Opinions needed

[gardenmama]

My vacuum cleaner died :( I think it is probably fixable, if there were someone who fixed them. But the one guy in town who rebuilt this vacuum a few years ago has retired and gone out of business (I guess he moved to Mexico). So I'm looking at buying a new vacuum. As something that's going to get lots of use, I want something that's going to work well and hold up for more than just one or two years.

So, what kind of vacuum do you have and what do you love and hate about it?