Vintage Vacuum Bags

[dysonman1]

Even a genuine package of GE bags, thrown in for good measure.. Love the packaging.

 

[dysonman1]

NatVac International made a good attempt at copying the Hoover packaging.

 

[dysonman1]

Who could forget the home care Hoover bags. Leaked dust like a sieve and clogged like a pinched soda straw.

 

[paul]

Eureka F bags & G bags

Tom,

Do you have any separate packages of Eureka F bags and G bags before they were combined as F & G? I believe Jimmy mentioned that one was for the cloth outer bag style and the other was for vinyl. Did the F & G debut in the '60s?

 

[eurekaprince]

Hi Paul,

My dad bought my mom a blue Eureka Super Automatic 260 upright in either 1960 or 1961. It had a cloth outer bag. From the very first years of owning the cleaner, we always used genuine top fill Eureka F & G bags.

 

[repairman]

Speaking of bags

I remember reading something about Electrolux having hand made inner bags where the collars were glued on by a person instead of an assembly line. Can anyone elaborate on this?

 

[paul]

Thanks Brian. That's farther back than I'd expected!

 

[bikerray]

A package of Hesco bags

 

[eurekaprince]

There is a vintage pack of generic H Style bags for Eureka Princess canisters (shows up sometimes on eBay) that I absolutely love! Why? It has a picture of a very rare Eureka Prince vacuum with two rubber bumpers, one around the bottom of the canister and a second one around the top. Very very rare version of Eureka’s famous Princess cleaner. I would buy that old pack of generic bags just to file away that picture!!!

 

[dysonman1]

Vacuum Cleaner Bags by Carpet Care. $.92 for a package of four at Kmart. These will really make your Electrolux “pop out “.

 

[dysonman1]

Apparently, A package of four sunbeam disposable bags cost $1.25. “Don’t forget to include your Zone”.

 

[dysonman1]

Made in the USA, packaged in Canada. Brought back to the USA for sale. What a crazy ride.

 

[dysonman1]

GIANT vacuum bags?

 

[dysonman1]

They are as orange as Tang. Sunbeam bags were made of very good materials.

 

[Joseph Wagner]

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

I haven’t found any bags for my Flor Genie canister vacuum. I’d love to get a few only for having extras KC-1, KC-2, KC -3 vacuum bags

 

[hooveru4019]

i have been a hoover dealer for 49 years and never knew that hoover made blue lustre bags but if you all remember the first shampooers for rental on the bkue lustre store displays were hoover shampooers before regina took over they were in all our supermarkets on metal displays here in scranton pa thank you tom gasko and will for revealing this fact

 

[azchrisf]

 

[cheesewonton]

Didn't K-Mart also sell some unique to them models of Eureka canister vacs? The had tan bodies and black attachments, attachment holder and furniture guard.

 

[paul]

Didn't K-Mart also sell some unique to them models of Eureka canister vacs? The had tan bodies and black attachments, attachment holder and furniture guard.

Yes, it was the 600 Series (uprights, canisters, and power teams); although I have seen ads from other discount department stores that also carried some of them. These were manufactured for about 20 years beginning in 1970. Just prior to that I know that the F & G model 228 was sold at Kmart; there was likely a canister, too.

 

[cheesewonton]

Yes, it was the 600 Series (uprights, canisters, and power teams); although I have seen ads from other discount department stores that also carried some of them. These were manufactured for about 20 years beginning in 1970. Just prior to that I know that the F & G model 228 was sold at Kmart; there was likely a canister, too.

I have a tan 1770 something ( can't remember the exact model and too hot to go find it in the garage ) Vactronic with black trim and black attachments that I thought was one of the models sold through K-Mart. One of my best vacuums.

 

[cheesewonton]

I haven’t found any bags for my Flor Genie canister vacuum. I’d love to get a few only for having extras KC-1, KC-2, KC -3 vacuum bags

I cut the plastic bag mount away on a Miele FJM bag and cram that over the spout of my C17 Golden Glide. It stays put and keeps everything nice and clean inside after all that work sanitizing it.