This is my first purchase of a cordless vacuum and I love the convenience of it. No more cords (or having to find plugs in a 100 year old house). With all wood floors, this is so easy to just quickly use anywhere. It works well on low pile rugs. It will not work on longer pile rugs, even taking out the brush roll gives very minimal suction - that was disappointing since the listing says it works on shag and long pile rugs.