Kenmore Lightweight Bagless Compact Canister Vacuum with Pet Powermate

First, I had a Kenmore canister with a bag for 20 years. Bought it in VA in 2005. Used it all the time. I have birds so I needed to have the hepa filter. For the last three years I was getting bags and filters from Amazon. Always had what I needed. The recoil cord started to get slow on rewind, and I had to make one repair to the cord. Well after last weekend of cleaning, I was finishing some area rugs, when I smelled the motor and saw little smoke coming out. I knew then, she was tired. Rest in peace my little red roll around.

So online like everyone else, I started digging. I found this one and did some thinking. HUMMMMM.

Well I figured the pole that I had will fit the new pole and I can make a longer extension to reach high dust and cobwebs. Yup it does. Does not have a floor attachment, which I like and not use the beater head, to do bare floors. A must need in my home.

Well out of the box, plug in and see what happens. Had the beater head on and went over the area rugs real quick. Remember, I had just vacuumed the day prior. Well the beater has plenty of pull when you are on the low setting. Gets deep in the pile, and the suction is wonderful!

I took it out to do the car. I had spent weekends moving a friend, and the SUV was crying to get dirt, dust, dog hair, and many other things. I put the little beater on the short handle and BAM! got hair and dirt out of the carpet. I have rubber floor mats, so that area was easy.

It cleaned up everything. Best is that I can carry it around the car or put in the back to get around the rear windows and all the tight areas.

So, over all, great little thing. Power, suction, manageability, are important. Since I took care of little red, (RIP) I hope that I get years of use with this one.

Very good vacuum great suction

Product was as described. Small unit, Suction is OK for a small unit. Little disappointed the unit wdoes not work well on vinyl flooring, need to use the bar to get stuff off the floor

I just got this vacuum at the end of January and did not realize I would not be able to return it should problems arise. I have a HUGE problem, after less than 45 days it does not work. In the beginning it had impressive suction power but the very first time I had to empty the dust bin I was concerned. The way this thing is engineered requires that you empty it after EVERY use. No problem, I could have handled that except for the fact that it is difficult to put the dust bin back on and more than 80% of the time, if you do not have it exactly right, you have no suction at all. The dust bin is very poorly designed as it is extremely small and all of the finer particles of dust adhere to the plastic dust bin requiring that you have to wipe it out completely in order to use it again. I paid $286.09 for this stupid piece of crap an now, 40 days later it turns on but suck up nothing. To make matters worse I have to deal with Kenmore/Sears (ARE THEY EVEN IN BUSINESS ANYMORE?) to see if they will let me return it.

I bought this after retiring my Dyson DC7. It never performed like this Kenmore. Best suction, more versatile and has absolutely clean exhaust. The casing is made of high impact plastic. Everything is sturdy. Separate motors in the power head and pet mate attachment make the brush rollers unstoppable. I find it easy to store and easy to empty, too. The power head has height adjustment and works well on hard floors and any carpet pile height. My home has never been cleaner. This vacuum sucks up the dust from UNDER the carpet! My one and only complaint is that the power head doesn’t pivot. However, the power head is also very light, so turning it around corners and chair legs isn’t hard at all. Overall, this is a very good value. I would recommend buying it. Especially if you have your heart set on a canister. You won’t be sorry.

I wanted to switch to a canister vacuum because I was getting beat up by my upright falling on me every time I used the attachments. I have half wood floors and half carpet in my house and this little machine handles both like a champ. If you have wood or bare floors, you really have to buy the attachment for bare floors. (it really should be included. It used to be years ago) it is also great for getting under furniture and in corners. It cleans bare floors much better than an upright. The little upholstery attachment is amazing. It sucked up so much fine dust off my upholstered furniture. The attachments fit fine on the handle and are easy to access. I also like that the on off switch is on the handle. It is adjustable for carpet height so you don’t have to fight the suction on a thick carpet. I really don’t have any complaints other than the bare floor attachment should be included. Just buy it when you buy the vacuum.