I have used this vacuum cleaner now a few times and it seems to work well - i do need a "poker" to switch the ON button to 'on' (easily switched off - don't know why the difference). One problem i can foresee is that something gets stuck in the hose, a much better solution would be a hose in 3 segments - which could then be separated and much more likely cleaned out - we'll see ... I can't judge the "wet" cleaning as i am not likely to use this function.