Not the strongest suction for a vacuum and the battery life is not so great...on Turbo it can only last about 4 minutes and that is with full charge.  The vacuum does not suction well on carpet if not on turbo so the choice not to use it is not an option.  It does ok as far as the self empty feature however I would just stick with the regular canister Shark vacuum if you vacuum frequently like I do... Too overpriced