Kenmore's Newest

[dysonman1]

Shroud and fine dust collector chamber removed, showing view of high efficiency cyclone tips, where the fine dust is expelled. So easy to wash. And, this vacuum is quiet as well. Sears has come a LONG way from the Destiny (rebadged Fantom Lightning) days.

 

[tylerawells]

Would you rate it better than the Hoover WindTunnel Anniv. Bagless? It is a very nice looking machine.

 

[dysonman1]

I would rate it above the Anniversary Windtunnel Hoover for several reasons. The neck has a swivel to it, not much, but more than the non-existent swivel on the Hoover. The Kenmore is quieter. They've managed to muffle the worst tone in a bagless, which is a high piercing sound from the high efficiency cyclones. Very good on Panasonic's part. The hose and tools are above the Hoover's quality. And let's not forget the electric mini power nozzle. I love the fact that Sears provided a parts break down, so I can in fact, order any repair parts I ever need for the Kenmore. In my opinion, it's a far better buy than the Hoover.

 

[fan-of-fans]

Nice looking machine. I guess it doesn't have a bare floor brush or upholstery tool? Looks like you have to use the PN in off mode to clean hard floors. Panasonic doesn't usually make canisters without a floor brush or upholstery tool, but maybe they did in this case because there's no tool storage for them except on the wand.

 

[dysonman1]

The mini power nozzle is the upholstery tool. The dusting brush is pretty decent. You don't get a bare floor tool with it, but on Kenmore's website a genuine Floor brush is $9. I don't need the floor brush, I have almost no bare floors to vacuum. This one is going to stay around the house for a while. It's a very impressive vacuum.

 

[kirbylux77]

I saw this vacuum myself in Sears recently. Very nice, & the size of the HEPA filter & how it is sealed, is very impressive. The ONLY thing that stopped me from purchasing is I don't like the nylon bristles on the dusting brush, & the size of the dustbin is too small for my liking...would easily fill that up 2 or 3 times when I clean. If Sears can improve on this in a couple of years time, though, by making it with better tools & a larger capacity dustbin, they have a smash hit here.

Rob

 

[thehooverman]

That silver kenmore

looks very cool

 

[fan-of-fans]

The dusting brush may be available with natural horsehair bristles. I know it used to be in the 1980s - early 2000s on the Premier, Whispertone, and early Progressives.

 

[dysonman1]

The dusting brush bristles not being horsehair isn't a deal breaker for a vacuum that costs (as of today's sale) $259. I noticed that the dusting brush is full size, and removes all the dust and smudge from a somewhat dusty unused end table top, about as effectively as my Electrolux dusting brush with horsehair bristles.

For any of our European friends, this Kenmore is the perfection of what James Dyson started with the DC05 MotorHead. The Power Nozzle is worlds better in terms of cleaning ability. Build quality is double the DC05 MotorHead's. But they're the same size, with the same capacity, of course the Kenmore is now Multi-Cyclonic. But the basic elements of DC05 are there. DC05 used to be my favorite Dyson canister, but can now honestly say I don't have one any more. The Kenmore has replaced it with what DC05 should have been all along.

 

[fan-of-fans]

I went to Sears today and they had these bagless machines on display. The purple one is the same color as the Progressive bagged canister blueberry.

I found the smaller silver one very interesting. Neat little PN on it, not sure who makes it. It has a variable speed control on the handle.

There was also one of the silver ones in the clearance section, I guess someone had already bought one and returned it.

Not sure how it's used on bare floors though, I didn't see a brushroll shutoff and there's no floor brush with it.

 

[cap10323]

Inside Information

Normally I don't post anything.. But I wanted to interject here..

My Girlfriend's dad works for TTI Floorcare and has told me that they are the makers of the Blue machines.. Both bagless and bagged..

The white and silver machine is made by some Chinese company... No affiliation with Panasonic..

I may not know much about vacuums.. But I happen to know a bit here...

-Cap10323

 

[tylerawells]

Went to Sears Today and Saw the Elite Model

Went to my local Sears store today and I saw the new Kenmore Elite Upright, and it was very, very heavy - even heavier than the Intuition models, I would say. I ran it and it was quite the workout to move back and forth, but the motor sounded very different from any of the other Panasonic-based Kenmore machines upright or canister. They still have the blue-green Intuition model marked down to $229, and a white bagless Intuition model for $149.95. Anybody think that they are writing off or preparing for a major overhaul of the Intuition upright line? I noticed that the red intuition upright was still being displayed on the main product shelf, with a price of $269.95. The red Progressive Upright was there for $159.99

 

[sebo_fan]

Cap - I did say that in reply 14. I did own the blue one we had in the UK at one point and realised by the Vax bagless version that it was TTI. They're terrific bagged uprights though and do a great job without being a chore to push. It's a pity though that the bagged ones had to be assembled rather more than just pushing a handle in and screwing into the back. I recall that I had about 8 to 10 odd screws and had to construct the bag holder and bin assembly as well as constructing half of the back of it that holds the tools in. To say they looked like Toys wasn't half the story! The blue one lacked a HEPA filter whereas the red one featured that, for pet owners.

They also had 32mm sizing tubes and hoses which meant I could raid my Hoover parts bin or Dyson and use an old DC01 dusting brush as no dusting brush came with it as standard. A Bush branded upright was also sold at our Argos stores with a pet hair turbo brush tool. Both the red and the blue cost next to nothing when I had mine and the yellow one was still priced under £50 before Argos stopped selling it late last year.

Vax are missing a trick here not putting out their own bagged upright version. Argos have now stopped selling the bagged upright, the last bagged one went from the blue colour to a rather loud yellow colour.

My old review for mine is given in the link.




http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/vacuum-cleaner/argos-value-vu-201/1463883/

 

[cap10323]

Sebo_fan

Sorry.. I seemed to have missed that...

They do look like toys.. Honestly..

-Cap10323

 

[sebo_fan]

I prefer Kenmore's new ones - a proper metal handle for starters. Here's hoping Argos will sell these again with this newer model.

I see there's a silver bagged one with an LED light, too, the CJUBD1.

[this post was last edited: 10/20/2013-17:11]

 

[fan-of-fans]

Sounds like that Kenmore Elite upright might be made by the same company that made some of the Kenmore uprights a few years ago. Phone Mate, possibly was the name? I remember hearing that they were very heavy.

Personally I prefer Panasonic made units.

It is odd to me though, because it does have elements of the design and parts that seem very distinctly Panasonic.