic or was just downright really nasty, I decided I wanted a vac for the job that I could trust to thoroughly capture the dust and dirt and not to have to deal with cleaning filters or dumping nasty dirt out that could be a hazard, hence I chose the Old Electrolux and it is a pure pleasure to use for these jobs because no longer do I see, touch, or breathe the nasty stuff I pick up, even when it’s time to change the bag. I just be careful not to pick up any moisture!
Jon