I've owned other small Eurekas at my cabin and they have been dependable and long-lasting.  This Quick Up Cordless Vac is great.  While it's not a deep-cleaning vac it does what I bought it to do.....bare tile and hardwood floors.  The sand and grit hauled in by me and my dogs not only grinds on my nerves, it dulls floors.  The Eureka was easy to assemble, hang and use.  I can't comment on its durability yet. One very pleasant surprise is that it is small enough to fit under my bed foundation to get pet hair from a Sheltie (yuk) which I had much trouble reaching with the attachments on my Hoover. The extra battery pack was the final factor that caused me to purchase this.  For bare floors and very smooth rugs/carpets it performs very well.  At its price with battery packs, I'd recommend it highly  ADDITION Aug 2013: While I still like the Eureka and it does everything that a simple, cheap electric broom should do I've discovered one Achilles Heel for it.  The beater brush, used for rugs, winds up lots of rug fabric and thread around the yellow brushes.  There isn't a way to open the beater bar and clean it.  I phoned Eureka and was told that if you remove the four small screws in the head you can clean it BUT(!) you may not be able to reassemble it!  This was their confession.  Other than that annoying feature I am very satisfied with the Eureka Quick Up so far.