On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:30:03 -0500, wrote:

Vacuums really don't do much on carpet unless you have the beater
brush in the head.

I've thought of that. I do have some rugs (no carpets). I will still have
my Miele canister with Turbo Brush, but I'd really prefer to not have to
pull that out. So I looked into a beater brush. I found this, which appears
to have the standard 1 1/4" connection:

Oreck XL Compact Canister 11" Turbo Brush Attachement
http://www.google.com/search?q=Oreck... sh+Attachment

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).