Are canister vacuums in terminal decline?

[myles_v]

I'm a huge fan of canisters, I prefer them to uprights for day-to-day cleaning. It's a shame that they're not offered in big box stores, but there isn't much offered in big box stores that's worth buying anyways so it wouldn't mean much if they came back to stores like Walmart.

Miele is definitely still focused on canisters, their main markets primarily use canisters. The US isn't Miele's main market, they definitely have more brand recognition in Europe. European countries tend to favor canisters. Miele's tools are a joke, unfortunately, but their upright tools aren't any better than the tools offered for their canisters.

 

[fan-of-fans]

I saw Lowes sells one Bissell, bagless straight suction. Walmart sells Eureka bagless canisters, one with a PN (may be discontinued now that Eureka was sold).

Kmart had more canisters than most stores, but they closed.

I prefer canisters too, but I think most people these days don't have a clue how to use attachments on a vacuum. To them it's just a machine to clean the floor, so an upright makes more sense.

 

[n0oxy]

attachments

In many cases, the attachments that are actually included with a canister cleaner are not the best. Fortunately most canister hose ends are standard size and can use other attachments and there are many to choose from. The best attachments are probably the ones that are included with central vacuum kits but they can be purchased separately. My favorite attachments are the ones for cleaning hard floors and I have several of those.
Mike