The NEW vacuum cleaner died!!!!!

Seriously, it did!!!  Fortunately it was within the 90 day Sears store warranty (see, it pays to shop at Sears).  So, yesterday I took the whole think back to the store and told them I wanted a new & completely different vacuum.  After trying out and taking apart half the vacuums in the store, I walked out of there with a Dyson upright.  Piece of cake.  No hassle.  No questioning my telling them that the Hoover was a piece of crap.  No trying to get out of it by telling me that since Lilly had chewed up one of the attachments and I no longer had the box the "satisfaction guaranteed" warranty was void.  Nope, just, "Which vacuum would you like to exchange it for?"  and  "Thank you so much for shopping at Sears!"  I used to work at a Sears a VERY loooooooonnnnnnnnnggggggg time ago, so I already knew the "satisfaction guaranteed" warranty was pretty good.  But, I really was surprised at how EASY getting rid of that horrible piece of crap was!  So, I'm incredibly happy with Sears.

As for Hoover...  OMG!  I don't think it's possible to screw up a vacuum cleaner design any more than this stupid thing!!!  The self-cleaning hepa filter doesn't self-clean & there's no way to get to it to manually clean it; every time the dirt cup is removed for emptying the filthy clogged self-cleaning filter spews dirt everywhere; the pet hair furniture attachment stops working as soon as the beater bar touches anything; the holes on the plastic pre-filter are too big allowing pet hair to get into the hepa filter & clog the whole thing up even more... like I said, it's a piece of CRAP!!!

Now for the Dyson... I hate that the housing is so tall it's hard to vacuum under things & the whole take the wand apart to use the attachments is a bit awkward.  But, IT WORKS!  It's lighter & smaller than the piece of crap and you would not believe the amount of dirt it has already gotten out of my carpets!!!  I was really surprised because I vacuumed right before returning the Hoover & then vacuumed with the Dyson as soon as I got back home.  The Hoover was done picking stuff up (ie: it thought the floor was clean) - then the Dyson managed to vacuum up THREE dirt cup fulls of well, dirt.  I figured it would pick up some stuff, but absolutely did not expect to have to empty the dirt cup THREE times only hours after using the other vacuum.  Oh, and the filter didn't clog & it didn't spew dirt throughout the house when I emptied it.  So, I'll forgive this thing for not maneuvering underneath stuff.