The reasons for abandonment ...

The above example will soon be 10 years since I had passed a good vacuum cleaner: a Miele Freetime Lagoon powerful (2200 W), silent, odorless and rather pleasant to handle. But voila, new shiny? I have no shamelessly neglected, for Rowenta to neighboring properties, located in the same price range, with performance similar after all. So Siamese twins? Well not at all, that's why:
Silent?
With just have to listen! equivalent suction and the true champion is the Rowenta. Actually we conceive that there is the "world under the hood", the engine compartment is really bulky, no storage for accessories (as opposed to free-time) but, in truth, these accessories, I m 'hardly used it, even the brush I had forgotten because the hairs were curved inwards and hampered aspiration.
Powerful?
Again the prize goes to Rowenta although one can argue, the real difference being in the noise / power ratio that is really for the benefit of "RO59". If we hear very little engine, the air whistling in the brush who becomes annoying!
In use:
The integrated handle to the stock of RO59 can easily pause thanks to its hooks into the door handle, more convenient than the slot dedicated for this purpose, which, anyway, do not disengages the engine, unlike the freetime. Easy to change this decision with lacrosse. Easy and also pretty darn clever integration of the brush into the tube aspiration. We never forget the hairs can no longer deform, bravo!
The casters allow for easy movement of the suction head that fits all situations: tiles, traditional thick carpets, modern heavy carpets. It remains to do to fall to the bottom depression for thin and light carpets or those setbacks coated sticks or we where we landed!
The joystick is right under your thumb, it will ..
A maintenance ... This is probably the rub of the RO59. The bags are quite expensive, the filter hepa too (we change it once a year) and is not (yet?) To the price level of competition (; ie = UTF8 & qid = 1373486011 & sr = 1-4 & keywords = bags + Miele vacuum cleaners +).
After all, these powerful and inexpensive bags did not exist 10 years ago then ..

My reasons to have adopted this Rowenta are good reasons, and too bad for her look a bit flashy, you end up doing it.