When It Comes To Vacuum Cleaners, When Is A Bag Not A Bag?
Vacuum cleaners are precise machines that are built to do a job within certain environments using precise accessories. Used correctly with the right equipment, your vacuum will last for years. Used incorrectly and your vacuum’s life could be short lived.
Vacuum cleaner bags are designed to do a job. If your vacuum used disposable bags then guess what? The bag is meant to be disposable, not when it falls apart but when it is full. Vacuum cleaner bags are not just paper bags with a special fitting. Believe it or not manufacturers spend as much time researching and developing these bags as they do their vacuums.
Bags are manufactured within tight specifications which include the size and density of the pores. Once a disposable bag becomes full, it is not just full with the contents of the carpet but are also full and incapable of trapping any further dust particles. If you empty the bag and reuse it, the bags pores are still full.
Because they are full, the vacuum has to work harder to draw air through that bag. One of two things are likely to happen; because the vacuum is working harder it runs the risk of overheating the motor burning out, the dust trapped within the pores may be forced out and drawn into the motor and back out into the air. On its way it causes damage to the motor reducing the vacuum’s active life.
When your disposable bag is full, throw it out. When you replace the bag, replace it with a bag that has been designed for your vacuum. While cheap bags may be available from discount stores, these have not been designed for your cleaner. These bags may let unwanted dust particles through to your motor causing damage. In the short term you may save money but when you’re thinking long term, it will cost you.
Recommendations as to when to empty the canister, how to clean it, and how and when to clean or replace vacuum cleaner filters and any other related components are located on our website.
Not all bags are created equally. Use the right bags and your vacuum cleaner will have a full and happy life. Bags are not just bags. They are precision pieces of equipment designed to do a specific job. Don’t treat them or your vacuum cleaner lightly.
