The design is slightly different which was fine with me. Apparently it should work fine. Unfortunately, when depressed, the lever doesn't go far enough to push the bottom of the canister out every time. Sometimes it freezes and won't open, and a little second-hand help is required. I also cleaned and oiled the loop at the bottom of the canister and it was still sticky. That was half the problem. The second half was when I left to put the canister back in the vacuum. The hinge did not adhere to the main body of the vacuum cleaner and did not hold it. I tugged at it and with brute force it finally caught on to the vacuum cleaner. I don't like it at all, it seems like it will break or come loose when vacuuming and make a mess. Now I'm looking for the original.