I think I've worked on just as many vacuum cleaners as I have bikes, with the amount of pets we have they take a beating around here. I can't tell you how many upright vacuums we have had in the last 20 years that we killed but our 1977 Hoover Celebrity keeps on going strong only had to replace the power broom once in the 25+ years that I have owned it. I won't buy another new vacuum again, I have better luck with ones I find in the trash and fixing them then using them until there dead and start all over again ( we always need two Vacs on hand). We have one of these with the power broom on it,http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orange-Hoove...item53ebab8551