This vacuum was bought to replace another Mighty Mite.  It doesn't.  The wand scratches our wood floor and can therefore only be used on tiled areas in our house.  If it weren't such a pain to return something, I would have returned this. The suction is fine. For that it gets the two stars.  If I had the option to get a replacement wand without the trouble of returning the bad one, I certainly would give it at least 4, and probably 5 stars.  It's worth the money if you aren't using it on highly polished wood.