I purchased this vacuum cleaner about 8 months ago and have regretted it since. It worked ok for about one month that is if you don't mind emptying the canister twice when vacuuming house because if there is anything at all in the canister or around the yellow plastic filter cup it will not suck. . After the month it just lost most of its suction power and forget using this if you have pets.....OMG it should be illegal to sell such a poor product. What is really crazy is I saw a couple of bad reviews on this product be for purchasing and thought well they where the type of people that just could not be pleased....NO THAT WAS NOT IT..THIS IS JUST A BADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD PRODUCT!!!