aeoliandave
Well-known member
Kind of a waste of a higher capacity A Bag.
The A bag does fit, Pete and that's what's in it now. But it is about 5" too long at the bottom, which I folded & tucked under, and can only expand one pleat's worth as the bag compartment is shallower because of the 1.5" deep 'HEPA' pad cavity. Not a HEPA pad at all, it's three layers of scouring pad 'foam' bonded together (white, yellow, green) about 1/2" thick called an 'Allergen Filtration cassette and it is easily vacuumed clean and washable, too. LOL
The headlight area has an opaque filler panel snapped in where a clear lens would go and no lamp socket.
Mike, the XT has a rubber flap valve that snaps shut when the hose is extended, diverting full suction to the hose/wand, the handle of which becomes the nozzle end. Full retraction and bedding of the hose/wand does the reverse - cuts all suction to what is now the vacuum handle, restoring full suction to the brushroll area.
The Hoovers use a sliding gate across the brushroll channel with the hose/tool option slider on the base, that cuts off suction airflow from the brushroll area but nowhere near full suction is usable as the airways up the belt channels either side are open and the hose merely opens into one of these slipstreams.
Dave
The A bag does fit, Pete and that's what's in it now. But it is about 5" too long at the bottom, which I folded & tucked under, and can only expand one pleat's worth as the bag compartment is shallower because of the 1.5" deep 'HEPA' pad cavity. Not a HEPA pad at all, it's three layers of scouring pad 'foam' bonded together (white, yellow, green) about 1/2" thick called an 'Allergen Filtration cassette and it is easily vacuumed clean and washable, too. LOL
The headlight area has an opaque filler panel snapped in where a clear lens would go and no lamp socket.
Mike, the XT has a rubber flap valve that snaps shut when the hose is extended, diverting full suction to the hose/wand, the handle of which becomes the nozzle end. Full retraction and bedding of the hose/wand does the reverse - cuts all suction to what is now the vacuum handle, restoring full suction to the brushroll area.
The Hoovers use a sliding gate across the brushroll channel with the hose/tool option slider on the base, that cuts off suction airflow from the brushroll area but nowhere near full suction is usable as the airways up the belt channels either side are open and the hose merely opens into one of these slipstreams.
Dave
