I have two of these; I bought the first in a hardware store and ordered the second from Amazon. I gave a previous Mighty Mite to one of my children when I bought the first of these, and all three I've owned have had better suction than my big, heavy fancy vacuum. I'm still searching for the perfect machine that is lightweight but effective everywhere and think there is no such thing. If the hose on this one came out of the top so that it didn't get turned back on itself and if the tools snapped on the wand, this vacuum would be perfect.