The author's instruments of dust bunny doom - a new addition

If I could ever be bothered to vacuum the house properly, this would be the tool I'd reach for.

Highly rated in the reviews with the only con being the price.  However, because we scored the Sebo as part of a larger lot in a household auction, I don't give a hoot that they cost over $1000.

It's terrifically competent, well-designed and well put together. You can also buy an optional flexible tool for sucking at your crevices, even those hard-to-reach ones. They seem to have thought of everything.

Our Dyson is a bit of flash git in comparison to the staid Sebo.  This Dyson is called the V-8 Animal and you can see where they got the inspiration from

With no stylistic conceits, the sombre and solemn Sebo announces its purpose; this vacuum cleaner is a hearse for dust bunnies.

(For those who feel their appliance buying choices should also be a semiotic reference to their personal value system, the Sebo Airbelt D4 also available in steadfastly reliable blue and no-funny-business red.)