It must be new product season. I was poking around on a few manufactures websites and noticed there are several new models out from Hoover and Bissell. I really liked this Bissell, it looks like they redesigned the lift away.
That Bissell doesn't do anything for me... it looks a bit cheap to me, but it probably is! But I too visit all the manufacuters web sites about once a month just to see if there's anything new out.... Bissell seems to have the most updates and new products... Eureka hasn't done anything to make me say wow since I can remember, I'm not sure what happened to them!