On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:31:37 -0700, Gene E. Bloch
wrote:

On 4/23/2012, Ken Blake posted:
On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:00:25 -0700, Gene Wirchenko
wrote:

On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:03:37 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

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I've often seen ads for vacuum cleaners in which the seller proudly
states that they are bagless. I've never understood that pride. To me,
it seems that not having a bag that you can throw away with the
collected dirt means that emptying the vacuum cleaner is far dirtier
and more troublesome.

What am I missing?

On mine, unlock the dirt holder, pull it out, empty it, maybe
wash it, put it back, lock it. This is less trouble than opening up a
vacuum cleaner to get at the bag. And you are never short a bag!



I remember the old pre-bag bagless machines, which were very messy and
troublesome to empty, but I've never seen one of the newer ones being
emptied. It's hard for me to imagine its being less trouble than
opening the vacuum cleaner to get at the bag, but if you say so, you
must be right. I guess I need to see one in action.

I wonder if searching in Google or YouTube would turn up a video of
that. Sillier things have been posted :-)


I just did a quick search. All I found was ads.