My Fiance' and I were looking for something small with enough power to suck up kitty litter in our bathroom. We have four cats so it needs to be maintained just about every day and it was too hard on our vacuum. It does the job for the most part but could still use a little more suction for the kitty litter. If the filter gets too clogged it wont work well and it is a little heavy...but overall it was a really good buy.I know that all sounds negative but, It is way better than lugging out the huge vacuum and holds a charge really well. Again it was an overall good buy and it's doing what we need. I would recommend it to a friend.