That's why machines like the Eureka Smart Vac are a pleasure.... the hose does not have its own "will", it submits and complies without complaint! Of course the attachments fall off readily, the nested wands can only go on one way, and the crevice tool can only be inserted onto the 1st wand and not the 2nd one (doesn't fit!), but I guess no vacuum is prefect!
Mike, I had no clue they made a Kent version of the Excalibur.... so is this a fan first, round belt machine? I would have never thought it!