Long Term Reusable Kirby HEPA Bag Test

[@martysnyder7970]

You got me thinking 🤔. Take Kirby outside, blow dust off the hepa bag like you did with Kiby hose attachments. Then, configure Kirby hose to vacuum the hepa bag while exhausting the dirty air with the outer bag unzipped.

[@therandomman6647]

9:50 THAT IS THE SONG FROM DUCK LIFE

[@VacLab]

The title is "Jupiter" by Silent Partner.

[@therandomman6647]

@@VacLab THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH

[@petsrule5198]

Love your idea

[@VacLab]

Been doing it for many years now.

[@tristanwegner]

Thanks. Very decent and realistic test

[@VacLab]

You are welcome.

[@steeltag]

excellent test you've done here....I've shared your findings with others who balked at this idea. For those of you who can't get discounted hepa bags for their vacuums, this is a nice alternative(albeit a bit dusty).

[@bsanchez3563]

I just realized if they sell meltblown nonwoven open collared cloth reusable bags for back style vacuum cleaners why is the same naterials not ever seem to be used by anybody for a kirby generation twist bag? Albeit perhaps with the gasket not made of pressumably latex that wears down or loses elastic properties over just a few uses once or twice being reused as to maintian airtight seals.

[@TRec3791]

You will have one once we schedule our next mini meet which is we're about due for one.

[@JoeWheeler]

I'm sorry but did you say that is a Rainbow Et Tu? I may have misunderstood, but it sounded like it.

[@LlyleHunter]

That’s funny

[@bsanchez3563]

hands are starting to grow to big to fit through the hole to turn kirby white or charcoal bags as all kirby bags except paper bags-are same polypropylene nonwoven material aka turn inside out and vigoruosly shakeout the dust and clap it into a trash can... how did u get urs to turn inside out?

[@VacLab]

I just use my thumbs to push the bag backwards through the hole. Takes only a few seconds to turn the bag completely inside out.

[@steeltag]

have you ever tried to blow out and reuse a paper bag?(thinking on Kirby' micromagic pre-cloth bags)

[@VacLab]

Paper bags do not survive the process. All of them tear, even the multi-ply ones.

[@wifesnatcher_donald1x724]

How come do you Reuse the vacuum bags

[@VacLab]

I wanted to show that you can if you want to. It's your choice if you want to reuse them or not.

[@TRec3791]

I don't reuse mine. I fill em up and they go in the garbage lol.

[@LlyleHunter]

My 1973 Kirby Classic Omega still has the original cloth shakeout bag that it came equipped with. It’s been dry cleaned a few times. In forty five years I’ve only replaced belts and two brush rollers. I have two Mighty Mites (One Sanitaire and one Eureka outfitted with the WW accessories that the Sanitaires come with) one one each floor. I have HEPA after filters attached to each one and replace them every nine months. Not only does it save me a great deal of money every year but though the Mighty Mites have 12amp motors their bag chambers are small. Using a cloth bag enables them to work with my WW turbonozzles. I think that the aftermarket available synthetic cloth HEPA diaper bags might also enable the use of a turbo nozzle.I use my Might Mites daily and my Kirby every two weeks when I deep clean and move furniture. I have an Oreck XL on my first floor and a Maytag M500 that I use daily. If they were available with shakeout bags and their outer bags were easily washable I’d go that route. I have an Electrolux Silverado, a Swedish Electrolux UltraSilencer and a Miele Pure Suction all of which use HEPA bags and each cost about $50.00 per year to run. I use them on my deep cleaning days when I move furniture. In using the Mighty Mights for daily use the need for bag and filter changes in those machines is greatly reduced.