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I'm getting the Sears Kenmore mainly to pick up cat hair and dust mites
burrowed deep into an old carpet.

Some recommend the bagless Kenmore, but it seems to be a dirty task, with
constantly emptying the cannister.

Am I correct?

I have tried three or four bagless vacuume cleaners over the years (although
not the particular model you have selected), and my opinion is that they
simply don't work well enough. Maybe a Dyson is advanced enough to justify
going bagless, but the lower end models (eg. everything else) simply aren't
there yet. To get them to work effectively, you have to empty the interior
chamber (including washing the foam filter, if the model has one) before you
vacuume each time. That's a much greater inconvenience than a cord or a
bag.

Maybe bagless vacuumes will be good enough eventually, to replace bagged
cleaners, but they aren't that good yet, imho.

HTH,

Donna