Broadly speaking, the vacuum is "OK" in most respects, except for one defect, which is pretty significant for a vacuum cleaner. The defect is that the 2- point mechanism for locking the power head to the debris canister does not seal the head tightly to the canister. When you got to pick up the vacuum you're aware that the power head moves first and then the canister, where you'd expect the whole machine would move as one.I expect that when the canister is pressurized fine dust is blowing out ofSee full review