Our other uprights...
After the purchase of the Royal 801 in 1973, my wife bought a Eureka 2062D in the early '80s I believe. It's an all-metal one that uses the F&G bags inside the cloth or poly bag, and it was manufactured at the old Bloomington, IL Eureka plant. Several years ago, my wife sort of jumped on the "bagless" bandwagon (much to my chagrin I might add), and purchased a Shark Navigator Pro. Except for dumping the dust bin, it's suprisiingly quite good, but I still prefer bagged vacuums. A few months ago, she bought a Miele S7-series "Cat & Dog" upright. It's a bit heavy at 22lbs., but does a beautiful job in vacuuming, and in the typical German fashion, is built like a watch. The filtering is amazing - a 9-layer self-closing bag, a true HEPA exhaust filter, and a totally sealed system. She bought the Miele upright based upon her experience with the Miele S6 Quartz canister, which has been a great vacuum - and, very quiet.
We have four levels in this heavily carpeted house, and she keeps an upright on each level!
