I've had this vacuum for over 5 years now, and as I was hosing it out again to clean off/out drywall dust, I fell in love all over again. I have abused this little machine, even dropping it off a ladder recently. I wiggled the innards back together again, and it works like a charm. But where it really shines is in cleaning up drywall dust! I brought this into the remodel job (a bathroom) and used it to clean up the horrible aftermath of an evening of sanding new drywall mud--there is fine dust everywhere. My Mighty Mite stood up to any Shop Vac, but took up a lot less room. The HEPA filters are MONEY! The bags themselves are a dream and catch most of the dust, but the HEPA filter on the back of the vacuum really kept the job fully contained--no blowing dust out the back into my relatively clean bedroom. When the vacuum stopped sucking, I changed disposable bags--which are affordable--and was back in business. I'm buying a couple more filters--also affordable--just to have on hand.