r/oddlysatisfying • u/CommuterType • 2d ago

Sucking Up That Georgia Pollen

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u/MarsDrums 2d ago

Have fun replacing THAT vacuum filter! :)

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u/sonofteflon 2d ago

I recently found out they make vacuum bags for shop vacs. Game changer

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u/TrippySubie 2d ago

How did you just find this out, theyre always next to them in the stores lol

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u/sonofteflon 2d ago

Because I bought a shop vac and never went back to the store

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u/C-57D 2d ago

how DARE you

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u/sonofteflon 2d ago

Funny thing is they don’t even come with bags, so how would I know that it needed one?

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u/ScootzandBugzie 2d ago

My new one did!

My old one did not

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u/sonofteflon 2d ago

I have an old one ha ha

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u/TheRumpleForesk1n 1d ago

Lol my first one didn't many years ago, but pretty much all the new ones do!

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u/MarsDrums 2d ago

Neither did mine... Now I wanna go look and see if mine (which is like 20 years old) even has something to attach a bag to...

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u/Queen-Roblin 2d ago

Ours literally just has a large nozzle/tube opening and a lip. The bags we need have a cardboard rectangle around the opening and that slots in to the lip to hold it in place, that's it.

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u/MarsDrums 1d ago

That is exactly what our 25 year old Kirby bag is. A rectangular piece of cardboard with slots that fit perfectly over the tube and turns to lock in place.

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u/Corum0 1d ago

At least the came back from the store, still waiting for my dad to come home with the shop vac bags.

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u/gahidus 2d ago

I'm in a similar boat, and I might have to look into these vacuum bags for shop vacs... Sounds like it'd be a lot easier than needing to tip the whole thing over every time.

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u/DahDollar 2d ago

They are great but fill up quicker than no bag.

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u/MarsDrums 2d ago

Heh, Same!

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u/The_Quackening 1d ago

average shop-vac experience.

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u/MarsDrums 2d ago

I just learned of this myself. Do they handle like water and stuff or are they just specific for dry stuff. I vacuum up water all the time in my shop. I also vacuum up dirt and whatnot as well. Yeah, I have mud in the tank but I can hose it out when I pull the head off to dump it in the trash.

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u/TrippySubie 2d ago

Yeah theyre just for dry particles, wet youd remove the filter all together

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u/OneSensiblePerson 2d ago

I thought one of the perks of using a shop vac was they don't have bags, which is why they can be used to suck up wet/water. Am I completely wrong?

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u/nc863id 2d ago

Another perk is the configurability. Like being able to add a bag of the job calls for it.

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u/sonofteflon 2d ago

You and me both Homie