have you ever seen a grown woman scream like a kid at Christmas when she gets a vacuum cleaner?  I can officially say I have now. She was amazed the amount of dirt, debris, dust and pet hair that was picked up upon the first vacuuming of our living room with this Shark Lift Away Vacuum Cleaner. First she vacuumed the floor with our normal vacuum cleaner and it did look clean BUT then she busted out this bad boy. I was completely taken aback by the amount of junk that was still left on our carpet that this vacuum successfully picked up! In her words "This vacuum cleaner is amazing, I cant wait to do the stairs and landing!". Ive never seen my wife this excited to clean the house before. For that alone I give this 5 stars. It is very quiet and has so many gadgets to literally clean anything you want. Great suction power and my wife was able to carry it around everywhere. I will never go back to another brand of sweeper!