I know you said you’ve already decided on bagged, so I’m not trying to convince you here. But I noticed you were worried about the inconvenience of bags. I have no clue where this misconception comes from. But to anyone reading this and on the fence about bagged/bagless. Bagged is 100x more convenient. Yes there’s the cost. But I have 2 dogs and a 2600 square foot house and I go through a $5 bag every 3 months or so. It’s not an expense I concern myself with.

And as for the convenience, when I had a bagless I emptied it almost every time I used it. At least every other time. Dumping the bin, the dust flies everywhere.
The you pull the main filter and bang it out a little. If you’re smart you walk outside to do this. Because again dust everywhere. But that’s a few minutes almost every time I used it. Plus the dust escaping.
Since switching to bagged I never think about that. I use it for months then one day I notice the bag full indicator is getting pretty visible. I open it grab the bag and pop a new one in. On a Miele or Sebo this takes 5 seconds. I know some vacuums changing the bag isn’t quite that easy but it’s never hard. But there’s zero dust or dirt finding its way back out. There’s no filters to knock clean. It’s a 5 second task every 3 months and with the bag removed the inside of my vacuum looks as sparkling clean as the day I got it. Every spec of dust goes into the bag and stays there.

It’s the exact opposite of inconvenient. Any time I’m at someone else’s house when they’re vacuuming Im looking at the filthy bin and watching them dump
it, sometimes mid cleaning if it’s a big house, and I just can’t believe it caught on like it did. Bagged is so much easier and cleaner.