Cordless vacuums

Have you ever been in a situation where visitors come unannounced and that you have to scramble to get the house cleaned and vacuumed? And you mutter to yourself that you should have done it way before so you could have avoided such embarrassing situation?

Here in the US, at least people call or inform you first that they are coming. I'm still not good though. I have been thinking about buying a cordless vacuum not only for the use in the house but also for the car. We have two vacuums actually but they're heavy and not very versatile. And I'm sure they eat a lot of electricity because of the size and the weight. I want something that I can carry and use everywhere without me worrying of tripping over cords, weight and energy consumption. A vacuum with an Energy Star approval so I know that they guarantee the use of less energy whatever the percentage is.



Now I've heard about Dirt Devil from a friend at work. She actually bought one. When she told me, I hesitated to check about it because again, I want to avoid high electricity bills. Or maybe, I'm just lazy and making a lot of excuses in order not to buy the product? Whatever the reason is, I didn't but now I want to know more.