What's Wrong With Bagless Vacuums?

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Reading over the strategies section I notice that bagless vacuums are

not recommended. Why is that? I've got a Hoover Elite bagless with a

hepa-filter. I empty it out (outside) after every use. Sometimes I

wonder if vacuuming in general is a good idea, as mites are so small

it seems they could easily get airborne when vacuuming.

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> Reading over the strategies section I notice that bagless vacuums are

> not recommended. Why is that? I've got a Hoover Elite bagless with a

> hepa-filter. I empty it out (outside) after every use. Sometimes I

> wonder if vacuuming in general is a good idea, as mites are so small

> it seems they could easily get airborne when vacuuming.

>

I've had similar concerns about stirring up the mites when vacuuming.

I seem to get more bites right after vacuuming. The last time I

vacuumed I had borax on the carpet for several days, that seemed to

lessen the biting. I have a bagless vacuum also, mine is a whole house

vacuum with the dust collector in the garage. It hasn't been emptied

since this whole mess started, but I plan on having my husband who

doesn't get bit empty it on garbage day.

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Try vacumming first from the vac port closest to where you keep the

hose. Keep mine in a utility closet in the hall with a vac port right

there & only unloop the hose from its door rack enough to allow

vacumming the floor around it first. That way I'm not dragging the

hose over mite floors where mites may hop aboard the hose itself.

I do the hallway past a room & then into that room so the dragline of

hose is always on clear floor. Imagine the floor coated with flour &

proceed so you don't foul the hose.

Gloves sprayed with repellant keep mites off my hands when changing

attachments, which get the vac treatment themselves before being

replaced. Letting the vac suck air for a few minutes after I'm done

helps get them out of the hose.

May want to make sure you ziplock bag the attachments right after use

if you don't instead immediately soak them in a mite killing liquid.

I use Orange Plus, others use bleach or similar solutions.

Learned this from dealing with chiggers. Never thought I'd have

anything to thank those buggers for! Best wishes, Sue

Reading over the strategies section I notice that bagless vacuums are

not recommended. Why is that? I've got a Hoover Elite bagless with a

hepa-filter. I empty it out (outside) after every use. Sometimes I

wonder if vacuuming in general is a good idea, as mites are so small

it seems they could easily get airborne when vacuuming.

[Guest guest]

Vacuuming, as Frito says - like a crazed French maid - is a real

lifesaver & major mite remover to me. Figure the bagless vacs, though

excellent in many respects, allow the mites to swarm & escape as the

container is emptied. The borax in the carpet cutting down on bites

makes sense as that would set them back being hit in the whirlwind

action.

If your vac has an open top to the dust container when it's removed,

might want to cover that with a sheet of cardboard or such to prevent

escape while you take it outside. Might also use gloves sprayed with

repellant when emptying the dust cylinder outside into a garbage bag

quickly sealed & trashed. If you empty it outside without bagging it,

you may just be setting mites free in your yard & giving them another

chance...

Just my best guess, hope it helps! Best wishes, Sue

The mites seem to float easily with any air disturbance, like walking

through a room.

Mine is a whole house unit & haven't needed to empty the

Reading over the strategies section I notice that bagless vacuums are

not recommended. Why is that? I've got a Hoover Elite bagless with a

hepa-filter. I empty it out (outside) after every use. Sometimes I

wonder if vacuuming in general is a good idea, as mites are so small

it seems they could easily get airborne when vacuuming.

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Hi...I have the dyson animal...and I paid a chunk for it. It sits on the porch...when I figured out what was going on I vacuumed like a mad woman. Well, I grabbed the handle and felt a gazillion electic shocks in my hand so I took it into the other bathroom and disassembled it...OMG, i never thought of how these things could climb right back out of the hepa filter. It was full of them but imagine how many more were just hanging on the sides and stuff. Anyways...obviously just the vaccuuming does Not kill them so I started spraying windex or alcohol on both filters before I use it. I saw now Dyson has a vacuum that KILLS dust mites...wonder if it would kill these? worth checking into...>> Reading over the strategies section I notice that bagless vacuums are> not recommended. Why is that? I've got a Hoover Elite bagless with a> hepa-filter. I empty it out (outside) after every use. Sometimes I> wonder if vacuuming in general is a good idea, as mites are so small> it seems they could easily get airborne when vacuuming.>