This hoover is great as a hand held for hoovering the car and very powerful! Is powerful enough for me but there are a few things not so great! First of all is a bit bulky at the bottom therefore cannot get under the sofa, oven area etc……, secondly the cable is constantly in the way when you hoover because the cable is at the bottom part of the hoover and lastly is not so steady as the top black handle kept coming off when I hoover the stairs and the hoover fell to the floor twice which damaged a bit of my wall and broke one of the wheels! Therefore is in the bin now!