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Thread Number: 46106
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
Kenmore models regained headlamp? |
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| Post# 475656 2/19/2025 at 22:21 by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
I’ve noticed some Kenmore canisters being slightly redesigned slightly and they’ve regained headlights on the power nozzle. This is a welcome change, because I didn’t like when the power nozzles lost headlights when Cleva designed canisters first came out, and only the Elite models still had them then. The basic models like 200 series still do not but at least some of the mid range like Pop N Go models have headlights now.
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| Post# 475673 , Reply# 2 2/21/2025 at 13:58 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
Their red BC4027 has had a headlight for a while now, and the purple 22614 hasn't gone anywhere. Not to mention the Titan versions have headlights but they're LED now just like the Cen-Tec power nozzles.
Anyways, that white model appears to have a King Clean made nozzle. Terrible choice if you ask me. Cheaply made, no height adjuster, and doesn't clean as well. I bet this is because Sears is trying to cut cost but why though, what's the point? Sears is history and there's nothing they can do now once the final store is expected to close down. Even if they're already looking for someone to buy the Kenmore brand or if it goes up for auction, I'm afraid we're seeing the end of Kenmore as I think the brand would eventually be dead. Not as popular as they used to be and their appliances have switched from quality to quantity, I mean these canisters have issues with the wiring and such. If I really wanted a Kenmore today, I'd just buy a SEBO who they once made vacuums for Sears. Certainly they're one of the only vacuums companies left who improves on their products. | ||
| Post# 475678 , Reply# 3 2/21/2025 at 14:48 by beagledad (Florida) | ||
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Sears hasn't owned the Kenmore brand since 2018. Transformco owns it. They license the Kenmore name. | ||
| Post# 475681 , Reply# 4 2/21/2025 at 15:59 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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Yes
But they also own Sears as well. Transformco was formed to acquire the assets of Sears Holdings Corporation when they went bankrupt in 2018 so it's technically still Sears. Unfortunately that didn't last for long as Sears went bankrupt again in 2022. From my understanding, I've also read that Transformco is already moving on from the big box business to real estate.
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| Post# 475695 , Reply# 5 2/23/2025 at 09:26 by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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My guess is the floor care line may be sold off at some point, given how many retailers that it’s sold through, it seems to still be a somewhat popular line.
Or possibly the Kenmore brand will be sold, seeing how Lowes has sold some Kenmore appliances as well as has Amazon. And the DieHard batteries sold at Advance Auto and Carquest. Anyway, there’s probably still some value in the brand name, so I’m sure they’ll look to profit from it somehow, whether it’s through selling the name and product lines to another retailer, or perhaps to a manufacturer like Cleva or some other appliance maker. | ||
| Post# 475748 , Reply# 6 2/27/2025 at 11:03 by ilovehoovers (England) | ||
Am I misreading? | ||
| Post# 475760 , Reply# 8 2/27/2025 at 21:56 by EvolutionClean1 (Nampa, Idaho) | ||
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Sorry, I meant to say carbon copy of a Rotator lift away | ||
| Post# 475771 , Reply# 9 2/28/2025 at 13:18 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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| Post# 475908 , Reply# 10 3/9/2025 at 07:31 by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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Cleva along with the canisters, got the designs for the uprights from Panasonic as well.
However Cleva do not own the full rights to the Kenmore brand specifically, but I believe have some sort of licensing agreement to use it. They even did infomercials for the Intuition upright a few years ago, with no mention of Sears in it at all. I do wonder who will end up with the Kenmore name if Transformco were to sell it. I don’t believe Lowes or Home Depot would be the buyer, although they may have considered it. Maybe Cleva would like to have full rights to it. Although, I was surprised to learn recently that the Kenmore small kitchen appliances are still sold online through various retailers, both models that have been out for a decade, and along with newer designs. It seems the small appliances are made by a company called Koolatron. | ||
| Post# 475912 , Reply# 11 3/9/2025 at 15:28 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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Probably a Chinese company like Midea would be Kenmore's best shot at keeping the brand alive. Similar to Craftsman, they could still contract Cleva and other companies to still make vacuums for Kenmore. But honestly, I'd rather have Kenmore to be history. Again Kenmore isn't the same as they used to be and they never will again, in fact there's not a single Kenmore on the market today that I'd buy for myself. As much as I love Kenmore, there's just better options out there for me price wise even on the used market. In fact, on reply #1, there is more than one bagless upright I'd buy over any bagged Kenmore canister today. But in my opinion the best cheapest bagged vacuum, the CleanMax Pro CMP-3T for about the same price, would easily outlast that white Kenmore.
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