This fricken sucks.... literally ☺

[Bailey Guns]

My wife bought a Miele about 2 or 3 years ago. I wouldn't pay that much but that sucker is the awesome-est vacuum I've ever seen. Neither one of have long ass hair but we have a lot of dogs...and a Corgi.

[islandermyk]

Right on guys! I really appreciate your inputs!

I've been looking and looking... Googlefying the sh*t out of these brand names


Now lets see where I can get a bargain


Hahahaha! Wow! 6 pages... I love you guys!

[tmleadr03]

That blows.

[islandermyk]

That blows.

why man?! Why?!

[patrick0685]

sorry im late but we have two large dogs and we have a Dyson Animal

[funkymonkey1111]

Dyson/Kirby/Oreck are never at the top of the consumer reports ratings--try and find the ratings and go with the top rated one.

[mrghost]

So my vacuum finally kicked the bucket

Damn thing started acting up... it started getting louder and louder... and then finally popping the circuit breaker in the fricken house, wtf over?!
My long ass hair and my long haired cat sheds enough hair to make a sweater in week.. which I think is killing these vacuums
So I come to you "the wise and all knowing members of the COAR15" for advice on my next purchase on something that sucks up sh*t really well that I would actually throw some hard cash at

So what are you guys (I'm also curious with what vacuums pet owners own...) using to vacuum up your place with that has lasted at least a year?
Help me out here! I've had 2 pieces of sh*t vacuums (From wallyworld) just this year alone.. my price range is up to $200

Earlier in the year, I went through this and I am admittedly an obsessive person when it comes to researching a particular gadget. When my wife and I needed a new vacuum I never thought I would research things over a period of a couple of months, but that's what I ended up doing. Long story short, we tried a few vacuums and the one that was closer to your budget that we really, really liked was this Panasonic:
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-MC-C...sonic-MC-CG917

Let me tell you I was not about to spend $400 or more on a damn vacuum of all things, so while some high-end vacuums really seemed appealing, I narrowed my focus. The Panasonic is "easy to drive", has a large, high quality dust bag, and really SUCKS. Great selection of onboard tools and has the pet hair attachment that works just fine (we have two dogs). Highly recommend it.

[USAFGopherMike]

Shell out the money for an Electrolux that will suck the butt out of a cat, or just buy the Dyson Animal. That's what I'm shopping for right now too.

[Marlin]

Shop Vac. No beater bar for carpeting, but they don't break and don't need bags.

This.

[Ed_S]

I will vote Kirby as well. Bought one twenty years ago, rebuilt it twice. Best damd vac ever.

x2 on the Kirby. Mine is 10 yr old now and has required 2 small replacement parts. Awesome vac.