Bought this to replace my old shark. Love that is so lightweight, and maneuvers so easily. The dirt cup is bigger than my old one, so that's nice, and it has great suction. I didn't notice that is is self propelled on the carpet setting, which was not what I wanted. But this is really easily controlled, not like my husband's  Hoover. I love  my shark! The only thing I would change is the on-off switch, it's really too low.