Yes, they are a bit pricey,
you can get them online on
www.lnt.com
and apply a 20% discount and get free shipping, so it only costs around 400$.
Or go in store and still get 20% off.
http://www.lnt.com/product/index.jsp...entPage=search
Best money we ever spent.
I also was going through 1 a year! (Other brands)
and when we had an Oreck (which was really nice also,
it was good because it was light.)
we had to have it tuned up 2-3 times a year for about $50 each time.
and deal with the bags and dust.
So you do the math.
We have the purple Dyson also. A++++
highly recommended!