Hi all
I must have something wrong here - typical bloke never read the instructions and now can't find them!
Er indoors bought a Panasonic cyclone "bagless" vacuum a few years back.
With considerable frequency, the air filter thingy in the top of the waste cannister gets choked with dust, the performance drops right off and I have to take it out and de-dust it (a far messier job than emptying a bag!). Do these filters need regular replacement rather than cleaning?
Also, there seems to be some sort of safety inlet on the back of the upright machine body. If any serious resistance is applied to the business end e. g. getting hold of a plastic bag with the hose end, then this air inlet port becomes active and the suction drops off. I then have to put my hand over this port to return majority suction to the hose. It seems at times to require remarkably little obstruction to activate this by-pass port, so half the time you are reaching to the back of the machine to block it and return full suction.
So am I missing something, or is this how the Panasonic and other cyclone style vacuums should behave?
Thanks
Phil