I vacuumed the whole downstairs of my house with this. So about 800 square feet of mostly hard floors.
On the positive side, it has strong suction and works very well on hard floors and against baseboards. It isn't too heavy, so you can easily pick it up to do stairs. It has a bag, which is better for people with allergies.
On the negative side. The hose is made of some cheap plastic and it kinked hard, almost every time I turned. The part that has the suction head is separate and has to be fitted onto the wand, and there is nothing at all to hold it on. It fell off six times. You have to pay attention to where you're dragging the canister, to keep it from smacking into things or knocking things over. If you're used to canister vacs, that probably won't be a problem for you, but it was for me. Having no beater, it's safe for hardwood floors, but it's basically useless on carpet.
I don't like this vacuum. My Shark is much better. I'll be giving this one away.
I vacuumed the whole downstairs of my house with this. So about 800 square feet of mostly hard floors. On the positive side, it has strong suction and works very well on hard floors and against baseboards. It isn't too heavy, so you can easily pick it up to do stairs. It has a bag, which is better for people with allergies. On the negative side. The hose is made of some cheap plastic and it kinked hard, almost every time I turned. The part that has the suction head is separate and has to be fitted onto the wand, and there is nothing at all to hold it on. It fell off six times. You have to pay attention to where you're dragging the canister, to keep it from smacking into things or knocking things over. If you're used to canister vacs, that probably won't be a problem for you, but it was for me. Having no beater, it's safe for hardwood floors, but it's basically useless on carpet. I don't like this vacuum. My Shark is much better. I'll be giving this one away.