I have the same situation,In part of my house I have laminate wood flooring and area rugs,and those are the rooms that are most used and need to be vacuumed every day mainly the kitchen and utility room (the cats room),we cook and eat in the kitchen,I had a Shark Sweeper that was perfect for those quick clean ups,but it finally died,so I've been trying different vacuums,I have a Kenmore Progresive Canister that I really like but the powernozzle is aggresive and will unravel rugs,I like the bagless idea for those rooms,so I tried my Fantom Fury,That is the worst vacuum ever made,besides the dyson,it will barely pick up a thread,so I'm down to my two favorites,My Riccar Canister with the air driven powernozzle,it works great on the floors,it has super great suction,so I have to use the suction release on the rugs or its hard to push,The kirby is wonderful but tends to pick up the rugs,my favorite for the floors and rugs is my Oreck Upright two speed,it wont hurt your floors or area rugs,on low it is great on fluffy bathroom rugs,it wont try to gobble them up,in my defense LOL,I love Filter Queens,I have two but no power nozzles,and I ussually use the Kirby or a Hoover on my wall to wall carpeting,great carpet groomers,but the Oreck does a great job too. Mark
