I have to agree with Rob - The first thing I read was "Whats the best bagless vacuum ever," in so far as what has been the best ever produced. Trouble is, in my mind there is no "best bagless vacuum ever," that I can think of. Some come close like Vax Mach Air - "at last, a multicyclonic like Dyson that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to buy..."
Frankly as a collector, I don't think there is even the most perfect vacuum cleaner because there are so many variables that would have to be taken on in the first place before a machine can be called "perfect." Bagged vacuums have few downsides compared to bagless. Sadly the market has become so heavily infiltrated with the old Dual Cyclone copies that it impossible to tell the good from the bad. I'm not even referring to the hoses, tools and carpet performance but rather the filter system itself and how brands have chosen to produce them on the machines themselves.
If an owner has to take apart more than two filters to clean the machine, it's not moving on.
