After less than 16 months, this product no longer works.  It was a solid vacuum when it did, not as powerful as many other options, but it did a good job keeping crumbs & dog hair picked up.  Now it's essentially a paper weight and the options I was provided to remedy the situation were to purchase another at the same price.  Literally, that was the best offer.  So I can't recommend it unless you want to take a gamble that yours won't be a dud