Bosch GAS shop vac

[LBCarpentry]

I recently brought a Bosch Gas 15L shop vac.

It's great but I just have one major gripe with it. It seems to me that the bag can never fill up anywhere near to full capacity as the filter in the vacuum is sitting on half the dust bag. Ridiculous! Or am I doing something wrong? Does it even need a bag? I'm only getting around 5L capacity at the min. Someone out there knows what i'm on about.

 

[billhicks]

You're not doing anything wrong, it's just the design of the unit, being small the filter is right in the middle of the bucket.

Some other vacs, like festools have the filter up top so you can use the full capacity of the bag. You don't need to use a bag but if you don't the filter will clog up a lot and you'll need to clean it a lot and replace it more often.