When I was looking to buy my first vacuum cleaner for my own home,
after the previous owner's crappy Hoover had fallen to pieces, I
asked about a Dyson and my local vacuum cleaner shop said: no way,
they're crap, we're forever repairing them. They sold me a Mercedes:
http://www.killiskleaners.co.uk/inde...ypage.tpl.html
It's worked perfectly ever since, 19 years now.

You can clean it by popping the lid off, removing three screws holding
the motor in place, and then dunking the entire lot in the sink.

JGH