Of course, imo an old Hoover pays for itself many times over and over ;]
Ya know, at least I can feasably fix this stick vac (it turns on fine, works..just sounds a bit throaty)
Nowerdays it's chop and change, use for a year and chuck it, it's sad in a weird sort of way...as my dad said about this Morphy Richards upright (ya know the nasty plastic cyclonic crap) "The only way yer could get to the motor is by breaking the casing open." which, as you can imagine...isn't the way 
Ian
