Kenmore pet Friendly Lightweight Bagged Canister Vacuum Cleaner with Extended telescoping Wand, HEPA Filter, Retractable Cord, and 2 Cleaning Tools, Green

Pluses:1. Extremely long cord with really good storage feature.2. Really good suction adjustment.3. Very maneuverable.4. Relatively quiet motors.5. Multiple attachments are very useable.6. Power head is extremely efficient.7. Quick change to power head is very convenient.8. Adjustable length of the wand is very convenient.9. Pet attachment is extremely useful.10. Love the color!11.

The PowerMate (big motorized head) works on stairs and its edge cleaning is good enough to avoid bringing out the crevice tool. The Pet Tool is 1/4 the width of the PowerMate so it takes 4x longer to do stairs with the pet tool. The pet tool is motorized (not air driven) and it sucks better than any air "turbo" tool. The pet tool can do vertical stair risers.The canister has a stair grip which holds the body on the stairwell. It works but if you step on or kick the body it will fly off and (maybe) take you with it. I can carry the body while vacuuming the stairs because the entire thing is only like 13lbs but small or elderly people may feel it is too much to carry on stairs.So stairs, 7 stars, superior stair vacuum. For general tile, carpet, wood, runners and area carpets, the suction is off the charts. It will easily pick up and suck in small area carpets; there is a reason the suction adjust is on the grip.Power on/off & PowerMate on/off are on the grip so you don't have to reach down to the floor. The hepa bag and hepa body filter keep all the dirt in; you will not smell your carpet as you clean it. Like all canisters it can be a challenge getting tangled up in the cord, hose and canister. There's a definite trick to it; I stepped on the hose a few times permanently denting it...it's small and fortunately everything still works. Overall this is a 5 star vacuum and spending more will not result in better cleaning.Downsides: it's all plastic so if it lasts 3 years I'll be surprised. The hose, grip, wand and PowerMate do NOT stand secuely; falling over so easily I always lean them against something; the sound of the grip hitting the floor is gut wrenching. The cord needs to be longer but will work in any room 25-30 feet wide or smaller.Many complain the floor tool door opens up and, yes it does when you press the button. This happens when you touch the hose to the button or when you pick up the canister and touch the button. You have to be aware of where that button is and avoid touching it.The cord winds into the body and I recommend you pull it all the way out; it gets very hot in the body which is dangerous for the vacuum and the cord. The accessory tools lid only pops up 45 degrees and does not stay open by itself; irritating. The overall fit and finish are good but being all plastic it's just not as crisp as metal vacuums. I do think the wand, pet tool, crevice tool and brush are excellent; probably best you'll find at this price.As for how much the bag holds, I did 9 floors and 6 stairwells and filled it 2/3'rds. I changed the bag at that point to see what it was picking up: tons of dirt, carpet fiber, people hair and fistfuls of cat fur. The blue light will turn on when you stopper the crevice tool against a cushion or something but that does not mean the bag is full. The bag refill number is 20-53292 Q/C bag (6-pack). Should last a year for me. The bag looks 2x too big for the vacuum but it fits easily. By the way, the bags feel luxurious.I clean the brush roll every use to remove hair and carpet threads (very easy to do). The motor belt is enclosed in the head and the manual says to open up the head and clean out the innards at regular intervals. When fibers get inside the roller and belt, that will kill the vacuum so the best prevention is to keep strands from accumulating on the brush roll(s).

I got the 600 series vacuum (the purple one) as a replacement to my old one that I'd had since college, and it does a great job cleaning both hard wood and carpet in my house. I've never owned a canister style vacuum like this before, but between the main vacuum head and the pop n' go attachment, I am amazed at how well it can clear up all the dirt and dust in my house. It definitely is a heavy bulky vacuum, but I was expecting that with this style of vacuum. All of the attachments are really great, and I love how they fit nicely into the vacuum for storage. I am slightly disappointed with how annoying it is to swap between attachments. It is not as convenient to swap between them as the product advertising suggests, especially with how the pop n' go attachment doesn't just click in and I end up having to bend down to grab it myself to put on. The vacuum wand itself is also not as smooth moving around as I would have hoped. It does have that rotating head to give you that flexibility as you go around corners, but it feels very rigid and I have to put a lot of force in my wrist to get it to bend around corners. The main power head can also be annoying when you turn on the carpet mode and the rotating brush constantly is propelling the vacuum forward, making it feel hard to control sometimes. I also get annoyed with the on/off button and suction control slider being on the handle of the vacuum, something that is easy to accidentally press.I have a lot to criticize this vacuum for, but I do love this vacuum for the price. It would not recommend this as a buy-it-for-life vacuum, but for someone like me looking to replace an old vacuum this is certainly a decent buy.