Finally back together! The hardest part is always putting them back together and this one was no exception. The small stiff hose that connects the bottom to the top on the side was pushing the body of the cleaner sideways and that panel just would not go back on! I figured out that was the problem after an hour of struggling and held the cleaner straight with one hand and forced the panel back on with the other... had to remove the headlight bulb as not to break it.
I don't like the positon of the headlight.... shines on the nozzle instead of the floor.... This machine sounds different than anything I've ever used before and I just realized it's because of the extra vent holes in the back.
Another feature of this one over the purple predecessor is that the dirt sensor is multi stage.... the old one just had a red and a green light and that was it. But you could change the sensitivity on that one and cannot on this one. I'm surprised they kept the same hand grip with all the other things they changed... I've never been crazy about that grip. This one does seem to have more suction than the older one. I vacuumed the multi colored stripped rug that I used to do my youtube videos on and this vacuum actually changed the color of it (had powder on it) in one pass and left vacuum lines in it (not many machines are powerful enough to do that!). I do appreciate the hinged bag door, but would gladly trade it for the extra 2 rows of bristles and better aesthetics of the purple one. Another feature they removed that the purple one had was a sensor down where the hose plugs into the machine.... it would stop the brushroll when the hose was removed even if the handle wasn't upright... this one doesn't have that, but I imagine most people would use the tools with it in the upright position anyway.
Wish they had made this machine with a quick draw wand! Another thing I wish it had is lights to tell what mode the vacuum is in... It's hard to know if its in regular, gentle sweep, bare floor, or high., medium, or low suction modes because there is nothing to indicate any of that. With all the other lights, they could have put those useful indicators somewhere on the machine.... it doesn't have slide switches so you can't tell just my looking at the buttons. Even on my Hoover Z, when you change a setting, the button you press flashes until the machine responds and then remains lit...
Oh well, it's a fun machine nonetheless. Brian you really know your Panimores (or Kenisonics?)!
