Who is the better sucker?

[GoneOffShore]

Poll question: Who is the better sucker?

Our vacuum cleaner appears to be dead or in a death spiral. Belts are breaking, it's making smells, it's really not cleaning.

So, has anyone had experience with the brands in the poll? Is it worth spending the bucks on a high end sucker?

Experiences with bagless versus bag cleaners?

And if you post Other - please tell me which brand you voted for.

[Jamastiene]

1. Cheapest piece of shit in the store.

When it dies, replace it with the newest cheapest piece of shit in the store at that time. I kill any vacuum cleaner I get....regularly. I don't know what I do to them. There is no way in hell I'm paying a large amount of money for something I'm just going to destroy. All vacuum cleaners suck anyhow.

[GoneOffShore]

3. I've thought about that -

My concern is that every time it happens it takes 3 months to convince Mrs GoS that the vacuum has, indeed, died. And then she's all, "It's only 2 years old. They're supposed to last longer than that!"
So, I'm looking at a Dyson - which someone said is the closest some people get to driving a Mercedes. My big issue is the price.

[HopeHoops]

2. Electrolux - ours is over 20 years old and still "sucks".

[GoneOffShore]

4. Sounds great - I wish I had a wayback machine.

I bet yours is all metal parts. The new ones aren't. Lots of plastic.

[HopeHoops]

5. No, it is mostly plastic. You have to go back to the early 60's for the metal ones.

It is just a solid machine with a simple design. I've had to disassemble the floor beater thing about a dozen times to rip off the dog hair (we have a border collie and before that it survived a long-haired cockapeagle - my term). It is easy to take apart and put back together and the dog hair isn't its fault. I have a Kenmore also, but that one has never had the power and the motor gets a burning smell if the bag starts to get full. The Electrolux will still pull things off the floor when the bag is so full there is a wad of hair stuck in the hose when you disconnect it. THAT is a good machine!