I agree, and the point I am making is that vintage cleaners were so much better made and built to a quality rather than a price. That old Electrolux looks about 40 years old, but look at the soleplate , its in mint condition. Its a very sad fact that you only find quality like that in a handful of cleaners now - Miele S7 and Sebo X4 have metal soleplates, both German made. I am surprised that the brushroll is just that rather than being a beater bar, that many of the vintage cleaners of that era had. Also, being for the US market, it doesnt have a headlamp which I am also surprised about, but then, UK electrolux models such as the 502 and 550 never had headlights either - seemed to be a Hoover and Kirby thing.