Simplicity - Jill

There’s lots of great bagged straight suction canisters where you can add a turbo brush - Wessel Werk TK286 is the best turbo nozzle out there. Simplicity Jill with that optional turbo will work great. If you want a power nozzle, I’d suggest going with a Kenmore 400 series, not 600. The 400 has a more solid attachment system and is a standard 1 1/4” or 32mm fitting. You can get a Kenmore powermate mini motorized brush roll tool if that’s needed.

Oops my bad. Missed that. Depending on the pile of the rug - I’d look at a Miele C1 pure suction if it’s a low pile rug. Or a simplicity Jill + a TK286 turbo head for the rug.

Yes I’d definitely avoid cordless/bagless. They’re junk for the most part. What kind of budget are we talking? A Simplicity Jill is a great budget option if your rugs are very low pile. You can always add a wessel werk TK286 if you need more cleaning power for the rugs. Check out a Miele C1 pure suction or turbo team as well.

Yep - simplicity Jill, and there is extra budget left over for the wessel werk turbo attachment if you need better agitation on your rugs.

Yep you’re on the right track. If you can get the carpet out first, you could do a simplicity Jill (it’s better built than the mighty mite) neither of these will do carpet well. Or if not grab a Kenmore 200/400 series.

IMO yes return it. You have 100% hard floors? No rugs? In that same budget Grab a simplicity Jill. It will do blinds and baseboards better than an upright. Plus it has no brushroll for debris to get caught on. Which is ideal for 100% hard floors and fur.

Miele C1 pure suction. Short of that, simplicity Jill.

For your small space with no carpet, I actually would recommend the Simplicity Jill. It's essentially the same thing as a Bissell Zing, but with much higher quality accessories and HEPA filtration. We LOVE to recommend Miele here, but a Miele would honestly be overkill for your use case. I do, however, think a canister is the right form factor for your situation.

Trash all of them, none of those are good vacuums (except the Miele). Also look into the Simplicity Jill, Henry 160 and Sebo K2.

Then the Jill is a great pick!

1. Bagless is a mistake 2. Cheap bagless is foolish 3. You can get a great bagged vac with Simplicity starting at 169 for the Jill Or 269 EZM60 Bagless vacuums are not BFL.

The Ball Animal 3 isn't the worst bagless vacuum you can get, BUT any quality/longevity Dyson had is gone and their customer service anymore is awful.  Plus while it can do hard flooring its primarily meant for carpet. Are you open to canister vacuums? They're generally the best for hard flooring since they have dedicated attachments for it. Echoing ConBroMitchs recommendation: If you can stretch your budget the Miele C1 Pure suction is a great machine. If not, Simplicity Jill with a Wessel Werk TK286 Turbobrush for the rugs (and I'd personally also recommend the Wessel Werk RD285 hard floor tool much better than the standard Jill tool).

A Miele C1 is excellent, but a Simplicity Jill and upgrading floor head to a Wessel Werk RD285 Designation is a crazy good value. It’s not going to be as quiet or maneuver quite as nice as the Miele, but yah if you want to save some cash it’s a great setup for your home.

None. They’ll all do fine at first but you’ll have the same cat litter issue if you’re using a roller. Get a simplicity Jill. It’ll work better and last longer and it’s under 200.

Since you have all hard floors and rug that needs to vacuumed without a beater bar a canister vacuum would do well. It will clean both and not damage the rug. A Simplicity Jill $179 is a good canister vacuum. The Bissell Zing Bagged $79 is a cheaper version of the Jill. I prefer the better hose and tools on the Jill and I think it’s worth it, but the Zing is one of the cheapest options. I really like the Powr-Flite Newton $169. This is a canister vacuum that is a copy-cat of Henry vacuums. It is powerful but quiet. It comes with 1 less tool than the Jill but you get a longer cord and it uses bigger bags. I’d choose the Newton because it’s quieter.

No, but longer than you think. I had a Kirby salesman come by once, he did get some dirt behind the Simplicity canister I'd been using - but then my old Kirby got dirt behind his. Not a lot, but some.