Vacuum cleaners...

When I lived in New York I couldn't afford a dyson pet hair vacuum, instead I bought a purple Eureka, it was just $300, it was bagless (the type I so much prefer) and it did a pretty good job at picking up cat hair and all sort of particles pretty well. Upon coming to Australia I've been looking in stores and online and it seems the most popular vacuums here are the canister ones, you know the kind your grandma used to use? I looked at a website for a store that deals solely with vacuums and the type of vacuum they have the most of are the canister ones.  The one you drag around your house or apartment, clunking into things, and if you're tall the stick makes you have to bend over a lot more than an upright. My husband had a canister when I arrived and I must tell you, I really dislike vacuuming, as I feel the canister getting stuck behind me wherever I go, it's so annoying to have to either pull really hard or to stop and move the thing from the doorway or around a piece of furniture.  They have expensive canister ones, by Miele and dyson, I believe Hoover has one too, but my preference has always been and will always be an upright, bagless vacuum cleaner. Now the one I'm hoping to buy one day is the purple dyson, but it won't be anytime soon as it costs $949.00 AUD, good thing the tax is already figured into that price because 10% tax would just be ridiculous on top of that price. The lady at Myer told me occasionally they go on sale minus 10% so that would be $854, still a bit much for a vacuum cleaner. Hopefully by the time we absolutely need to get one, they'll have other ones or better sales than just 10%.  

The type of vacuum I cannot stand!