Good cleaner I think it seems to clean better than my other brand, minuses you have to bend to nearly floor level to switch it on , my other one had two foot leavers one for on and one for off , the container that the water goes into is fiddly to put on and take off once the water container is on securely it's okay but I put it on not securely and it fell off taking slide over front of hoover with it first time I've cleaned a flat carpet so it's not big, and felt exhausted, but to end on good note I had two separate containers of black water so it Cleans wellwould I recommend it to a friend that would depend on their age and any back issues