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I also spent 10 loving yrs with my Kenmore canister. When it died I bought a new bissel upright. It's a bagless with hepa filtering. I also have 2 cats and allergies. This thing is FANTASTIC it has a red light on it that tells you when your floor or carpet is actually clean.

Hi Cindy

I purchased my first canister-type a couple of years back, and I'll never go back to an upright!

Mine is a Panasonic, and it requires a bag. Since I have wood floors with area rugs, I love how I can go from the vacuum head to the bare-floor attachment easily to get them both clean...and not to mention the upholstery and dusting attachments :) Honest to god, you can clean your entire home with the darn thing.

I paid about $300 for mine Cindy. Now my friend purchased an Electrolux canister. It was about $100 more than mine, but I don't know if it was worth the difference. The suction is slightly more powerful and it's a bit more lightweight, but the bag is so tiny that it has to be changed after every other use, and that could get pricey :|

Anyways, I love my Panasonic, and I hope this helped :)

I had canister vacs until about 10 years ago and my husband decided to buy an upright. It lasted about 3 years and when we went to replace it the only thing we could find were uprights. I can't wait until this one quits! I'll never buy another upright. I noticed last week that K-Mart carries several models of Kenmore canisters........my upright may fry soon........

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