Love our Kenmore Elite upright. So many things: 1) the cord is plenty long to vacuum at least half of our ranch home; 2) attachments that are more than adequate and are conveniently stored and easy to access; 3) easy to maneuver the canister; 4) easy to convert from the Powermate to the lift off floor brush to the attachments; 4) off/on and suction switches are conveniently located on the handle; 5) wand adjustment is easily adjustable from short to long for underneath beds & ceiling; 6) dust bag a cinch to change out & it's not messy to change! 7) LED lights everywhere. Everything (Powermate, lift-off floor brush, attachment wand) is well lit while vacuuming; 8) we live in the South so there is no carpeting in our home, only throw rugs. The Powermate is great for our throw rugs (and hardwood/porcelain tile). However I favor the lift off floor brush on our hardwood and porcelain tile floors. My husband found this vacuum for me and I must admit I was apprehensive of going back to a canister. Wasn't wild about pulling a vacuum around behind me. I was SO WRONG! Glad he found this for me. So easy to use and does a fantastic job of picking up after us and dogs & cats! I highly recommend this vacuum!

I ordered this vacuum and received it today. I thought it looked like the box had already been opened. I opened it and saw the vacuum bags that I ordered were in there so I figured they had just put them in the box before shipping. I then unpacked it to find it had been used. I called sears.com and the store that it shipped from in Michigan. No one was really helpful. They just said to send it back. So now I am inconvenienced with having to take it to a ups center and ship it back and the vacuum is now $50.00 more online. I am never going to order anything from sears again and have shredded my credit card. No wonder that they have closed so many stores.