HEPA Bag Opinions, Please

[justjunque]

Would using vacuum fragrance products help with that?
I always use the Clean Sweep chips in my Electrolux/Aerus vacuums.
And, so far, I've only used the Home Solutions paper bags in them. But, I'm willing to try a HEPA bag. I think I just got intimidated by the warning of voiding of the warranty. Granted, all of my vacuums are way past their warranty period. But, I thought, they must say that for a reason.
But, I've put HEPA bags in other machines.
I'm just wondering, if I use the Clean Sweep in the HEPA bags, would that eliminate the stink issues?

 

[mark40511]

Unless they have some sort of odor eliminator and not just covering up the smell with perfume.. For example, I've tried putting Eucalyptus on a cotton ball and sucking it up into the bag in the past....and it ends up being mixed with the bag smell..

The best thing I've found is this..say you put a new bag in.. this is HEPA or PAPER.. After, say, two to three weeks, just suck a little of the charcoal pellets into the bag. Next time you vacuum you should notice no smell. After about 2 to 3 weeks new dirt will cover that up.. Just repeat through the life of the bag... I've had a canister of this stuff for 5 years and it's not even half gone yet. I'm guestimating how often I do this. a couple of tablespoons

By doing this, my bag is over 5 mos old now and when I turn the vacuum on... I can't smell anything..

There's one thing I can't test this because I don't have pets... but I think it would still help a lot of you have dogs..just more may be needed..

I remember having this discussion a while back and some user on here who had a dog was going to try it... but I don't remember coming across any post of theirs but I likely could miss it.

some HEPA bags are even infused with charcoal