Outdoor vacuum cleaner

Thing is I also use mine in my workshop which is just a room in the house. And want decent filtering to avoid blowing dust elsewhere. Suppose that wouldn't matter outdoors. Are there any truly filterless machines?

Quite. Hence me preferring to pay a bit extra for bags. Assuming they don't cost a fortune.

No longer on their website.

Ah yes I see the model now. SO you used it without a bag? I'm told that this causes the filter to clog up. Did you experience that?

In message , Tim Streater writes

I didn't buy it new (long boring story[1]), but when it came to me, it didn't have a bag, and I didn't realise until now that one was ever fitted. No, no problem with the filter, which just sits on the rim of the body, held in place by the motor assembly. The filter has to be removed to empty the bin, of course.

The filter is washable, although I haven't done so - when emptying the cleaner, I just hold the filter in our wheelie bin with the lid almost shut, and tap the filter against the inside of the wheelie bin.

It has become one of those things that I always reach for. Small and light enough to just grab and go, yet powerful enough to be useful. Very good with general crap in the shed or dog hairs in house and car. Also great for stairs - I can easily carry the body in one hand whilst using the hose in the other. Similar for corners of ceilings, around doors and high window frames.

Ah, thanks very much. That's very clear now.

I have one. Surprisingly, it's well below the energy use limit anyway.