Not a Vax seconded! (thirded?)
We had a cylinder one which was a huge disaster from start to end, when looking for a replacement I was avoiding Vax but got sucked in as it had all the major selling points, lots of watts, long hoses, super long flex so I can do the whole bungalow from one power point.
But the hoses constantly fall apart, the flex clip has broken, and you have to get your fingers in to clear all the fluff and hair out of the cyclone thing and it ends up billowing the contents across the drive as you try and empty it into the wheelie bin.
I bought a Karcher garage wet and dry vacuum recently and that is amazing, especially when the washing machine breaks down full of water and you realise you can just loosen the filter and let the water run onto the floor, and the vacuum sucks all the water in before it touches the floor 🙂