I love this vacuum cleaner! It's light and easy. We use it more than others and find that we clear more space in a short amount of time because it's so easy. Since it splits into rods of different lengths, we rarely use our anthers these days. We even bought another one upstairs. Not very strong with pile mats. And it would be nice if the battery lasted longer. This is not intended for picking up large items, they get stuck in the stick. We wash the filter, but it's starting to deteriorate, so I'd like a longer-lasting internal filter.