What do you think, bag or bagless?

[williamr1248]

What do you think? bag or bagless?

I used my Hoover Anniversery Convertible bagless yesterday and it is a big mess to empty and clean the chamber and the filter and the dirt you dump and the dirt that goes all over the room. I don't think a lot of buyers realize you still have to replace that filter to maintain the cleaning power.
I stoped using my Hoover Convertible for the same reason. Unless you put a new bag in every time I could see a layer of dust on all the blinds,table tops the next day. I can't see any reason to pick up the dirt from the carpeting and then just throw it all over the room on the blinds,furniture and hardwood floors. If you look at the running cleaner when the sunlight is coming in the window you can see the dust just sifting out the paper bag. After I became a collector I started to notice that after you used it only a couple of times you really lose the suction and you start getting that dusty smell. As a collector I love the old machines and appreciate how well they were made and the differences between the different makes and models but as I used the machines some do just shift the dirt from one place to another.

 

[swiveltop]

Welcome FilterKirbyHoov

Most bagless machines are messy and clog up easily,the worst ones are the ones with the pleated paper filter in the dirt cup that you have to tap out or replace,I'm not fond of bagless but have found a Bissell that I like,I have Kirby's,Filter Queens, Electrolux,Hoovers, a Eureka F+G style upright and a Rainbow that has never been used,among many others,but I have been using this Bissell bagless the most,It was a curbside find,some one used it to clean up drywall dust,so it needed a complete cleaning,I empty the dirt cup after every use,and the two foam filters only need to be washed every once in a while,I have two cats so the Bissell gets the job of vacuuming up the cat litter that I don't want in my good vacuums, It's always amazing how much cat hair this thing picks up,even when the carpet looks clean.

 

[methodistbill]

Most of the high end machines are bagged. That should tell you something.

 

[electroluxkirby]

Bagged All The Way

I have a Kirby Legend II, Electrolux AE, Electrolux Olympia, and a Royal Power Tank. I have had several bagless machines in the past Dirt Devil and Hoover Wind Tunnel and hated everyone. To me they are inconvenient. I hated having to clean it after every use, let it dry, and put it back together again. I don't mind changing a bag every once in a while.

 

[electroluxxxx]

from what I hear all bissells are not that bad. I like the one posted in the pic above. I have used one just like that one however I think that the one I used was a different shade of blue. I like how it seperates the small particles from the large ones. it extends the suction power pretty nicely. I actually have a velocity that I use to clean out the laundromat that I work at. I use this because I do not like the vac that they have there. the only complaint that I have about the velocity is that it screams bloody murder I think the motor might not be set right but the suction power is unbelieveable. I have been using my fantom cyclone xt as my daily driver and I tore the whole thing apart and cleaned it top to bottom and now the suction is soo powerful that it cleans anything in its path. I never thought that such a small motor could be so powerful. if I could guess I think it would pull anywhere from 85 to 90 on the meter. but I am a bag person. I only use my fantom because money is kinda tight and I do not have the money to buy bags at the moment.