INDEED, INDEED!!!!!
WE started out with woven hose, progressed to "veriflex", then, "ultraflex (very VERY similar. THat took us to tufflex, then pool filter hose (That's what I call it) THAT, we think, was the beginning of the real cheapening down of it all. Some new hoses are ok, others are awful.
Last year, in Ohio, I got a few New old Stock "British" attachments...yay!!
I'd love to get a "flip" floor brush/nozzle that you guys have....looks like an Electrolux, kinda. We NEVER had them "over here".
Tufflex lasts a long time, like Ultraflex did. They always put ultraflex on the "Connies", and were used ALMOST to the end of "Pixie".
ENJOY!!!!!