I have have this vacuum for several month now and I love it ! the first time I use it I be horrify at the amount of stuff I could hear come out of my carpet . I love that I could actually hear it because it be such a quiet vacuum compare to most other -lrb- it be the quietest I have ever have -rrb- . in 10 year this be my fourth vacuum and I be in love with it . it be perhaps heavier than some but it be so easy to manuveur that I do not notice it be weight . the suction be wonderful and it do well on tile too which surprise I . some vacuum just blow the dirt around but not this one . the extension wand look like it would not reach far but it stretch to be very long . I can easily leave it at the bottom of we stair and reach up 8 stair or more . I would certainly recommend this vacuum .