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Many thanks to all for the help! Haven't made the purchase yet...too much travel, but I will soon.

the flatter style offered by SEBO's own "the flatter style offered by SEBO's own patented designed Kombi Deluxe floor head is so much easier to use, even though it too has a metal plate - it does offer far better gliding and not as much strain either for use on carpets, hard floors and usage on...

Decision time Give that I have limited availability of some of the "recommended" units, I think I'll will go with Miele, either the 8390 Calima or the 8590 Alize. Not sure which is the best option, however I'm leaning toward the Alize (same price). I can alway add a parquet brush if the...

Scott, we were in today, and you were still in class, however Troy gave us a very good dissertation on the Miele s6, s8. My OP stated looking for canister. Just found papers that apparently were rolled up in the carpet and left by the carpet layers. It was from UCL (Unique Carpets, LTD) it...

Electrolux floor tool OMG, that does bring back memories! I do remember it flipping over as well. Thanks for the memories!

singing rainbow aka Scott, thanks for the offer. We may be in the GT area in the next few days, and we'll drop by. Sebo_fan, yes that head looks so similar to the Miele and looks like it would do the job. Thanks!

ctvacman, thanks for calling me on the Dyson DC-50 head You're right, I remember thinking it was such a compact head that it must be an air drive, but the damned motor is on the inside of the roller. ;)

My biggest offender in that case is the Riccar Supralite Probably a good reason to use no more than an "air powered" head in my case! I was looking at a Dyson DC-50 which is one of their lightweight uprights and it employes an air head. The brushes are very soft and I can't imagine that it...

Bought a Nilfisk floor head on recommendation Is this the one you bought? http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/janitorial-maintenance/floor-care/vacuums-hepa/nilfisk-gm-80-12-inch-combination-floor-nozzle

I would use a straight suction nozzle such as a Filter Queen If these had a chrome/stainless base plate, I could easily see why these would work well. I don't see plastic or a brush bottom gliding over carpet very easily. I remember my Mom's Electolux of the 1950's had a head like that...

Ah yes..."pulling the line"! I guess I was fortunate with the previous synthetic berber as that didn't occur once in 20 yrs (yes, I know, 20 yrs. for carpet...yuck. But now with the wool I'm feeling like I need to be overly cautious, hence the discussion about which vacuums.

Carpet photo's Closeup of the carpet. Probably 4-5 mm nap height.

Read many posts and discussion about the bane of power heads causing fuzzing on wool carpets. For that and other reasons, that I am ditching my current vacuum. Since we have a lot of stairs, was thinking of a canister (cylinder) as our current upright has a hose attachment, but it's a pain to...