That is exactly my point. I get this is a discussion thread, but they always seem to get hijacked by some American screaming that their Kirbys are simply superior in everyway, and shaft and batter anything else, not understanding that people either one do not have the money to buy a Kirby and don't want a second hand one as they are not always freely available outside the US (yes, the US isn't the only country in the world) and 2; people want something that is easier to sue. There is more to the wright of a vacuum than pushing and pulling it.
That is my problem with some people on here. I have never been on a Kirby thread to bash them and say how much greater my Sebo or dyson is, yet it is mainly the same two or three people that do it otherwise, and it really winds me and a few other members up, and it doesn't turn into a discussion, but actually turns insulting, (frail Europeans, superior American built products) No one in their right mind takes you seriously.