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Review on ๐Ÿงน HEPA Filter Bag for Hoover Vacuum by Brent Henderson

Revainrating 3 out of 5

This mixed bag works best with vertical bags

Correct product, Hepa media cloth bag with rubber seal is a great bag, but too expensive at $5 a piece bag. Therefore, the review about the bag itself is ambiguous. But the issues with the inaccurate part numbers in the photos depicting which listing gets you which vacuum bag are ridiculously disappointing and entirely unnecessary. I don't know whose fault it is. I have ordered several variations of this bag since purchasing the Hoover wind tunnel over a year ago. This is an incredible deception in every way. The photos and part numbers on these bags are incorrect in most listings. How wrong? Wrong because it's contradictory and hopelessly confusing. I was trying to save money by ordering 9 vacuum bags and they were NOT able to deliver the wind tunnel vacuuming experience that I'm used to (the wind tunnel vacuum came with 2 hepa bags made of cloth-like material and they had a rubber grommet around the hole.) Not noticing these bags properly and not realizing how important they are to the vacuum cleaner's function, I spent months thinking that the vacuum cleaner was no longer working well. The fact is that I ordered these bags from this store. November 5, 2012, and I know it because the top of the list says "You ordered this item on November 5, 2012". But the packages I received were correct, with hepa medium, cloth type and rubber seal. ***However*** the ones I received were marked "AH10040 PART # 902419001" in the top left corner. The bags I ordered a few months ago didn't look like cloth, didn't have a rubber seal and didn't have Hepa medium on the packaging (no matter which list I ordered them from) are plain paper and don't work well. Their part numbers in the top left corner are 4010100Y part number 43655109 and the box says '3 packs' which they had and they were a lot cheaper. I think Hoover may have mixed up part numbers and model numbers or who knows. But this listing does not show the correct Hepa media pouches in the packaging, which lists the product numbers of the incorrect pouches, not as they were listed when I ordered on November 5th. Well, why did I go to all the trouble to print everything? That? Because it MATTER when you spend $5 on a vacuum bag that only costs $139 and you clean A LOT and only one bag really works. In this situation, the bag is of great importance and there is no reason to wonder about the product numbers or photos published for the specific bag that corresponds to the bag being sold. Make sure you get the bag you need. If I could buy them locally I would definitely do that. If I could find a bagless vacuum with Hoover wind tunnel suction (and believe me, I'm actively looking, so post your suggestion in the comments if you know one), I'd have it in a minute. One final note, even with the right cloth bag, with true Hepa filtration and a rubber seal at the point of attachment, you still need to change these bags before they're half full to ensure the best suction. All of this makes the Hoover wind tunnel very useful. an expensive vacuum for a very cheap investment to start with but if you're a vacuum freak like me it really makes or breaks your day so that's how it works. I would give the genuine Hepa bags that came with the vacuum five stars because they work well, but three stars for the high price. So it's a mixed bag.

Pros
  • Removes 99.97% of all airborne particles down to 0.3 microns
Cons
  • Not as thick as other pickups