I have a great vacuum to handle if I need to clean my whole house or if it's particularly dusty (highly recommend the Miele canister for that), but it's so bulky, I was looking for a smaller stick vacuum for spot spills or quick clean-ups. Enter this Shark vacuum. It works really well for that purpose. Putting it together out of the box was fairly intuitive and easy. The debris canister is small, but it's easy to empty. The cord is more than long enough. Pretty good suction power. My favorite feature is the fact you can pull off the head part, and use it just as a handheld vacuum so it's a stick and hand-held vacuum in 1, depending on what my vacuum needs. Overall, it's a great stick vacuum and fills the hole in my vacuum family. Thanks, Shark!