I’d like an upright that does carpet and/or hardwood as well. Hepa design is not necessary. I have had a hepa and a bagged upright. Neither is more preferable than the other except the hepa needs emptied WAY more often than does the bagged. So, give it to me….. what’s YOUR best vac suggestion??
My all time FAVORITE vacuum cleaner is the Fantom. I have a canister and an upright of Fantom and one VERY OLD ERECKA that works pretty good. The very first time I used the canister Fantom, I emptied the thing about 10x just in the dining room. The hair, the dust the filth it picked up was AMAZING! I vacuumed everything in site for 3 days. I still have that same canister, and its like 10 years old. Picked up another one, an upright for the upstairs, and my oh my…..it still impresses me. Love the old clangy Erecka, but its getting harder and harder to find the old canister bags for it and the beater brush just stopped working (still, it will suck the dust bunnies, cob webs and bugs from the porch and corners of my rooms with wood floors. With 2 dogs, 2 little super mice and 3 kids with 100’s of friends, I need it clean and I need it clean now! So now you have my 2 cents! Good luck!
They have the Bissell 12amp Powerforce Bagless Vacuum at Big Lots on sale for $40. We use them at the hotel where I work. They’re really good.