It's light enough that I can remove the floor/carpet piece and carry around the top portion with the long nozzel to suck up cat hair every day without breaking my back. I can go through the whole house very quickly. Love the roller brush that does a very good job of not getting tangled with long hair. It's not perfect, but at least I don't have to stop vaccuuming every 15 minutes to cut the hair off the roller. The only bad thing is it doesn't stand up by itself. But if that's the only downside, I'll be very happy.