Need a new vacuum.

[VacuumLady]

Originally Posted by RayinAK

All vacuum cleaners, expensive or cheap, break. For many years I have had all kinds of them, including some very good Kenmore ones. But the best one and most durable so far has been a Dyson, which by the way has a 3-year company warranty. It's still going strong four years later

Dysons warranty is a 10 years now on most models which is nice.

[Cattknap]

We do love our Oreck - we bought it almost 4 years ago and we are very happy with it. I love how light weight it is. We have low pile carpeting, tile and hardwood and it works well on all surfaces. We did buy the top of the line model so it was expensive - I think it was about $800. Ours has a 20 year warranty which they no longer offer.

[James1202]

Originally Posted by trlhiker

I have been doing lots of research and cannot find a vacuum that has all around good ratings. From what I have read, Dysons are good until they break, which apperantly they do frequently. Hoovers are excellent but have very poor customer service. When they break you are out of luck, may take months to repair. I currently have a Bissel that did great at first but after only a year or so, it hardly sucks at all dispite cleaning all the filters and checking for clogs. Any opinions on good vacuums for less than $500. Thanks

For items like this I always rely on Consumer Reports 'zine to give a starting point. Then I search online for reviews by purchasers (type name of vacuumn mfgr. and model # + "reviews"). Don't forget to consider what you need and the fact some things are more important to you than to the CR testers and other users.