Anyone bought a vacuum cleaner lately?

Hahahahaha! Guess what you're getting for your birthday?

Thanks for the feedbag on bagless. That's pretty much what my neighbor said.

There's a Miele dealer about 15 miles from here. Certainly worth the trip over to check them out.

Do you know how much cat hair has been accumulating on my furniture for the past four years while I've been waiting for that?

Om nom nom

(Reading along with interest, need a decent vacuum BADLY.)

HA! I would have noticed that eventually.

Twenty plus years ago I bought a Meile & it's still going strong. (With services & small glitch repairs along the way.)
Not as up-to-date as today's wizz bang models, of course, but it does the job required of it perfectly well.
If I was going to buy a new vacuum cleaner, I'd go for a smaller, lighter Meile, if such a beast is available.
In the meantime, it's showing no signs of imminent death.

I also bought one online from a vary nice company in Chicago. Very good cleaner, but you have to put in about 3 different clean filters to keep it running properly. When ordering the replacement charcoal or HEPA filters, you have to be sure to get the right ones.

This vacuum is light weight, relative to several other models I've had experience with.

Upkeep is not cheap, as bags and filters do add up in cost . The bags aren't cheap and they're also pretty small. So if you have a lot of dirt, you might need a model with a larger bag capacity.

The vaccum itself wasn't cheap, but at the time I bought it , it had a very good rating with Consumer Reports magazine.

I bought mine about 1 year ago at a price of about $850.