I have the Riccar Radiance upright vacuum in the beautiful ruby color.  I love this vacuum!  First, I have had it since 2004 and it has always worked very well.  It is self-propelled and is really good at cleaning up almost anything.  The brush has special ball-bearings in it so that the belt has a lifetime replacement warrantee.  And there are four headlights so you can still see under the table and in dark corners.  There are 3 HEPA filters, one on the motor, one on the bag and one on the side.  Also there are two orange LED type lights that come on if your vacuum bag needs to be changed...