For context, I own a previous iteration of this same vacuum, and this newer version includes the upgrades that I would want the older one to have. My main beef with the older version was that it would not stand upright on its own, so if I needed to pause while vacuuming, I wouldn't have been able to simply stop the vacuum and leave it standing while I dealt with whatever I needed to. This new vacuum has a switch that allows this to stand upright on its own. I love it!