Yes you are right,it's the old bosch/siemens/vaxs/ upright now marketed by royal/dirt devil who's owned by TTI in china......
 
O.T.

Quote from lionsweeperuser on 07/01/07 at 10:11pm:

 
You know the answer to that-
 
http://www.whatsthebest-vacuum.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1165502030

Decent bagless vacuum for the money $250 and comes with a 5 year warranty.  
 
TTI no doubt has its eyes and market sales focused on the high price big box bagless vacuum brand.  A nice marketing strategy by TTI--discontinue the VAX upright line and reintro as a DD i-Vacuum.  The rub: Will US vacuum buyers accept $250 Dirt Devil vacuums.  Or should TTI have used the Royal brand name instead?  Have to wait and see.
 
These vacuums are on TARGET store shelves already and selling.  They have an upscale look that appeals to the young, single/married vacuum shoppers who are more inclined to buy bagless vacuums.  The cordwinder is a staple of these vacuums (Siemens-Vax).  A feature which users prefer in vacuums rather than the old-fashioned cord wrap.  The high priced brand big box bagless still has not mastered that feature on its uprights.  Despite all its engineers working with huge R&D monies.  Plus the DD (like the Vax) comes with a headlight (another feature the high priced brand big box bagless doesn't provide at 2X the cost of the DD i-Vacuum) and now the DD has a 5 year (rather than 2 year with Vax) warranty.   Competition: The number ONE risk to organizations as reported by 150 CEOs, CFOs and other senior level executives among the top 2,000 companies of 2007.  
 
Carmine D.

Here's a Web Site with all the details.  20 pounds.  A little on the hefty side by today's standards and expectations.
 
http://www.dirtdevil.com/Products/productDetail.aspx?id=130246
 
Carmine D.