Bought to replace our 10 year old Kenmore. We looked at a number of more expensive models as replacements, most notably the Miele, Ricarr and Simplicity brands. This is after we looked at Costco, where every vacuum cleaner was a pivoting head and the vast majority of parts and components were plastic, ultra-slim cleaning heads, and eclectic, on-trend color combinations with useless gimmicks. We have a friend in the UK who lives near a Dyson factory and he warned us never to buy a Dyson, no…