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Italy
buy makita. no filter. no bags. hahaMy Vax V100 just died on my last job. It has served me well though from cleaning oil boilers, Agas, woodstoves etc to general building detritus. The let down with it was the cost of filters so I'll definitely factor that in to the replacement cost. That expensive hoover may not turn out to be so expensive in the long run if you're not buying filters and bags all the time.