Bagged or Bagless Vacuum Cleaner?
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My mum has bought a Vax Air3 which is bagless, of course & it recommends cleaning the filter & cyclone after every use, I asked her why didn't she just get a bagged cleaner but she said that the other bagged uprights (apart from Sebo/Miele ones) were all crap & cheap.
But still, give me a Hoover Purepower over any bagless cleaner anyday! Much cleaner & healthier to use a bag.
But which one do you prefer better? Bagless/Bagged both have their advantages/disadvantages, of course, but which one? ^_^
But still, give me a Hoover Purepower over any bagless cleaner anyday! Much cleaner & healthier to use a bag.
But which one do you prefer better? Bagless/Bagged both have their advantages/disadvantages, of course, but which one? ^_^
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How do you empty a bag-less? I get the vision of a cloud of dust when trying to empty the container. There must be an easy way to do it I suppose.
Quite like the look of the G-Ram though, despite the fact it sounds like something you ask for in a sex shop.
I used to think that.....until I bought a GRam Air cordless. It's the most efficient, light and innovative vac on the market.
(MIL gave me the Sebo as it was too heavy for her.)
Our 13 yr old Dyson DC04 is still going well, but do see that it wont last too much longer, so on the lookout for the next bagless replacement....
Yeah you just unhook the cylinder thing and empty it into a bin or plastic bag. I do it outside. You can also remove the filter while you're at it and beat the dust out of that too.
I hoover the whole house weekly and it fills the cylinder each time so I think the suction must be pretty good with this type of system.
This.
No idea if old-fashioned hoovers are in any way superior to newer, bagless, designs but I just plain don't like the idea of being forced to perpetually buy consumables for anything if I can avoid it.
First, there's the possibility that you're going to discover that you don't have any more of the item in stock, just when you need it.
Second, there's the possibility that a manufacturer can prematurely end the life of an item by refusing to continue to supply the consumables. Admittedly, the after-market usually minimises this problem but you're still reliant on 3rd-parties to keep something you own operational and, third, it means there's extra crap taking up storage space in your house.
I had a Dyson, but there were some problems. Cleaning it can be such a pain, too. Yes, I think it's down to my laziness that I prefer bagged to bagless.
You know a coffee maker where you take its glass container out to pour coffee into a cup? A bagless cleaner operates similarly. You take its container out by its handle, and empties it into a bin or whatnot. It sometimes can produce a cloud of dust, but not as much as you may expect.
I have a Henry too and it's a little belter!
Performance and cost were the deciding factors so the bagged/bagless option was only a minor consideration.
There's certainly no excuse for running out of bags. I have a spare pack of bags, and as soon as I break into those, I order a new pack. As such, I replace my stock of bags rather than waiting to replace the last bag I have. It's just like having spare batteries for your TV remote, or having a couple of spare light bulbs.
My first henry lasted 25 years before I replaced it with a new one. The old one was still working but I was given a newer model with the two speed control. That old henry has been sat in my workshop sucking up wood, metal and probably several gallons of oil and it still worked just as well as the day I bought it.
I also had a dyson, it melted.
One of the reasons I considered the Henry in the first place was because just about every tradesman who came to the house had a good old Henry which they used to clear up after them.
I also like the manual winder for the cable. Those automatic ones always seem to "lose the urge" rather quickly so you end up with a foot of dangly cable.
Yeah, I know ... I'm sad!
The automatic cable winder is still as good as new on my Miele, they are very well made. When I bought a vac for my daughter though I bought her a Henry as she's a bit tough on vacs, and I know they're good and very robust.