Knowing how short it is I had to follow my first plan of buying two of these. Being a curmudgeon I tried going with one and now I'm ordering a second one again. I'm not that tall - I'm 5ft 6in - so I think a lot of people, maybe even most people, would need to buy two of these to get the job done without bending down too much. I'm taking off a star because I think it would be a lot more convenient if Bissell made the stick longer, even if it costs more. I removed the second star because it is very difficult (or impossible in my case) to separate the extension from the attachment that came with the machine once they are connected. Aside from those two issues, the extension nozzle works great and doesn't seem to negatively impact suction.