The "wiper" on those other canisters are not going to get into the grooves which give the pleated filters all the air flow area. On mine, I occassionally give it a good wap with my hand to knock some fine dust down, sometimes spray it compressed air, and one time I took it off and rolled it around the driveway after I had forgotten to knock the dust out for a while.
Photo of out for a while:
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very happy with the dust collector and the filter on top. I keep my various pieces of dust hose connectors on top and a nut driver in the donut area.
Someday I think about moving the motor to be vertical and give the exhaust a straight shot into the bag area so I can sort of get a chip collector under it. But that is many projects from now.
Alan