Before my parents past away (2018 - 2021) I moved back into the home I grow up. To my amaze they still had there Electrolux canister vaccum  from the 1070's. I still to this day use this vaccum.  It works great! It was the same vaccum I used to vaccum my home today. However the only thing was I had difficulty vacuuming the stairs.  With my arthritis it was a little different now to manage the stairs. This was when I began to shop around for a cordless vaccum. I was so surprised to find the Electrolux Ultimate 800. I knew that would be the long lasting vaccum for me. Thus far it's been the best! Thank you, I look forward to many years with my canister vaccum/stick vaccum by Electrolux.  Thank you