Cordless vacuum cleaners - help!

I do love my hand held dyson but don't use it for the weekly hoover.
I seem to use the max function a lot but as i only use it for quick tidy ups that fine.
I plug it in anywhere and do just lean it up against the wall.

I've got the Dyson V6 complete - it was quite expensive but the best thing I've ever bought. My big Dyson hasn't been out of the cupboard since I got it and I find I can clean right through my quite large 4 bed house on one charge. I use it on numerous occasions through the day cleaning up cat litter as a hand held. I've got 2 G-Techs and thought the first one was/is pretty good but the newer one is useless. I have 2 cats and it won't pick hair or fluff up but the Dyson does. I sound like I'm a hoover-holic but I've had quite a lot over the years

I have recently bought a GTECH Air Ram K9 and I love it! It is powerful, quite light and easily manoeuvreable even on the stairs. However, it doesn't quite reach right up to the skirting boards and has no attachments. I also have a hand held Dyson, for which I bought an extension tube and head to make it like the new ones, but it has far less suction, probably because the motor is so far from the head. I have cat litter tread on my carpets and the GTECH is so easy just to whizz over, whereas the Dyson can't cope with the weight of the bits and deposits some of them back onto the floor. The Dyson holds a charge for only 10-15 minutes, but the GTECH lasts for weeks. You remove the battery to charge it. so you don't need to store the whole machine near a plug point. You can also buy a spare battery if you want, but I haven't found the need. There are 4 lights on the vacuum when fully charged so when it runs down to one light, I know it will need a charge before the next use.
I like the GTECH cleaner so much that I have also bought their grass strimmer and hedge cutter. I was looking at their bike too, but at £1000 I can't justify it for only occasional use.
Good luck with whichever you choose.

I like my Dyson cordless, yes it is top heavy and you can't just put it down or even feel safe leaning it against something, I always just lay it down and it doesnt last 20 mins!, there is a max power function that I have to use on my short pile carpets, so in fact it only lasts around 11 mins, I use it really like you would a carpet sweeper (remember them) and for downstairs loo and such where you would normally have to use hoover tools to reach in. If you store the Dyson on the charger/holder then it would be ready for use at all times, but I havn't got a plug where I store mine so I just remember to recharge before I put it away, so its always 'topped' up. I have seen the ads for the Gtec AirRam and think it seems good. I would be tempted to go for that when I need to replace this one.