EnviroCare Replacement Micro Filtration Vacuum Cleaner Dust Bags made to fit Hoover Windtunnel Upright Type Y 9 pack

OEM quality

I ordered thes bags for the second time. They work just as well as any others I have bought and they are less expensive. Much more convenient wordering that hoping to find the right size at the storel

Original purchase & review: Oct 2011 (when product did not match amazon profile) Misleading. Not EnviroCare nor packaged as implied in photo. Quality felt substandard and flimsy - unlike the robust originals. Came as loose unpackaged items from VacuumSupply. Update: Amazon was 5* about this and made good its guarantee. On 19 January 2012, Amazon revised the product photo from EnviroCare to MicroLined. Now its back to Envirocare - What is happening? Upon initial delivery, I fitted one for a testrun - due to its delicate quality I felt I had to be extra cautious that the bag would not tear. To fit it to the hole, one has to perforate the paper covering the hole reinforcement - this tears easily enough. The hole fitting seemed flimsy and clumsy, however one eventually manages to attach it to the hole after some careful fiddling to ensure the bag does not tear prematurely. Survived first testrun - I shall however update this space to see if it stays in place. An old dust allergy has reemerged briefly (2months now)... but this (in hindsight) is more due to the unmodified hepa final filter which leaked from the sides fr the same delivery batch. Update: In mid January 2012, I had to use another one (2nd) of these bags and did some solid vacuuming for 2.5-3 hours in a day - the bag fitted new, held up well (with a new anti bac deodorizer pouch in place). However, the bag would need regular changing say every month or so as otherwise it could start to stink as mine did with the first. I dont remember the original hoover bag (thicker) emitting any smell when used no matter how long it stayed unchanged. For the price, I would upgrade this to 2.5 to 3 stars. If you are buying from overseas, this may not be worth your trouble as shipping cost is exorbitant. If you are a local buyer, then, you just get what you pay for.

I liked everything about the product

I am not particularly find of vacuuming, but we have a large lab-shepherd whose principle talent (if you can call it that) is shedding. So, it is something I have to do a lot. This week I noticed a tile missing from our OLD (solid) wood parquet floor. I was pretty unhappy with said mutt, sure he had done it, and had more or less resigned myself to spending hundreds, if not thousands, having the floor refinished (not knowing if it was even possible to replace). My husband suggested that maybe I had vacuumed it up. I did not think that was possible, and did not look forward to going through the vaccum bag :( BUT, these bags really saved the day. I opened up the vacuum, and there it was, visible in the window! (and consequently, easy to retrieve). I immediately came back here to order more, not knowing if they would be available (since they are one flavor of generic). Well, they are, and I am ordering enough to last me a while, and hoping that these bags continue to be available! Not everyone will find themselves in that situation, but the window is intended to let you know if the bag is full. They also cost quite a bit less than the OEMs, fit and work just as well in other respects. All that said, I likely would have ordered more anyway, but for me, these really saved the day.

It works has advertised!

I cant believe I used a canister vacuum for so long. With the bagged vacuum, the bags are filter so finally I dont have to fuss with the filter and little clouds of months old dust that inevitably spread around changing the filter on canister vacuums. the other nice thing with bags is that if something big is sucked up, it doesnt get caught in the vacuum. It just goes into the bag. its just all-around a much nicer way to deal with dust and pet hair than the bagless vacuums and the way they kind of just push the air and dust around instead of sucking it all in like with these bags. when this is full, it detaches easily and there is a flap with a sticker to close on the opening of the bag when you take it off so no dust gets out as you are throwing out the bag.

Only had the product in week that is the reason for 3 stars. Bag fits properly my machine easy to put on recently made Ill update this review after I use it about a month so far I would suggest buying them or I would buy them again

Good value for the money, but they are so long they need to be folded over to fit in my Sears canister Type C vacuum cleaner. They are in reality too big for the compartment. That makes closing the lid a challenge and appears to restrict air flow in the bag, in addition to the air flow passing into the first stage filter at the rear of the compartment the bag rests in, possibly reducing the vacuums efficiency.

A little hard to attach (tighter opening than most, not impossible) but once I got it on, its fine and does what it supposed to. Also they were much cheaper than when I buy them in the store so I am very happy with purchase and would buy these again.