Rifht out of the box the vacuum had pretty good suction comaprwd to simular vacuume i have used but it only lasted about 10 min tops before it died, and that was literally the furst time i used iit. the biggest issue I had with this was trying to recharge it , it was a battle everytime, having to get it right into the perfect spot to even get it to charge at all and after about 8 times of. up tto. a full 20 min of battle the charger doesn't connect at all to the vacuum at all ... if you cant get it to charrge you cant get it to r Turn on and if you can't get it to turn on Dennis is pretty much useless complete waste of money would not recommend this to anyone