my wife be a cleanaholic ! she only use this product . she love it . the visual of the dirt that be just pick up be a big plus . I on the other hand be not that impressed with the ` fan and motor ' part of the vac . after some use the motor\/fan unit make a god awful noise . it do not hamper the vacuum function of the unit but it do sound bad . the motor\/fan unit be seal and not fixable ! so the whole vacuum become a ` part machine ' when we can no longer tolerate the noise . too bad , a great machine otherwise .