PREVIOUS VERSIONS WERE BETTER. LOOKS LIKE EUREKA IS GOING THE CHEAP ROUTE. THE HOSE IS A THIN, CHEAP JOKE! BENDS CONSTANTLY RESTRICTING SUCTION. I PURCHASED AS I HAD EARLIER MODEL WHICH WAS STURDY AND GREAT. THIS ONE IS A PALE SHADOW OF ITS PREDECESSORS! ***UPDATE! I BOUGHT A REPLACE HOSE FROM EUREKA AND ITS CRAP TOO!!