Elite 31150 Pet Friendly Bagged Upright Beltless Vacuum w/Pet Handi-Mate, Triple HEPA, 3D Inducer Motor, Telescoping Wand, 5-Position Height Adjustment, 3 Cleaning Tools-Silver

I bought a Kenmore Elite from Sears in 2006 and it's been the best vacuum I've ever owned or used. It's lasted me these nearly 20 years with good care and the occasional repair, but while the suction is very good, it needs a new beater brush and I can't get parts for it anymore. So I was jazzed when I saw a positive review of this one and decided to give it a try. I'm glad I did. It cleans really well and does a great job of lifting the carpet pile. My carpets feel fluffier under my feet. It's a solid bagged upright with good power, handy on-board attachments, and goes from carpet to bare floors with a simple thumb switch. I wish the hose was longer -- the one on my old Kenmore is twice as long -- but is a minor detriment. I see some people have complained about the length of the power cord, but I like that I can vacuum my whole house without having to unplug/replug, and a corded vacuum had much greater power than a cordless one. I highly recommend this vacuum.

This vacuum easily tops any other vacuum I have used (both commercial and residential). Very very very powerful, probably on par with my shop vacs for suction. It does a great job deep cleaning the carpet, has good edge cleaning too. The headlights are a nice touch. The dirt indicator is nice but I don't really care about it that much. It isn't as beefy or as repairable as the commercial units I have used, but is still better built than any shark I have used (I have used 4 thus far). The bag capacity has a typo on the amazon page. It claims 1.5 liters but when I measured the bag opening with my tape measure (from the lands, not the grooves) I got 390 in^3, which converts to 1.7 gallons. I think the opening is 1.7 gallons but the bag can actually "only" hold 1.5gal. That is significantly more than my old shark that was only 1/8th of a gallon. Not to mention, bagged vacs compress the dust and lint versus fluffing it up like a bagless unit. It is a bit bigger, so a bit less maneuverable and portable but I went into this purchase knowing that. The hose is a touch shorter than average, and the attachment set is decent, but nothing to write home about. I can't speak for longevity but I'm hoping this unit lasts me a while, it's definitely worth the money.

——Preface: We have had a dozen vacuums over the last several years. Bagged and bag less. All high end of the product line, plug in, uprights by Shark, Hoover, Bissell, and Dyson. Everything we buy is researched thoroughly and well reviewed. We have also currently have an $890 Miele C3 Pet canister style vacuum. ——The package: Shipped fast and arrived in one piece. Very simple assembly that needs just a single screw to be tightened. ——Initial impression: Accessory storage is brilliant. Critically, the power cord is very long. Height adjustment is simple. Power and floor mode selector is very easy to use. ——-Operation: Extremely powerful. Probably the most powerful actual suction strength of anything we’ve used short of a 5hp shop vac. Simply devours dirt and dog hair. We have medium pile carpet. Beach sand, clay dust, grit and endless piles of dog hair. It’s just amazingly effective at cleaning carpet. For perspective I’d say the the Miele is 80% as effective at 3x $$$, the Dyson was 2x$$$ and about the same effectiveness as the Miele, the Sharks were 1.5x $$$ and even less effective with everything else being even less effective that them. Pro: well built, highly effective and has long cord. Pro: excellent price for this level of performance. Pro: it’s bagged which I have come to strongly prefer over bagless. Con: sort of… make sure you aren’t running to low a height setting or the massive suction will make this a little difficult to push over rugs and thicker carpets. —— Bottom line: very pleased with this vacuum and strongly rexommend it to anyone looking for a ridiculously effective bagger.

I replaced this vacuum with the same exact model that i bought about 6 years ago! It got beat up and i somehow broke the the pedal that keeps it upright, so i decided to look for a new Vacuum! I went to 5 different places that sell Vacuums and could not find a single one that uses bags, I hate the bagless ones as they are messy and do not like the look of the dirt in it and having to always wash filters , So after much research and shopping arround, I discovered that many of the Vacuums on the market are just cheaply made and a bad design! Maybe because i was used to this high quality product that i did not like anything else. So, I ordered the same one again as this Vacuum sounds and looks great, not too loud and very smooth sounding, you can tell it has a solid motor, also I never had to replace anything on my olde one, no belt and the bags last a very long time between changes! It is not good on stairs but I don't have stairs to worry about anyways so it is not a concern for me! Do yourself a favor and buy this Vacuum you will not be disappointed ! It makes your carpet look like new every time you vacuum!

People who own this vacuum need to know; Do not be rough with the lever that you press down with your foot to make the vacuum lean back to vacuum. We would pull back on the vacuum while pressing down on the lever and the lever broke after a while and the vacuum would not stay sitting upright, we would have to lean it up against a wall. Also be gentle with the telescopic wand, that stopped working after a while and when you used it to clean it would not stay outstretched it would always collapse because the locking mechanism broke. This is the best vacuum I have ever owned for suction. Love that it has a bag and a hepa filter.

Super heavy. Cord is annoying, for the weight you’d think it was heavy enough for a battery to already be installed. Would like a battery powered. Cleans excellent though and works well on pet hair as suggested. Would rate a 4 but would take cordless with the same performance to attain that.

Decent vacuum although the extension hose is ridiculously short. But Its back wheels leave black rubber skid marks all over the floor which have to be quickly wiped off with mop or wet cloth. Seems kind of ridiculous but they seem to have used such cheap soft plastic/rubber on the wheels that this. I previously had a cheap much inferior $60 kenmore upright that left no marks at all so this is a wheel material issue with this model (at least)

Seen someone rave on TikTok about this so since I been trying all sorts and haven’t yet to find a good vacuum I took the chance on this one, it is loud and sounds like a jet or something.. with the bag I can’t visualize how much it actually is sucking up, it is heavy and not good for stairs. I definitely don’t think it is as good as people have said I still prefer my cheap $180 vacuum over this one