I paid over $400 for my new vacuum 11 years ago I have kept it in great condition it is still like new I wanted to clean a foam filter and it died! (i.e. foam ring.) My heart sank. I called co. and asked the parts department. If they had a filter I need? At least half an hour later she came back and said that my vacuum cleaner was out of date and there were no spare parts for it. OMG "This can't be, I need this filter, I won't throw away my vacuum cleaner!" So I did the next best thing, openedโฆ