Bought this within the last year and it's a great all-around vacuum with plenty of suction and very good multi-stage filtration. Yes the hose is a bit short and is now a huge FAIL for me as for no obvious reason the hose ripped near the vacuum connection point. Never been abused, dragged around, etc. and just minimum daily use for a few mins at a time. Was losing suction, then full suction for no reason, then loss once again. The tear is on the backside of the hose and difficult to see, but yep that is definitely a weak point in design. Was gonna email them with a pic, but not seeing any way to do that. Have owned many Shark products over the yrs with total satisfaction and this vacuum itself is spot on, but dealing with hose failure so early on I doubt I'll ever buy another Shark product again.