Is the kirby vacuum worth the price they ask for it

I doubt seriously that the Kirby is really worth it.  We owned an old Hoover (industrial style) for 40 years that worked wonderfully.  It just recently gave out and I'm trying to figure out what to replace it with. If I remember correctly consumer reports rated Kirby as good but not worth the price.  If you want a vac that you'll own for 30 years, go for an industrial model of Hoover or Eureka.   As for the prior post stating that if you don't own a Kirby you're living in filth face down...are you really going to clean all those things she mentioned and furthermore, humankind has lived with "filth" and survived quite well since time immemorial.  A little dirt will hurt you a lot less than pesticides, processed foods and salt.