Very light weight, tremendous suction power, the long cord is also greatly appreciated, having not had a swivel head vacuum before it was a little tricky to get use to, however, now I wonder how I got along without it. The filtration works great. The dust collector canister is a little small because it picks up so much dirt. When a friend told me her new shark broke because of cheap plastic parts, I went straight for this Hoover, and do not regret it.