so I saw this while i was in best-buy the other day... quirky looking vacuum cleaner made by hoover, i blew it off because of how low it was (not relizing it was in a colapsed down configuration)... i'm seriously thinking of going back for another test push...

the only thing it has on the dyson IMHO is the auto height adjustment...

http://www.hoover.com/HooverZ/HooverZHtml.asp
http://www.epinions.com/content_217448287876
http://www.lasplash.com/HomeAndGarden/The_Hoover_Z_Review_-_The_Newest_Thing_In_Clean.php


then again it is fairly heafty so moving it from house to house might just suck haha
mark

Is that a vacuum? It looks like a Transformer... Some interesting/cool engineering, but $500 is too much to spend on a vac IMO. This site has the best prices I've seen on a Dyson if you decide to go that way.
http://www.heartlandamerica.com/browse/item.asp?product=dyson-steel--lavender-vacuum&PIN=44925&GUID=ADCA72B0-D3D6-4483-8BF7-1CC16B7E38B1&DL=HWH16

There is an advantage to having a vac with a good long hose for stairs and edging. I have to haul in 2 vacs, my small oreck commercial, then a small canister for edging and the post vac. When I'm lazy I post vac with the oreck and cross my fingers it doesn't clog.

retail is high... but you can get em all day long under 200 on ebay lol.

the one i realy liked was the vac that had a self spooling cord... push a button and in it goes... sure thats a nice feature... but also sure it would brake using it to offten like we do haha