We bought this vacuum cleaner as we already had the heavier 'commercial' version. We were satisfied with our old Sanitaire. Great suction power, long strong cable, inexpensive bags (F&G), very strong. But for our little house "in the north" we needed a new one. We don't have a lot of carpets to vacuum, we don't use the vacuum that often and we need a lighter one to go up and down stairs. And it was exactly what we wanted. It uses the same pouches as our other Sanitaire and works just as well and is much lighter. We haven't had it for a very long time and only used it 3 or 4 times but I'm very satisfied and it was about half the price of the other!