I was wondering what Beam Central Vacs looked like then. I also want to know if anyone has brochures or scans for them. Also what attachments they came with. From hoses, power nozzles, to other cleaning tools they came with.
For my house I have medium pile carpeting in the hall, low pile carpeting in the upstairs hallway, berber in two of the bedrooms, medium pile carpeting in my sister's bedroom.
You're right! I used canisters heavily when I was younger. I was my main method of vacuuming and still is. I am like you, I would go with the Simplicity for reliability.
I thought of doing this see if Consumer Reports' test are accurate or not. I wanted to see if the Kenmore Intuition or Kenmore Progressive cleaned the carpet thoroughly with it's dirt sensor reading green or if the Kenmore Intuition or Kenmore Progressive missed some dirt and sand it left behind...