Kenmore - Litening Cordless Upright Vacuum

I love our cordless Shark Ionflex IC205. It is going on 6 years with original battery. I love the duoclean brushes and it has great suction. We just replaced our 15 year old upright with the Kenmore Litening. It has a 24v battery and I vacuumed my living room on normal and then put it on max to re-vacuum and it only used 30% of the battery. The listing on Amazon comes with two batteries for under $300. Not sure if it's available in Europe but it's worth looking at.

I just replaced our upright vacuum with the Kenmore Elite Litening cu7005. It is really awesome. If you buy it on Amazon and Kenmore's site, you can order with two batteries. I vacuumed our living room multiple times without recharging, while using on Max power. I swapped to the second battery to do my daughter's room. I have no qualms about replacing our plug-in vac with a cordless one. Definitely more powerful than a typical cordless vacuum.

I got a Kenmore Elite Litening. Got it for under $300 on Amazon and it came with an extra battery. Way more powerful than our Shark Ionflex. (which we still love). We got the Kenmore to replace our 15 year old upright that melted the brush roller...

I know majority HATE Shark but we love our shark stick vac. The duo-clean feature is amazing on hard floors. I bought our Ionflex 200 so many years ago, refurbished, on Amazon. The battery is still excellent and it works great. I also bought a Kenmore Elite Litening 7005 (cordless) to use as our main vacuum, replacing our 15 year old upright.

The Sebo Dart is a great vacuum, that said, I find it’s easier to do stairs with a canister. The Kenmore 700/800 series are a great canister that should last a good amount of time.

You’re right on the dot. 400/600 series are recommended quite a bit. So if you think the 700 is the best one for you, that’s what I would get. Canisters are a win/win for homes that are multi surface and multi story. They can clean wall to wall and from floor to ceiling. Kenmore’s are great machines, just the build quality isn’t as high as their German counterparts. Nothing wrong with going the Kenmore route!

I have been selling Vacuums for 35 years. I believe the best Vacuum I have seen out there is the Kenmore elite albeit bulky and heavy you will only find a Chinese made product with poor parts availability for less than 400, people wonder why we always push the SEBO product I had two people last fall trade in their X 4 SEBO after having it for 27 years

you own all the inexpesive stuff lol, kenmore elite is more of a real vacuum for 250

My research got me to a kenmore elite. Ive used it for about a year with 3 kids and 2 dogs 2200 sq ft vacuuming every week or two (and shampooing) and only gone through 3-4 bags. Great for carpet, mid at hard floors, probably better off sweeping crumbs. I only needed it to effectively clean carpets, which more than half of my house is covered in. If you want a wireless one, makita sells stick vacuums that are amazing. The brushless stick vac is expensive and has a small filter but is fine for household cleaning if you're alright with emptying out the small tank. Great for hard floors, okay on carpets but I wouldn't use it for daily cleaning. The brushed one is great too, it just needs the cyclone attachment. I was really happy with the kenmore elite, but if you really need it for hard floors I wouldn't settle on it. The problem is that when the bristles wear out, they are very expensive because they are integrated into the seperate motors. I believe ≈$120 if I remember, cheaper than a new vacuum but insane for a brush. Bottom line was corded is cheaper & better than cordless 9/10 times, bagged is more efficient, powerful, and easy to clean, while being cheaper. Not having a tiny filter allows the vacuum to breathe. If you have stairs, or carpet, or hard floors, take that into account.

Skip bagless. They don’t clean well, last long or filter well. Kenmore elite or intuition bu4050

People recommending less expensive vacuums generally recommend Kenmore Elite. I had one years ago, and I thought it was great, until someone I lent it to ruined it.

We got $175 on a Kenmore upright as a trade-in towards an E3 at an authorized dealer. If yours is in good shape, maybe you can try that route?

I wouldn't put anywhere near that much money into a stick, then you can get your Sebo that much sooner. Just an FYI, also, we had a Kenmore upright that was in great shape when we bought our Sebo, and we were able to get a $175 discount on a trade-in at an authorized dealer.

While Sebo and Miele's are great vacuums, there's no need to spend that much money. Simplicity and Kenmore make really good uprights. That will work on every floor surface and are very durable machines decently priced. Sorry you had to deal with the dyson...

Get the Kenmore Elite and call it a day. Great on carpets and great on wood floors with the floor attachments. 

The simplicity or kenmore uprights are pretty good and seem to hold up. Section remains strong even as the bag fills up. Both have attachments that are pretty good

I have 2, 7, and 18.  I think I paid $60 for all three at yard sales. Kenmore Elite is wonderful for bedrooms. Dyson v8 is great for busy areas and stairs. Dyson ball animal is for a deeper clean than the v8. I also have a Hoover Hepa Animal 2 and the Hoover Max Extract Pressure-Pro (Model 60) from Breaking Bad. Great combo for deep clean after dealing with animal messes. Kenmore is the poor man’s Miele. Dyson is repairable, but a pain in the butt for the vortex areas to keep clean. Hoovers are stupid simple to keep in tip top shape. I have a simple Dirt Devil and Harbor Freight shop vacuum for my garage. Both are great for regular use.

Kenmore Elite or 600 series is usually recommended. Not as good as Sebo but way better than anything else that is remotely in that price range.

That kenmore upright is the worst.

I don’t think so. I’ve had Dyson and Shark and the vacuum I have now is my ride or die: HEPA filter disposable bagged Kenmore.