Don't let the price fool you, these little vacuums are excellent and definitely better than the competition! Also, I'm tired of working without a bag, it's easy to empty. My staff rotates every other day so every day we clean a couple 1,000 square feet a day, this machine picks up twice the dirt if not literally more pounds of dirt. Update 08/16/2018 This car sits and eats belts like there's no tomorrow. There is a solution to all this and before you run it buy this roller brush https://www.amazon.com/gp/your-account/order-history/item/ref=oh_aui_i_d_rec_o2?ie=UTF8&gen=canonical&itemId=jpqjmqksliltsn&orderId = 111- 8254124-1481053&packageId=1&returnSummaryId=&returnUnitIndices=&shipmentId=DhV8j56Sb If you don't do this you will end up burning the motor pulley.