I bought a vacuum bleeder from HF cheap. It works but I now use the bottle from that unit to keep the master cyl filled and use the cup to capture the expelled fluid. I like the check valves in the speed bleeders. Better to buy them from the manufacturer off their website. You can see all the different ones making it a little easier to figure out which ones you need.
Sablesurfer, It sounds like you are making progress with your brakes. Keep the faith...