The good: Received this and tried it out on area rugs in our home and it worked great to pick up dog fur and everyday dirt. It also works great on bare floors like hardwood floors. You can turn the beater bar on or off and easily remove the beater bar. The handle can be removed too so you can us it in anywhere the handle may not be combiner to reach. The filter is washable as well so cleaning out the dirt and dust that was picked is easy. The not so great: The cord storage is a little hard to use as the hoop on the back of the unit and where the cord comes out of the body are very close so you will have to push the cord out coming out of the body out of the way to wrap the cord for storage. The vacuum does good when pushing it forward for picking up dirt but when you pull the vacuum back towards you the head likes to flip up and the beater bar isn't touching the carpet anymore so you have to use this pushing forward really.