I did a bad, bad thing on the way home from work last night, I stopped into Sears 10 minutes before they closed and bought a DC14 complete that was on sale with the guarantee that I could bring it back if it didn't pickup any better than the canister. It picked up about a cup more kitty litter than the canister did and also made the carpets look more just vacuumed so I guess I'll be keeping it and selling off some empeg extras to pay for it