We purchased this Hoover to replace an old Hoover and I am very impressed with this new unit. My biggest complaint is that the vacuum doesn't lock in the upright position. On our old unit, you had to use your foot to release the vacuum from its upright position and with this unit, you merely bump it and it will 'open up'(for a lack of a better term) and that's not so bad for me but my elderly mother uses this vacuum as well and it's not so easy for her to adjust to the fact that it isn't locked in whatever position that you want it to be in.