I bought this item last week and absolutely LOVE IT! I had not been able to vacuum for 2 weeks as my previous vacuum system broke. I previously had a central vacuum, and always felt that it didn't have very good suction, I despised it but my husband thought it worked well. I was shocked to see the amount of dirt, hair, and fine particle dust that THIS vacuum picked up! I had only vacuumed half of my living room floor (which truly didn't look too bad as I had been picking up stuff by hand) and WOW, the canister was FULL of stuff. It was easy to take apart the canister and dispose of it's contents. I HAVE NEVER ENJOYED VACUUMING SO MUCH IN MY LIFE!! I spent the weekend vacuuming & using all of the hand tools, and my house looks AMAZING! THANK YOU for this outstanding product! It was well worth the cost!