My Dirt Devil Has a Secret!

[kirbyotronic]

Again, making bags fit something that they shouldn't! (snap)

 

[kirbyotronic]

Let's not forget my ghetto type C for the Quick Broom (sold)! (snap!!!)lol

 

[kirbyotronic]

Vintage Kenmore HEPA! (you know what I'll say)

 

[swiveltop]

Great Ideas

I use Heritage bags in my G3,I just pull out the sides of the oval shape opening and force it onto the round tube on the G3,perfect fit with no leaks,I have lots of bags that I've found thrifting, I like your Dirt Devil paper bad solution,I have one that takes paper bags and one that doesn't,I don't like shaking out the cloth bag. here is my Riccarr that used expensive hepa bags so I found a Eureka style T would work with a minor trim. Mark

 

[animasinsulin]

Royal Prince


Thats what I do with my RP vacuum. I HATE cloth bags. I use either Tri-Star bags or use Eureks F&G bags that I cut in half. Works great and keeps the cloth bag from stinking....Bill in Az.....

 

[electroluxkirby]

I'm using a Hoover Type C in my Eureka self-propelled upright at the moment until I get some F & G bags, which for some reason are getting hard to find here.

 

[ohio_tuec]

They're still plentiful here. Type C's are becoming harder to find. I use Eureka F&G bags in my Hoover 61. I like them waaaaay better than the "bottom fill" design.

 

[electroluxkirby]

The only places I've been able to find the F & G bags are True Value hardware stores, the bags are genuine Eureka. A friend said she saw them at Wal-Mart, but when I looked there were none to be found. With everything going bagless, I wonder how much longer bags will be made.

 

[ohio_tuec]

Oh, I wouldn't worry about that. There will always be a percentage of the marketshare that refuses to go bagless. As we all know, bagless is an unsanitary method of dust disposal. I do notice older style bags (such as Type D for my Hoover Dial-A-Matic) are becoming harder to find. Alot of them were thrown out years ago, and I guess most stores don't bother carrying what doesn't sell. Most commonly found in my area are Hoover Type A bags.

 

[danemodsandy]

Bagless...

...Is a craze that will pass, IMHO. I am guessing that Dyson will retain a portion of the market, but I know an awful lot of people who have bought into the bagless thing and have sworn, "never again!"

What most people (not collectors and buffs, but the average person who's trying to keep a house clean) want is a vacuum cleaner that demands the very least amount of attention possible. Bagless cleaners cannot deliver that; if you don't keep up with filters and keep all sealing surfaces on the dust cup and its mount scrupulously clean, the thing is gonna leak dust. It's no damn fun at all emptying a dust cup, and by the time you've bought a replacement filter for a bagless, you could have bought all kinds of bags.

Bagged cleaners are just simpler for the masses and multitudes to deal with, and I'm betting they'll be back in force very soon. Bagless cleaners are sort of like stainless-front refrigerators, which are now encountering sales resistance, because a lot of people have had one, and don't ever want to try keeping one free of fingermarks and kitchen schmutz again.

 

[ohio_tuec]

I love that analogy! Yes, and in all honesty, nobody's gonna buy a $30. replacement filter for a $50. or $60. Dirt Devil. They use the thing until the motor burns up. Then, they go out and buy another one. The vacuum cleaner industry loves that. No, it's no fun emptying a bagless at all. I'd rather empty a Sani-Emtor on one of my Kirbys. Bagged cleaners are here to stay.

 

[danemodsandy]

That $30 Dirt Devil Filter...

...That amount of money would buy sixty - count 'em, sixty - bags for my TriStar. Given that I change the bag once a month (even though it's nowhere near full, I don't like storing old dust; it smells), that's a five-year supply of bags.

And I never touch dust or have it blow back in my face. Much better. Much better.

 

[electroluxkirby]

I will never go back to a bagless machine again. Agree, the mess of emptying it and cleaning it all time, is just too much of a hastle. It only takes a few minutes to change a bag. When I did have a bagless, I would have to take outside and dump it, which isn't to bad except when it's 10 degrees outside. Bagless are just too inconvenient to me.