Everything is centred around bagless bagless bagless because in 1993, a certain Mr James Dyson told everyone that they needed to buy his bagless cleaner, which was the most important revolution in vacuum cleaner history.

The result?

Mr Dyson is now a billionaire thank you very much, and most people now worship the soil he stands on. They would be prepared to pay half a grand in this country for one of his superbly manufactured top quality Malaysian machines.

More fool them.

We've already got what you just listed - its called the Kirby Sentria 2 - it even has LED lights, and Hepa Filtration. Its how Hoovers used to be, in the good old days, before Dyson.

In the States, you already have the Tandem air models that work via direct air system on carpets, and bypass on the hose, so its the best of both worlds - we don't get anything like that in the UK. The only direct air machines we can get here are Kirbys and Orecks.

Trying to get a bagged upright in the UK is getting harder now, as many stores just don't stock them any more, its all bagless, and made in the Far East as you say. If we want bagged uprights then we have to order them online from the few online retailers who stock Miele or Sebo bagged uprights.

Dyson has had a profound effect on the bagged market, and if it wasn't for the Germans (Miele, and Sebo), we'd only have a couple of bagged uprights left to choose from in the UK, because, as you know, we don't manufacture anything here any more.