Kenmore - 81714 Pet Friendly Canister Vacuum with Ultra Plush Nozzle

For a more budget conscious option: [Kenmore Elite canister.](https://www.amazon.com/Kenmore-Lightweight-Telescoping-Retractable-Tools-Champagne/dp/B075F41FZJ/ref=asc_df_B075F41FZJ?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=79920869053555&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=m&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583520395495272&psc=1) This comes with a power head designed for plush carpet. And it has a small electro brush for pet hair. Currently around $350. It’s less buy it for life, but it’s a very good cleaner on par with the more expensive ones. There are also excellent Miele and Sebo options that have a bit more durability, I’ll let others rec some models. But Kenmore’s do have a lot of parts and are fixable too.

We've got hardwood with vintage hand-woven rugs as well as a thick maroon wood rug (where he likes to sleep) and get along well with a Dyson Animal Ball 3, got at Costco and it pulls that red rug clean on one swipe, so satisfying. Couple sorta frustrating design elements like the chord has to be all the way off to use the extension, or adjustments are limited or inconvenient on brush/suction, but other design elements rock like how easy it is to maneuver or the solid feel overall. Prob going to sell this and get a canister. Picked up a Kenmore 800 series and it felt cheap, head wandered as opposed to the dyson which pulls nice straight, but because its just sort of a tank.

I just got a Kenmore 800 Series a few days ago because someone in the reviews did a side by side comparison with the Miele and recommended the Kenmore. Unfortunately my retractable cord won’t stay put, but besides that, the powerful suction and the powered pet hair brush are amazing. The carpet roller really fluffs up the carpet fibers. The bare floor head is built in to the carpet head, so you just snap it out when you get to the bare floor and then snap it back in when you return to the carpet. I didn’t realize how much both of my old uprights (a Dyson and a Shark) *weren’t* doing for me. They sell for up to $450 retail but if you get the “Used - Very Good” on Amazon it’s actually an unused return and is just a little over $300.

I chose the Kenmore 800 series because it checked all my boxes: HEPA filter, bag, powerful motorized carpet head, powerful motorized upholstery head, and the dusting tools supposedly have natural hair bristles instead of plastic.

A canister with hepa filtration, long hose, and all of the attachments. My parents had a kenmore canister that was great for many years.

We have a shark at work that my boss is obsessed with even though it can’t clean for crap…. To show her I brought in my old Kenmore canister and filled the bag full in one pass of our building. I’ve tried all of them and a nice garage sale or curb side Kenmore canister has always been the best bang for the buck 😂

You might like a Kenmore canister vac, the power head is super light and they have wands so you can reach places more easily. Also changing the bag is really easy, and you are only moving the hose around not the weight of the whole machine. Figuring out where to place the canister might be tricky, probably beside your chair on dominant side is best, and you can pull it behind you through doorways. The newer models, the handle is a loop, so you don't have to grip it all that well to use it, and they are strong and quiet. My grandma used a wheelchair a lot in her older years because she fell so frequently, and she had one. Worked pretty good for her because with the hose she could sweep a pretty good sized area without navigating the chair too much. She would stick the canister under the chair and put her foot on it so as she moved the chair, it moved with her. They go under tables and stuff really easily too, and you can actually stick your foot in that loop handle to get under low beds and furniture so you don't have to bend and risk tipping the chair.

You're welcome! They're not really all that expensive, and I think you would really like it. They used to come with separate hard floor brushes which are really nice for pet hair/food/accidental broken glass, etc. I haven't seen one in a store for years, but when we had a sears/Kmart in my town people bought those ALL the time. My mom still has her original one, from 1982 😂. It's absolutely had a hard life and seen better days, it's delegated to their finished basement these days, but surprisingly it still works pretty damn good!

That’s a tough budget tbh. You need something corded and bagged (contrary to what you might think, a bagged vacuum actually compresses the fur as opposed to bagless which actually fluffs up the fur, so you won’t be burning through a bag every vacuum session. It should last you at least 1-2 months. If you can stretch a little, a Kenmore 600 series pop and go. The pet powermate is worth the premium alone. It amazing with fur on upholstery.

I'd personally get the Miele and use the upholstery tool on the stairs but it's really impossible to deny the sweet sweet satisfaction of an electric carpet tool in the pet powermate from a Kenmore. If you're gonna get an area rug ever or move to a place with carpets within the next 10 years I'd say get the Kenmore (or get an electro Miele used for the same price!). Overall id recommend an electro canister over non electro, but cannot stress enough how distressful it is for me to not push for buying the Miele only bc it's pure suction! The Miele centennial C1 from PCRichard is $650 and comes with Mieles small electric carpet tool which is nice on stairs, but you'd want to buy the Parquet twister separately. Similarly the C3 excellence model comes with the seb217 electric carpet tool (compact and good for stairs) and the combo tool for hard floors, and is about $750.