telescoping wands
I personally do not like them. I get several Kenmore, Eurekaluxes, and Panasonic's in my shop with bad telescoping wands and they are quite a bit more costly to replace.
NYCWriter
I am an Aerus dealer as well. If there is anything I can help you with feel free to shoot me an email. [email protected]
Good choice, going with the Platinum. It really is an AWESOME machine!
If you are near Winston Salem NC and want to see the Platinum I have one in the showroom. I will not have them available to sell until January however.
If you look inside the bag chamber you will notice ridges which prevent the bag from touching the sides of the chamber. This allows the air to spin around the bag thus forming a cyclone action inside the bag. As for how long they have been like that, it has been over 30 some years.
Aerus makes a "muffler" that sits inside the blower under the Afterfilter or Hepa filter that does cut down on the noise some. The older machines did not have it but the new ones do. The part number is 49293.