I have a kirby and a bag-less (don't even know the brand) that works well too. The wife likes the bag-less and I like the kirby. The wife claims the kirby is too heavy so I weighed it and it about 1.5 #s heavier, but it is self propelled too.
The kirby is a stout machine that is 22 years old and works as well as it did when new. The only thing I have had to do to it was change the bags and the belt. So although it is expensive and I was upset when my x-wife purchased it I think it was worth the money in the long run. The bag-less we have was a third of the cost of the kirby but is made of plastic and I don't think it will last 22 years. With the additional cost of the 3 filters it has I don't know if it is really any cheaper than the kirby . . . We do however both fight over who is going to empty the bag-less as tapping out the filter is a PIA. I always gets some dust on me even when I place it in a bag to tap it out and you have to go outside to do it. It really isn't that bad but you have to do it twice when vacuuming the house as we have TOO MANY CATS!!! On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Michael Bendorf <bendo...@a-ccentral.us>wrote: > ...I have used a bag-less DirtDevil upright for two years now: > It is convenient to not have bags, but the filter clogs up pretty fast so I > have to clean that out more often than I would have to change a bag...I take > it off the top of the canister and tap it on the sidewalk (it looks like a > small car air filter...) > > I do not have kids or pets, so really it gets pretty light use, but I'm > starting to wonder if I might be happier with something I don't have to tap > the filter out on - it can get messy and it's a PIA... > > > --Michael T. Bendorf-- > Technology Administrator > A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 > 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 > Cellular: 217.306.6824 > > "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during > your lectures so that I do not need you any more." > > A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for > others. > > "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the > enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers > using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." > > - Alan Kay > > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:51 AM, McKay, Curtis <cmc...@bths201.org> wrote: > >> But that's suppose to be the great thing about Dyson is that it's bag less >> and filter less right? I currently have an Oreck with no complaints...but I >> don't have pets either. >> >> Curtis McKay >> Network Administrator >> Belleville Township High School District 201 >> cmc...@bths201.org >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto: >> tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Bob Schmidt >> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:45 AM >> To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' >> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: Dyson vacuum cleaner >> >> That's what I have experienced. The dyson is a good bagless vacuum but it >> doesn't match a good bag based vac. Bagless is nice at first until you have >> to remember to buy filters. The current bagless vac that I have has 4 >> different filters on it. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org >> [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of >> rkas...@valmeyerk12.org >> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:01 PM >> To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: Dyson vacuum cleaner >> >> I have a Dyson Animal because I had 2 Golden Retrievers. It does a good >> job. I got it to replace an Oreck because the filters in the Oreck >> continued to smell like Dog even when changed. In my opinion, the Oreck had >> more suction, especially on the indoor/outdoor carpet in the basement. I >> think the Oreck's brush got deeper into the carpet also. >> >> The Dyson is worth the money though and it's definitely easy to empty the >> cannister. >> >> Quoting Mike Oliveri <mike.oliv...@student.rb60.com>: >> >> > Got a friend that swears by his. Don't know the model, but he raves >> > about >> it. >> > >> > My wife got suckered into a Kirby. It's a good vacuum, but be prepared >> > to pay through the nose. She loves it because it does shampooing and >> > all that other crap, too. >> > >> > Mike >> > >> > >> > >> > On Jul 27, 2010, at 12:07 PM, Aaron Hackney wrote: >> > >> >> I've had the yellow one. Not sure of the model....before the ball >> >> came out....for 5 years now. It's a solid machine and 5 years later, >> >> you can almost pick up a bowling ball with it ;) >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Russ Gowin <rgo...@dwschools.org> >> wrote: >> >>> This is completely off topic but my vacuum cleaner has pretty much >> >>> given up due to a clog somewhere in it. It is an old vacuum that I >> >>> got used and it is time to get rid of it. I think I'm gonna go with >> >>> Dyson but there are different models. I know I want the kind with >> >>> the ball, but then there is the DC24 All Floors, DC25 All Floors, >> >>> DC25 Animal, and DC28 Animal. I have a cat so I think I want the >> >>> Animal model, but not completely sure. >> >>> Anyone have >> >>> one and/or have an opinion about them? >> >>> >> >>> Thanks. >> >>> >> >>> Russ Gowin >> >>> System Administrator >> >>> Technology Specialist >> >>> DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 >> >>> 304 E. Illinois Route 10 >> >>> DeLand, IL 61839 >> >>> 217-736-2311 >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you >> >> come alive and then go do that. 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