First saw this vac in a friends garage, and it had worked good for him for a year, so I had to get one. It has good power and suction, easy to dump lower container, and you can attach hose to outlet port for blowing if you need that. I have it mounted inside the garage door so I can reach the two cars inside and two cars outside if I had to. The hose is long enough that I can use it up the stairway into the house where the whole house vacuum can't reach. It's the perfect garage vacuum for me. The hose is small diameter enough that it is flexible and easy to move around.