I buy this vacuum a few month ago . first time I use it I be in love ! I hold off post a review due to the post traumatic stress I suffer from the Dyson Stow away I have be use not to mention year of other crappy vacuum . Anyhoo ... I finally decide it be time and I be hope this review do not jinx my great experience so far . my whole family ooooh and ahhhhh at how quiet it run even on the highest suction . I can talk on the phone and vacuum at the same time . never think that be possible !!! this thing suck debris in the rug and carpet I do not know exist . the majority of my house be hard flooring due to all of we allergy , but the one room upstairs be Berber carpet . the vacuum work great on both . I live in rural Alaska on a dirt and gravel road . my kid and dog track in gravel , dirt -lrb- usually in the form of mud -rrb- , grass in the summer , god know what type of pollen , pet hair , and more gravel . the vacuum have no problem suck gravel , dirt and debris out of my WaterHog Doormats . nothing have ever be able to get these clean short of hose they off outside . not possible to do in the winter . as for my allergy to dust , pet hair , and pollen , I no longer sneeze , cough , and have a runny nose or sinus pain when the vacuum be run . in fact , I feel better when the vacuuming have be do , since there be then less debris and allergen around the house . they be not just kick up and move around the house , they be go and in the vacuum . what a novel idea !!! I have never ever recommend any vacuum . I think they be all a pain , do not work well , or would break quickly . I have be vacuum for 35 year of my life and I have average a new vacuum every other year at the least . I can see this vacuum be build to last . the quality be amazing . it be user friendly and move well . the wheels\/casters actually move sideways , forward , backward and can move diagonally and with ease . the handle be comfortable and the part that be make from plastic seem to be make from a higher quality than I have find on Walmart and Sears vacuum . I think it would take a act of god to break it . the stick be easily adjustable so I can use it comfortably or my husband . -lrb- I be 5 ' 3 '' and he be 6 ' 3 '' . it can also be remove so you can attach the handle directly to the power head brush for do stair . very convenient ! I also purchase the extra long crevice tool , the car kit , and the 10 foot hose . I would recommend those as well . the 10 ' hose be not a electric hose like the one that come with this vacuum , however it work with the bare floor brush and other attachment just fine . it will not work with the power brush that come with this vacuum . I hope to have this vacuum a good long time . it be spendy , however , if I total up how much I have spend on vacuum over the year , this will be less expensive if it just last I 5-6 year . think of it as a investment if you be consider this model or another Miele . November 5 , 2011 -lrb- update -rrb- it be be a few month now and everything I write above still apply . it be work great ! I have no regret so far with choose to purchase this vacuum . I have notice that even when the bag be mostly full , it do not seem to lose any suction . I have use many other bagged canister vacuum and when they start to get full , the suction seem to not be as strong . I still recommend the purchase of this vacuum and I still give it 5 star .