Vintage Vacuum Bags

[dysonman1]

There were many brands of disposable vacuum cleaner bags, some genuine and some generic, that have been available over the years. Some were store brands while others were national brands.

Who knew the Hoover company made vacuum bags for other vacuums? They could barely make good bags for their own machines.

 

[oldcrankman]

Nice

 

[dysonman1]

Here we have an example of a store brand, in this case it was Kmart.

 

[dysonman1]

And here we have the notorious Glamorene bags. Someone started a joke thread on Vacuumland a few years ago about a lonely former tramp who was desperate for attention. Her name was Glamorene.

 

[oldcrankman]

I actually have a Kmart Branded vacuum. Its a 1998 Hoover legacy supreme u5072-930.

 

[dysonman1]

It’s interesting that Kmart also had a private labeled house brand of singer-built machines called “Flor Genie”

 

[dysonman1]

These bags were sold at Woolworths, along with other “dime stores”. Why is she using an Electrolux model 30 rug nozzle on a eureka princess? So many questions.

 

[huskyvacs]

Thanks for sharing. These old bag packets are great. I have tons and tons. I always buy all of them at Goodwill when I see them. I have attained an entire stockpile of belts and bags and filters for all my vacuums for just $1 or less.

 

[vacuumman]

I have some Safeway-branded Electrolux bags stuffed away somewhere. It's strange to see a grocery store, of all places, selling vacuum bags.

 

[kirbylux77]

Tom, here in Canada Zellers and Canadian Tire had their own in-house vacuum bag brands. Both made by Studley in Canada and America. The Zellers packaging looked the same as Studley's packaging sold in other stores but with the Zellers logo at the top. Also, for a few years in the 2000's, Dollarama also had their own brand Electrolux Type C 4 ply bags that were decent quality.

Rob

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Dysonman1

Tom,

I also remember Hoover supplying replacement belts for, example, Kirby machines (models 505 to Tradition 3CB) in the '80s.

~Ben

 

[dysonman1]

Blue Luster

This was the brand of bags hanging at the grocery store when I grew up. Blue luster. Super suction vacuum bags. There was also the blue luster shampooers as well as the blue luster chemicals. I bought many packages of blue luster bags over the years. They were decent quality.

 

[fan-of-fans]

I find it interesting the Kmart bags are pink, like genuine GE bags would be.

I like the vintage green Hoover bags, especially the Celebrity ones that have the black plastic collar. They seem to filter better than generic bags.

 

[bnsd60m9200]

tom

blue lustre bags were made by the hoover company.

 

[dysonman1]

Are you saying the paper was made by the Hoover company? Because the package says it was made by the Earl Grissmer Company in Indiana.

 

[human]

I have a package of Hoover branded belts that came with the Kirby Classic III I picked up last summer. Vacuum cleaner bags and belts used to be a big business, even for stores that didn't sell vacuums.

 

[bnsd60m9200]

Tom, the earl grissomer company owned blue lustre. hoover was contracted to make the bags for them and several non hoover machines in the 60's and 70's. this information comes from dick pike who worked at hoover for 30 years.

its no different than penncrest vacuums saying jcpenney company newyork,ny on them spite the fact they were made in north canton or bloomington

 

[dysonman1]

Thank you Will. I had no idea the blue luster bags were made by the Hoover company. The blue luster bags to fit the Compact were terrible. They clogged almost instantly. But that’s all that was at the grocery store. Pretty much everyone in town used them. You should’ve seen what they did to the secondary filter of a filter queen after just two cones were used.

 

[detroitdirtbag]

Lux bags,