Q? for you guys who use paper bag vacuums..

[Mikey P]

ON AVERAGE..

How many bags do you go through in a week, month or year?

Do you find (like the salesmen try and sell me on) that the soil does get far more compacted than in a Dirt Cup type vacuum?
Do you toss the bag after each home regardless of how full it is?
Do you refuse to run it over poet urine jobs? Just old dried up puddles or any and all?
Do you find the vacuum stays less odoriferous than a Dirt Cup type?


What model do you have?

 

[Mikey P]

Im picking up this vac next week


looks to have all the best features and has been time tested for 15 years (or more?)

 

[joeynbgky]

Bags get compacted. I used my shark one day and spent to much time emptying it. Besides my riccar picks up better. I wait till the bag is full. Change it every two or 3 days. With a total of 4-5 jobs a day.

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[Blue Monarch]

Why ditch the shark Mikey?

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[GreenTechAgain]

Im picking up this vac next week


looks to have all the best features and has been time tested for 15 years (or more?)

Seems like a great vac, but 15 inch is kinda big for residential.

I have a used Kirby G4. I get bags from powr-flite and they cost about $1.15 per bag. I also use the deodorizer tablets. I crush them to power and vac them up with each bag change. I also vac up some dollar store carpet powder at the start of each job, so it has a fresh smell each time I start it up.
As far as how many bags it really depends on the carpet condition. I do not change each job unless there was a lot of dog hair. I would say 3-5 jobs, the Kirby picks up a lot of soil and have noticed the difference of what is not in my in-line filter since switching from and Eureka Sanitaire type upright.
For really nasties, if possible I will use the customer's vac. If not I still have the Eureka on the truck.
I have never used a cup type vac for my business.

 

[Mikey P]

Why ditch the shark Mikey?

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Not ditching them yet, Kirk, just looking for a vacuum that does not fall apart every 5 months.

 

[frank]

That it looks just like uv5 from pull-man holt or pro force 1500xp, the new uv10 from www.pullman-holt.com have all those features and is only $299. I been using one for almost 5 years and haven't fail as of today (uv5) uv10 is the new one and improved.

http://www.pullman-holt.com/products/upright-vacuum---dual-motor-uv10.aspx

 

[ACE]

The price of a vacuum bag is less than the labor to clean out a filter. I change them when full or after sucking up a ton of pet hair and dander so I do not bring an odor to the next job. I like the santaire 5815b.