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My home also has carpet and tile and wood floors with Oriental carpets, and to make it more challenging I have two large dogs who seem to shed non stop. Previously I had always used Hoover uprights, but 2 years ago I bought the top of the line Kenmore canister. I looked at Miele and Sebo but couldn't accept the higher price. I love this canister and have since purchased another one for my vacation home.
You can use the same power head for both carpet and tile. You just push the 'bare floor' button on the handle to shut off the motorized brush. However, I usually take the power head off and use the bare floor attachment on my ceramic and wood floors. One added feature that I looked for and which might not be important to you is that there is a suction control on the top of the wand. It's just a ring that slides open and reduces the suction power. It's handy when vacuuming throw rugs so that the power of the vacuum doesn't lift the carpet off the floor.
I can even vacuum my draperies and underneath the beds. When I bought them they were the top rated canister vacuum by Getcleaningdone. I only wish the bags were bigger - my dogs really shed lots of hair.
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