A while back i bought a used Kirby, the kind that moves back and forth with one finner.
And it's made of ......
..METAL!
It'll last for decades, something we can't say about the modern plastic crap they make nowadays.
BTW when I bought it from the vacuum cleaner repair guy, i asked what was best and worst. He said Kirby best, dyson worst. He won't even take dysons into his shop no 'mo.
Evidently he's allergic to broken plastic.