I wasn't dissing plastic. I like the plastics of some older Panasonic, Kenmore, Hoover canister and Electrolux canister vacs. But my Hoover upright (U5133-940) is cheap in the extreme and my new Kenmore Progressive is only marginally better. Fit is better but materials are not, and neither come remotely close to machines two and three decades their elder in terms of quality and, I suspect, durability.
