Household Vacuum Recommendation?

Back in 1983 I spent $700 for a Filter Queen Majestic for my wife. She thought I was nuts, but she did like the vacuum cleaner! It is a canister type of vacuum cleaner, with a power driven brush on the vacuum head. I have replaced the cord once (the wife's cockatoo chewed right through it, luckily it was not plugged in). I also replaced the switch once, the brush once, several drive belts (glorified rubber bands) and the hose once in all that time. That's it other than the paper cone filters that it uses. My wife won't give it up for anything. A new one now costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $2000. I figure that my $700 investment 33 years ago plus the cost of replacement parts has cost us a whopping $27 per year. That's a lot cheaper than buying a new cheapo at Wal Mart every year or two.
 
Terry that was a lot of money in 1983. Today I picked up my new vac...drum roll...a Made in USA Simplicity Synergy X9. Its made of...wait for it...metal!! :encourage: It has a lifetime serpentine belt with a tensioner and two suction motors.
 
After spending money on a few expensive vacuums we have for about the last 10 years been using the $59 Hoover that came free with our new carpet. That thing sucks! Much better than the bagless $300+ models we owned.
 
coolidge said:
Terry that was a lot of money in 1983. Today I picked up my new vac...drum roll...a Made in USA Simplicity Synergy X9. Its made of...wait for it...metal!! :encourage: It has a lifetime serpentine belt with a tensioner and two suction motors.
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Did you get the metallic blue? That thing is real purdy.
 
Thanks for the heads up on the simplicity, that looks to be a strong contender.
 
There's more to this story. Not only manufacturing Made in America by God but the company had sent the jobs to Korea than brought the jobs back to America! So much for this nonsense about how we can't compete in manufacturing anymore! Now the box says "Made in America with parts sourced globally" and that's fine if that's what it takes to compete with these cheap imports but the vacuum is designed in America, mostly manufactured in America by Americans. And it kicks ass compared to the imports.

 
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