PowerCast
My PowerCast is one of my favorite vacs in the collection of 442 machines.
I got mine in St. Louis at the last Convention. Charlie Watrous brought it (brand new) to use as a door prize at the Cocktail party to annouce Morgan's candidacy for President of the Club. My good friend Don won it. Don and Hans have only bare floors in their home, with area rugs. Hans HATES uprights. So, I traded them a brand new Metropolitan with power nozzle, in the box, for the PowerCast. The Chrome model, with the extra wands for the bare floor tool. It fit the bill in their home perfectly.
I keep my PowerCast upstairs, next to my 75th Anniversary Electrolux 3500 SR upright that I talked Derreck into giving me. While I love the 3500 just a little bit more, I do really love using the PowerCast. It's so classy, and cleans very well. HATE the bag. Leaks dust really bad, and I use the Micro Filtration Dirt Devil U bags in it. Wish there were Filtrete bags for it. Hose suction leaves a lot to be desired.
Rug cleaning is superb. Push it SLOW and adjust the height correctly, and it's not such a bear to clean with.
I wouldn't part with it for any amount of money, as I think of Don and Hans each time I get it out. Just like I think of Dererck when I use my Electrolux. That I got both machines from dear friends makes the machines even more valuable to me personally.