To warn you about the perils of trying to reuse hoover bags

[MysteryNameChange]

Do you know when you're a child and you do stupid impulsive things like try to cut your own fringe but it's fine because you're a child and children can be a bit daft?

This afternoon I thought it would be fine to cut open, empty and cellotape a hoover bag back together because surely that would be less hassle than spending 2 mins to 1 click order new bags off Amazon. It's a fucking disaster, who knew that hoover bags contained so much shite!? Cellotape doesn't work on dusty things. I'm quite sensitive to dust.

OP I admire your reduce/re-use/recycle philosophy. I hope you stop itching and sneezing very soon

Why did you cut it open? I always reuse my hoover bags, you do have to pull the horrible, dusty, matted mess out though. I wear rubber gloves to do it.

Thanks tell

Miss - I reckon if it's a paper bag it would work but this one was a fabric one.

KonekoBasu

I have previously retrieved the shite out of the hole with some success but today I felt cutting and resealing would be more efficient.

i now have a bagless hoover but used to cut the end of the bag, empty, fold over the end slightly and staple! i too found out that celotape doesnt work

use a couple of large bulldog clips, ( not sure if they are called that there)
when i had a vac with a bag i used to reuse them and the clips are really strong and hold it together very well, and dont give way like the sellotape does

scurries off to fish hoover bag out the bin

Sorry, was it wrong to find that hilarious?

Oops

I have reused mine 10+ times. I just dump the dirt out of the hole it came in. I do it outside though!

Yeah, I tried that once. Once.

Dyson-style bagless is the way to go.

Pro tip; fold the cut end over, fold a nappy liner over that, and staple or clip over the liner. It catches some of the enormous cloud of dust that leaks out of the cut end.

My father used to use large staples....it seemed to work.....

My mother used to use kitchen tongs to pull the dirt out through the proper hole - no need to cut the bag at all, all works fine.

However she then managed to get a proper reusable bag when on holiday in Spain - and then when she needed a new hoover, she was able to get one from Amazon - they have a zip for easy access which makes it much easier and overall much cheaper all around!