From someone who's worked in housekeeping for 17 years here's my take.
Lots of carpet (and especially lots of carpet and animals), buy a Sebo, a Felix is an excellent option as is one of their cylinders with the ET-1 power head, mainly hard floors and some short pile carpet, buy a Henry (with the dedicated hard floor tool if necessary). You don't have to buy new as both manufacturers are solid second hand buys and have excellent parts availability if something does fail, my work Sebo X1 from \~1995 (released in 1991) uses the same bags, filters and brushroll as the newest X7. Long life and easy reparability more than make up any extra a better quality European made vacuum costs.
Do not buy a Shark, they are designed to fail and are an absolute pain to repair if they do go wrong.
Also I would avoid a bagless machine, yes they seem like the cheaper option as you don't need to buy bags but the hassle of emptying and filter cleaning makes the cost of the bags worthwhile.
I purchased a refurbished sebo felix premium 2 weeks ago and it arrived fast, does NOT look refurbished and it really does the job. Carpet, tile with dogs, but home. I paid $600 altogether (added the stair tool which was $89)
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I special ordered a red one just like that from my local store. Figured if I was spending that much money I might as well wait a week and get the color I wanted. Awesome machine.
I bought a Sebo Felix Premium a couple weeks ago and love it! Between the powerhead for carpets, the parquet attachment for hard floors and the ability to use it as a canister for my stairs and upholstered furniture, it’s a super versatile machine.
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