The good: It's light and very maneuverable  (the head swivels, very handy when you have it on the long arm). It's very powerful, and was able to pull up even "traffic trodden" carpeting (low pile). I made very quick work of my upstairs, even with the narrow powered brush head.

The bad: the debris bin is pretty small, you need to keep a good eye on it, and likely need to empty it often. When the powered brush head is connected right to the handle, it still wants to swivel oddly, so using it to do a deep cleaning on the stairs that way took a little learning to do it effectively, but the results were great!

Neutral: standing it up (long shaft in place) takes careful placement if it's on a non-carpetted floor. The "bottom" of the handle is rubberized, so if you have it snugged against the wall, the rubber grip should help keep it from sliding/falling down.