Airspeed...
Ah yes the Eureka Airspeed. From working on Eurekas for years, it is not a vacuum I would recommend. They're built in a very similar manner to their Capture and Altima models, which although they cleaned well at first, had a lot of problems. Just like any throw-away plastic bagless vacuum from the last decade, the Airspeed has a pleated filter in the dirt cup that will quickly clog. The setup is very inefficient and high-maintenance. They actually try to hide this is in a very deceptive way by putting the filter inside of a plastic screen, which looks just like a shroud on a Dyson or other multi-cyclonic setup. They make the top of the dirt cup look like it has cyclones, but it doesn't. These are purely stylistic choices to fool the customer into thinking it has cyclones like the more expensive Dysons or other cyclonic vacs. Those filters clog and suction depletes fast. Also the very similar Capture model, and the Comfort-Oh! model had lots of problems with brushrolls melting, and plastic housings melting. They also leaked lots of dirt into the motors, which caused premature motor problems.
Now that Dyson's multi-cyclonic patents are up, bagless vacuums have the potential to become really excellent. Hoover was oh-so-close with the Windtunnel Max. Eureka got sued for copying Dyson's original dual-cylone setup with their WhirlWind models in the late 1990's. I would recommend waiting it out to see what Eureka rolls out in the next year or so.. Hopefully something that doesn't rely on junky leaky filters to separate dust from the airstream. Eureka has made excellent products in the past, and for a short period arguably made the very best vacuums, but those days are over. They've shamelessly cut corners and gutted their Sanitaire line, and their uprights are purely made with a pricepoint and profit in mind. Quality hasn't been the part of their strategy for years now.
