Title: Not Durable
Product review: I owned an earlier version of this vacuum cleaner that was good enough and durable enough for the money. So, when it gave up the ghost, I replaced it with what I assumed was the same model. As has been noted by other reviewers, this later version of the Widepath is indeed more cheaply made than its predecessor, and does not include the headlight that the earlier model had (but then, I never considered a headlight an absolute must for a vacuum cleaner). It worked very well for about a year. After that, it started to lose suction. Finally, I had the same experience mentioned by at least one other reviewer: the thing started smoking as I vacuumed, filling our three-bedroom apartment with a repulsive odor, requiring the opening of all the windows in our place to restore the air to breathable quality. I would only recommend this to someone who's planning on living in this country for about a year, and will no longer require a vacuum cleaner after that.
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