While I'd LOVE a Dyson (in scarlet, please, Santa), this is the vacuum that I keep buying. I say "keep buying" because they are so cheap that when the motor burns out there's really just no point in getting it fixed; the repair costs as much as a new one on sale. I am on my second one in ten years and I still really like it. It's lightweight, the bags are inexpensive, widely available and easy to change, it's got tools on board (a must in my book), and it's got enough suction to do the job.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor