On Feb 7, 1:02 am, "larry moe 'n curly"
wrote:
Tater wrote:
I've been borrowing a friends Dirt devil and really should get my own
vac, any suggestions?

Check the newest issue of Consumer Reports, March, 2008. Their
highest-rated upright is a Sears Kenmore Progressive Direct Drive,
#35922 or 35923, $300, but in 6th place (out of 307 uprights tested)
is a Hoover Tempo Widepath U514-900, only $60 (Amazon says $67). It
was slightly noisier and cleaned bare floors slightly worse. The
highest-rated Dirt Devli placed #26.

I own this Sears model and a Dysan. The Dysan is way better in
everything except stairs. Consumer Reports is as usual full of crap.
As for dust. There is none. There is no filter to clean, but emptying
it inside is not recommended. I take ours to the outside garbage, and
just pull the trigger to empty it. I'd never trade it for a bag
vacuum. BTW the bags for that Sears vacuum are 5 dollars a pop, and
last about 1-2 weeks of vacuuming and changing the bag is 100 times as
messy as emptying the bag less Dysan.