I bought one of the lift-aways a few months ago.  After getting used to the swivel head, I really like it.  It does work great and I get a canister full of dust, dirt, dander and dog hair on about every 9x12 rug and surrounding hard surface with a single pass and has some self-propeledness  when brush is engaged in high gear.  I was so tired of my old Oreck which wouldn't pick up a piece of lint on repeated passings.  My only complains are that the cord track at the top of the handle will not hold the cord in place.  I had to velcro around the handle to keep the cord up and out of the way.  Also the hose dock - kind of a ball and socket - is not sufficiently tight to hold the hose up against the handle.  It repeatedly pulls loose.  But the vacuum is a winner!