- Sanitaire Professional Compact Canister Vacuum Cleaner, SL3681A

Works very well for small spaces and has strong powerful suction for the craft room. Cord length is good and I love how you can store it partially out so I can keep it plugged in next to the Sewing Machine. I love that the bags are inexpensive and readily available. Has good dust collection, and nice and lightweight and portable. The power button is a little difficult to actuate but not horrible. It has on board storage for tools. Works beautifully. Nice strong suction. Zero regrets. I would not use it much on carpeting. It does not have a beater brush, but it would be perfect for hardwood concrete to suck a little bits out of your sewing machine or clean up messes in a craft room. It does seem to have better suction than most of the other vacuums I own, including upright.

I wanted a small, light vac with long tools. I have other vacs with carpet beaters but I needed something for stains, HVAC vents, the cars, etc. I've put this model through the various tests and found it to work well. Here is my Positive list. 1. Long power cord allows for a long reach. 2. Suction power is good for this size unit. 3. The crevice tools are long and work as expected. 4. Works best on hard flooring. 5. Lightweight. These are not negatives, just things to know. 1. The unit is plastic. It is good, sturdy plastic but you would not want to drop it. 2. The filter bag is small since this is a small vac. 3. The motor must have a good power draw since the cord gets warm with extended use. 4. The main hose attachment section has a rotating sleeve that allows you to reduce suction by turning the sleeve to allow air to be sucked in at the handle. If you don't know this, you may think the vac is weak because the sleeve is easy to rotate by accident, allowing air to enter at the handle, not at the nozzle. 5. The floor attachment is good for hard surfaces. I don't like it for carpet. It works. I just like beaters. Overall the little vac does what the manufacturer claims. It has worked flawlessly for me over the past few months. It won't replace my uprights but it does get into corners, cars, steps, vents, tight spaces. The floor attachment does well on furniture, especially for pet hair.

This corded vacuum works great on our hardwood floors and a few area rugs. It is light weight, has good suction, and is able to easily go under furniture. The attachments work well for dusting or long reaches. The cord is long so the vacuum goes easily from room to room with no plug-in change. I can't believe the low price for this small but mighty vacuum. The one drawback is the cord is not retractable, but winds on the bottom of the vac which is inconvenient. So I bundle it and use a strong twisty tie to keep it together, and the cord lies next to the vac in the closet. That works fine considering all the other pluses of this vacuum. It is a great replacement for our old cannister Electrolux and works about as well!

I like this a lot. It has strong suction, sturdy accessories, an expandable wand for reaching high places (vacuuming dust off the top of curtains and rods). It has a great crevice tools that gets into the corners of the window sill and other tight places. It is light enough to hold with one hand, even for my wife. She doesn't like that it lacks motorized wheels in the brush head to help move it along the carpet on the stairs, but its is still easier to use than balancing the upright vacuum on the stairs. I am keeping the vacuum in the impending divorce, she doesn't appreciate nice things!

Powerful enough for pulling cat litter out of grooved hardwood floors, hurray! Lightweight enough to carry around, swap heads easily from hardwood to smaller car-type-attachment for thicker spills, a great little vacuum. I had bought the similar Eureka and it broke in no time, what junk that was, and I had believed in Eureka for so so long! No longer, so I went searching for something made NOT in China. I found this, and decided to gamble on it, for my hardwood floors with dogs and cats and stairs and ranch life messes. It works perfectly for all of this. Around my litter-box "furniture"the litter spills out and into the hardwood. This sucks it all right up, though I usually change to the smaller "concentrated power" head for that (like for car floorboards). I can carry it easily, it is light weight. It does seem to be all plastic, that is both disappointing and a benefit to making it light weight. I will be surprised though if it lasts 5 years, if it does I will update! I am very happy with this machine, it does the job, fast to change bags. If anyone can recommend a made in USA or Europe vacuum like this one, please write a headline in all caps telling us!

This is used by a local cleaning business for homes and offices. It is reliable and has strong suction. The bags are not expensive and is a lot better than cleaning filters every time.

I bought my first one 18 years ago. It got dropped and the housing cracked. Just bought again, this version has a little less power, but still works great!

Really wish we'd read and focused on the 1-star reviews before buying this because they pretty much sum up our experience. This machine does SUCK, but not as it should. Used it the first time and all was well. The second time, not so much--thinking the hose was clogged, we reamed it out with a coat hanger, but there was no obstruction. Okay...so we plugged up the "suction control" hole with tape...still nothing. This machine just DOES NOT WORK. We'd had another Sanitaire and it worked great for about 10 years before the motor failed. We figured it was easier/cheaper to simply buy another vacuum and this was supposed to be a "better" version of what we'd had. Nope. So here we are five months after purchasing it (we obviously don't vacuum that often...today was only our third time trying to use this and we do have another one for "regular" use) and there's no recourse. Stuck with a plastic piece of trash that will now unfortunately end its short life in a landfill. Not good. ALSO, when it runs it has a horrible high-pitched sound that bothers not just us but our 9 cats. (Yes, 9 cats...so we definitely need a capable vacuum, which this is NOT.) Stay away from this item and spend a little more on a better one. FTR our "regular" vacuum is a Eureka Mighty Mite that I purchased in 1996 and it is still working perfectly. They just don't make 'em like they used to, I guess.

Been using for 4 weeks now and had to change the bag once so far. Great suction! Use it everyday 1-2 times a day for whole main floor. Not a vacuum for carpets but we do have inside/outside carpet and it does a decent job on it.

These are awesome….compact, portable….I bought 2, and also gave 2 away as gifts. Even got away with giving it to her for Xmas….its that good! And with the strap you can easily toss it over your shoulder & climb a ladder….so light & easy to pack around makes it very versatile.

It’s light and easy to use. Amazing power.

I purchased this for our office use. It does the job for sure but it is loud for a small vacuum

We use it professionally because ALL backpack vacuums were creating back problems.