Kenmore Intuition BU4020 Bagged Upright Vacuum Pet Friendly Lift-Up Carpet Vacuum Cleaner 2-Motor Power Suction with HEPA Filter, Pet Handi-Mate, 3-in-1 Combination Tool for Carpet, Floor, Pet Hair

I love this vacuum!
I have had this vacuum for a little less than a year. I have an Australian Cattle Dog mix who sheds a lot on a regular day, and even more so during the fall and spring shedding seasons. I’m always covered in dog hair and my house would be too if it wasn’t for this vacuum. I previously had other vacuums that were all bagless – Shark, Hoover, Bissell, and that purple Dyson everyone loves. This vacuum has outperformed all of them and it’s a lot lighter and easier to use. The vacuum came with 5 bags and in the last 9 months we have gone through 3 in total, vacuuming 1-2 per week. It’s highly worth it! Cleanup is easy – drop the bag into the trash and slide on a new one. The cord is long. I love that I can take the canister off of the base and easily move up and down the stairs and use the long hose with attachments to dust areas that are harder to reach. The fabric vacuum attachment has been great for bathroom rugs and furniture. The pet handi mate is also great for fabric furniture that gets a lot of pet hair stuck to it. It’s held up well so far! I recently had to move due to a relationship ending and left the vacuum behind, but will be buying another one because I can’t imagine using anything else.

My old intuition is still better
First off, I want to start off by saying this isn’t my first Kenmore intuition bag vac and that I am a former sears in home appliance repair tech. So this is more of a comparison vs the old model and new model. I only took side by side photos because after all, it really is just a vacuum plus there are other great photos from other reviewers. So… In the past as a sears tech, I have taken apart and replace motors, broken pedals, handle switches, indicator lights, motor control board and the direct drive motors and brushes on the old intuition model. Let me tell ya. I repaired them on a daily basis but I knew that how it was built from within (sturdy) motivated me to buy an intuition. I’ve had my old one since 2013. No problems what so ever. The older model is built to take a beating and from the pictures, you can see the ruggedness of it’s design. Bumpers on the brush head housing, dirty/clean indicator and as you see, the brush housing is larger. The new one, off the bat there were a few things that bothered me. The hose just dangle, the accessories mount isn’t all that great. But! The new intuition is much more maneuverable, much more lighter, I would say probably has a bit more suction power than my old one and what I like most is it’s very versatile. You can hand carry it and the wand is great. Yet! Compared to my old one… Material wise, I’d say they went a bit cheap on the build.The new one does not have a height adjustment or a clean/dirty indicator. Maybe I’m just more used to the old one still but I think the new model is a bit pricey for it’s build quality. But after 8 years owning the old intuition with 0 problems, it was worth it. Basically paid the same when it was new. I don’t like buying cheap vacs on a yearly basis. I prefer bags. Simply because, in my opinion, has better suction that a bagless. Yes, there are some bagless vacs with good to great suction. But! Let me know for how long that suction lasts without cleaning the internal filters ever so often and let me know how much fun it is dumping the dirt out and getting it all over the place. Believe me I repaired plenty of bagless vacs with the complaints of “not enough suction”. So to wrap it up… I guess I have to get more used to my new intuition. I love how versatile and light it is. The suction power is awesome. Only time will tell really on how reliable it is and build quality.Update! I really wanted to like this vacuum. Had it for less than a month. The only thing that really started to bother me was the the bags. They got full really fast. Like less than a week of vacuuming fast. It came with bags and I’m basically down to the last bag within a 2.5 weeks span. It says it comes with a years supply of bags. Those bags will be depleted in less than a month. And the bags are $26-29 for 6. Do the math. You’ll be buying bags every month or so. My old intuition is still better. Only thing that separate the old vs new us the light weight and versatility of this vacuum. Other than that. I’ll stick to my old one. This vacuum is going back.

NO MORE HAND DIGGING OUT BAG LESS CONTAINER JUST TO FULLY EMPTY IT!!!
As a kid, I remember my mom had an Eureka vacuum. Heavy, all metal, bag inside, what power. Lasted for ever! Kenmore was one of its competitors. Had a Kenmore at one point, too. I’ll NEVER go back to a bag less vacuum!!! 😵😠😵😠 it’s a mess. It did ok, but hated emptying it – always got a snoot full, dirty hands, dirty filters, and had to wash it.This Kenmore is powerful, clean, lots of extra tools, hose is far more pliable, and easy to stretch to ceiling – I’m short under 5’2″. Like the light that says when bag is full, no more cutting an entangled roller brush 😄. Very easy to move, and great on stairs, lamp shades, ceiling fans, window sills, and dog hair/dog food. My dog is a short hair German pointer and yes, she sheds a lot. Kenmore does easy, quick pick up of fur. FUR be gone😁😁😁.Thank you Kenmore for a very good vacuum.

So far so good
I just used this vac for the first time tonight, so I can’t comment on how long it will last. But it was easy to put together, and if I can do that, anyone can. It came with a bag already on it, and came with three extra.It’s light, easy to use, and so far has good suction. I hate vacuum cleaners, it’s the household job I dislike the most. So for a vacuum to seem pretty good is saying a lot for me. So far I’m pleased with it. If it doesn’t last for some reason i will add to this review. My ten year old vacuum seems like a dinosaur compared to this one.

They gave me a vacuum with a US power cord 😭, so even if I use an adapter it trips my kitchen, bedroom etc. USA use 110v unlike in Europe so I don’t know why they sold it to me. Or it is just broken from the start but I guess it’s because it’s from USA

I’ve had cheaper vacuums since going into adulthood and swapping to this vacuum is a game changer. It sucks everything up well, including cat litter (which my old vacuum sucked at). The pet hair eliminator works amazingly well too. And its pink!!!