I soon got tired of the first dust collector I got, a 1 hp on wheels with a cloth bag. When I got the bigger shop, I got a 3 hp Oneida centralized system, which as far as I am concerned, makes the best systems out there. ("Clear View" is another system that gets good reviews, though I haven't heard much about them lately.) They do have smaller foot print systems for the smaller shops. Not in every one's price range. If you have a small corner in the shop, or even wall space, they can fit in pretty well. I do prefer the 'Lone Ranger' start/stop system for remote control as you don't have to point it at the system to turn it off and on. I keep 2 of them handy. The one in the turning area stays on a clip on the wall because the first one vanished in a bag of shavings, or at least I think that is where it went. The second one in the flat work area floats from tool to tool. While the cloth bags are okay, the pleated filters are far better, in part because they offer far more surface area to vent through, so generally you get better air flow. They also offer much finer filtering.
robo hippy