Kenmore BU4018 Intuition Bagged Upright Vacuum Lift-Up Carpet Cleaner 2-Motor Power Suction with HEPA Filter,3-in-1 Combination, Upholstery Tool for Hardwood Floor, Pet Hair,… by Kenmore

well, where do I begin? I loathe housework – I would rather be outside than inside, and housework requires that I work inside – ugh – however, I have three dogs (two are Border Collies with undercoats), and a cat, I live in the country near a gravel/dusty road, and I burn wood downstairs to heat the house – dirt, dust, soot, and pet hair are simply a way of life around here, and like it or not, I am required to occasionally vacuum it all up 🙂 about 35 years ago I purchased a Kenmore model 116 upright – awesome, simple vacuum – ten years ago I thought I’d give a bagless vacuum a whirl after the Kenmore went underwater during basement flooding – the Bissell Helix bagless was total garbage – after attempting to clean three times with it, I checked the Kenmore, and while now rusted a bit, it was dried out from the flooding – I turned that puppy on and it ran like always – I have used that vacuum right up to now, and the roller brushes are worn to the point I thought it might be time for a new vacuum – I decided to try this Kenmore Intuition since it appeared to have nice features, was certainly modernized from the days of my old clunker Kenmore, and it has bags – the vacuum was delivered and has been sitting in the box for almost two weeks – during that time my dogs have been doing a great job of ensuring the vacuum’s first test was a good one, particularly leaving coat behind on the living room rug – today I assembled the vacuum (easy) and very much liked the ease of reading the various buttons on the machine, as well as how easily the buttons all work – I turned the vacuum on, pushed the button to engage the roller, and it practically vacuumed without assistance – it’s light weight makes it very manageable, the head swivels beautifully, and holy cow, it has got some kinda suction! a once over was enough to clean up the dog hair, and once I was on the laminate wood floor, I turned the roller brush off and the suction was pullin’ stuff in from six inches away! I am very impressed with the power of this thing – it also has a handle built into the body that makes it super easy to pick up and carry around – the wand is wonderful, releases easily for separate use, and reassembles just as readily – the cord is nice and long, and the hooks to wind the cord up on are far enough apart there is a ton of extra availability for winding the cord, so it doesn’t fall off the hooks right away – the head of the machine releases into vacuuming position with a light tap on the head by the diagram of a foot – push the button to engage the roller brush and the green light comes on, or push the button to disengage and the light goes off – I turned the vacuum off for a moment, and when I turned it back on the green light was off – I thought it was already broken, and pushed the button multiple times to no avail – turns out the roller brush doesn’t engage until the head is released to vacuum – nice feature once I realized that was the deal –

if this vacuum holds up 35 years like my first Kenmore has, it will outlive me – I’ll never have to buy another vacuum again – I highly recommend this gem – it might even make me enjoy housework a bit more 🙂

I love my Kenmore. My mother has used Kenmore vacuums for as long as I can remember and I had tried several cheap vacuums but finally after none of them measured up I found this little gem (in my favorite color even!) and decided to try it out so I could finally get rid of the other vacuums that weren’t measuring up. What I like about this vacuum is that it is lightweight, easy to put together and use, it has good suction and changing the bag is easy. I also like the lift up feature and the 2 attachments it come with work for my needs but I do hate that hair gets tangled up on the beater bar but it is easy to clean for me. This Kenmore has a smaller head so will take longer to clean larger surfaces but it works very well for my living spaces.

Nice looking Kenmore hoover lovely colour purple, just could not get adaptor for it as it is made in the USA.
Had to send it back.

At first I loved the vacuum. It cleaned well and vacuum bags were easy to get.

But, it stopped working in less than six months of use. That is an unacceptable and embarrassing level of performance. I do have a house with three dogs; two are heavy shedders.

In addition, there is no easy way to disassemble the bottom for cleaning, which this vacuum requires regularly.

Durability: Poor
Value: Poor
Design: Okay
Attachments: Poor variety
Removing vacuum bags: Easy