Does your vacuum suck too? Or should I say not suck?

I don’t remember what kind of vacuum cleaner we have, offhand. But it sucks, meaning it doesn’t suck anything up. This was a replacement for another one we had that sucked by not sucking, which replaced a previous one that sucked by not sucking, and so on and so on.

What is with vacuum cleaners not doing their job? It seems like each of them work pretty well at first, but within a couple of months, they hardly do their job. The one we have now hardly sucks anything up and I’ll approach a piece of dirt or something with it and the stupid spinning mechanism blows whatever it is away. I have to chase hair and dirt around the kitchen and hope it eventually gets sucked up! Sometimes the only solution is to try to sneak up on the dirt when it’s not looking in hopes it doesn’t get blown away.

I know what you’re going to suggest: “Change the filters you moron!” But I’ve done that….multiple times. I’ve done everything I can think of to help it along, short of getting down on the ground with a straw to help suck up the detritus!

What I really want is a Dyson. Apparently they don’t lose suction? (If you have one, please comment and let me know how it is). Problem is, my wife doesn’t want to spend that much money on a vacuum. Of course, if you look at how long it will last versus these cheap vacuums we buy, it probably makes more sense to buy a Dyson.

Does your vacuum suck? Let me know and let me know what you have and Dyson owners, let me know what you think about the Dyson vacuums!