TriStar bags in Miracle Mate-Have a Miracle Mate that came from the local dealers trade in pile.It has the cardboard top adaptor from a Miracle Mate bag in the machines lid.Just simply put a TriStar bag in it and away you go!!Works fine!did that with my other Miracle Mate.
I don't like the Miracle Mate cord winder-cord too short and the winder wants to try to wind the cord if the machine is bumpted into something.Like the maunal wind cords on the Compacts adn TriStars better-and they are longer.Have the Patriot,too-another nice machine.All in all,like the TriStar CXL the best--the "Little Pig"use it along with my full grown "Pig"NSS M1.