Electrolux Bag Brigade

[bikerray]

Some of the first boxes

 

[bikerray]

Inside the box, the directions

 

[bikerray]

the first series of bags

 

[bikerray]

and now for something completely different

 

[kevin]

John, Thanks for the iota bag pamphlet pic. Do they still make those bags. If not what years were they made, and what would be comparable to them now? Could they be used in any machine that used disposable bags, or were they just for Style R-compatible machines?

Ray, Thanks for the pics of the original bag boxes (with the directions) and bags--including the Canadian one ... cool! Any idea what time frame they're from?

 

[kevin]

(?? era) Upright Filter Bag Package:

 

[tig21er]

The package

looks like it is the bags for 1451 upright,which is the heavy upright.

 

[electrolux137]

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@bikerray,

The bag you showed above as "the first series of bags" is actually the second series.

The first bags were the same color and composition but were called "wrappers" and the wording on the cardboard top was "Self-Sealing Wrapper."

Some time during the production of the LX, the name was changed from "wrapper" to "bag."

I don't have any of the original "wrappers" but I do have an empty carton.

 

[kevin]

Thanks, John. I would have thought that it would have said on the package--unless it was on the other side.

 

[sleepdoc]

Electrolux iota bags

These were my favorite Electrolux bags. They stopped making them in the late 90s, and I bought every package the dealer still had. I still have some in all three styles if anyone wants pics of them.

 

[sleepdoc]

IOTA bags

Here are photos of all three styles of IOTA bags. Electrolux discontinued them around 1998 or so. I bought all I could. The C bag in the photo is the last one I have. I had two left and put one into NIB Commemorative Edition when I got it. You can fill these bags with dust, and the bag will still be white and the bag chamber spotless.

 

[kevin]

Later replacement Model CA bags and filter:

 

[tig21er]

I noticed

you called the CA bags as Later replacement . Those are the original bags and filter that came with the CAs. To find those today is a marvelous find.

 

[kevin]

Oh, thanks, John. For some reason I thought the cursive wordmark would have been on the original bags, like the early Model Gs. I neglected to mention that the photo came from someone who had posted in the Super Market forum that he was going to list those on eBay. I haven't seen them, but maybe it was listed as a Buy It Now, and I missed it; or he transacted with someone without listing.

 

[dysonman1]

The first Electrolux disposable bag, called a Wrapper, came in two versions. One was a Filter Wrapper, with three inside layers of filter paper, and one was a single ply gray wrapper with no inside filters.

 

[kirbylux77]

Reply #60

Kevin, that Canadian bag would have been from the late 1960's/early 1970's, & would have been made during production of the Canadian Model 89. The Model 89 was manufactured at Pointe Claire, Quebec from 1968 to 1973, when Electrolux's first plastic-bodied machine in North America, the AP100, was introduced.

Rob

 

[kevin]

Thanks for the info., Tom and Rob.

Rob, was the quality of the Canadian and USA bags the same, or was one superior to the other in some way?

How about Swedish, English, African, or Australian ones? I would take for granted that the technology would have been shared among them, but I'm not sure how that worked.

 

[kirbylux77]

Kevin, I have used the GermGrabber bags & the 1980's bags in Reply #10, before I switched to using HEPA bags. By the mid 1980's, Electrolux Canada was getting those bags, since the 2100 debuted & of course production at the Pointe Claire, Quebec plant eventually shut down & production of Canadian machines moved to the USA....Bristol, Virginia I believe. But Doug Smith, Collector2, will correct me if I'm wrong on that one. I haven't seen many of the old Canadian bags from the 1960's or 1970's, perhaps 1 or 2. However, I have no reason to suspect they would be any different than what was manufactured in the USA. Remember, this IS Electrolux we are talking about here....I highly doubt they would let their standards slip from one country to the next.

Rob

PS- One thing though, I do personally think our Canadian cleaners were better than what Americans got. But hey, that's just my Canadian pride showing through LOL

 

[eurekastar]

That's quite an array of bags! Thanks for posting the photos. I once had some Electrolux Style C bags that included housecleaning tips. That's how I learned how to deal with carpet matted down by heavy furniture. The bag said to place ice on the matted carpet. Let it melt and then dry completely. Then vacuum to raise the nap. I tried it and it works!

 

[kevin]

Welcome, Bill. I wonder to which bags you were referring that had cleaning tips on them and with which cleaners they were sold?

Putting cleaning tips on the bag lids is a clever idea. Those are the kinds of things that Aerus and other companies should consider doing--finding creative ways to educate customers. We live in an informational society, but I sometimes wonder just how informed the average person is in caring for their property and residential appliances.