Apart from the fact that the accordion was very tight, which sometimes made it impossible to pull out the vacuum cleaner, it started out as a worthy replacement. I thought it would stretch over time and it did. My previous hose was an original Dyson hose. It has endured ten years of frequent, sometimes daily, use in a household with two children, a cat and lots of crafts. This hose change took a full 9 months before these holes in the hose showed up. Nothing has changed about where the vacuum…