Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The Meile canister with large hardwood floor attachment is nearly perfect and saves tons of time considering we have 100% hardwood and ceramic tiles floors--it glides across them fast and beautifully. The suction is so good that I often have to dial it down but that's not a negative because I want that level of suction for most spaces. Things I love about it: going back to a bagged system because there's no more emptying a dirty collection cup that makes a mess when emptying and literally no dust escapes from the unit itself, the wand is long enough to reach nearly every crack and crevice, the suction could probably hold a bowling ball it's so good, the canister rolls easy and wheels don't scratch the floors, the adjustable suction settings are great, and it appears to be very rugged and well made. What I don't love: the power cord should be a few feet longer (not a deal breaker but a little inconvenient in one room), the handle/wand should hold the small attachments (probably could buy or rig something), if you have area rugs/throw rugs you have to take first use the ex. lg. hardwood head on the floors and then switch to the carpet attachment and go back through the rooms you just vacuumed and the other head is not powered (not a deal breaker, but would be nice to have an ex. lg. head that could also be switched to do rugs somehow). Overall, I am extremely happy I chose this over the million other vacuum's out there, but if you don't have mostly hardwood or tile surfaces I would go with a model more designed for carpeting over this one or get one with a powered carpet head. We kept our old Shark upright for deep rug vacuuming when needed, but for the most part it isn't necessary because the other head does a pretty good job on carpets even if I don't like having to change the attachments. I must have looked at 50 vacuums in my search for one that would speed the cleaning process up and even with the small annoyances I still would have chosen this vacuum.