After upright or
canister, the other major difference between vacuum cleaners is whether it’s
bagless or uses a dustbag. For most people, it’s a matter of personal
preference. But if family members have allergies or asthma, or if you’re
concerned about the quality of your indoor air, a vacuum with a dustbag
generally is the better choice.
There’s nothing
inherently wrong with bagless vacuums. The better ones do an excellent job of
cleaning. But allergy and asthma sufferers need to consider all the dust they
will be exposed to when maintaining the bagless vacuum.
No matter which bagless
vacuum cleaner you use, it still comes down to removing a container of dust and
allergens and crud that you so carefully removed from your home, and dumping it
into something so you can throw it away. That can release a cloud of dust and
allergens into the air you breathe as you throw it out, and as the cloud
disperses and drifts into the rest of your home.
In addition, many
bagless vacuums use filters that you need to brush or wash to remove trapped
particles. This also can put back into your home the allergens and dirt you
just removed.
It’s also important to
remember that dirt travels through the whole vacuum cleaner system. The nature
of bagless design makes it nearly impossible to seal a bagless vacuum so that
there is no dirty air leakage through non-filtered openings. That’s in addition
to the difficulties of creating an air tight seal on a collection bin while
still making it easy to remove and replace.
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