The product works well except for one manufacturer's defect. There is a float shut off in the waste water collection tank. The float is not heavy enough to due what it is supposed to do, ONLY SHUT THEEVICE OFF WHEN THE COLLECTION TANK BECOMES FULL. Instead, the float is often sucked up without the tank being full resulting in the device shutting itself off very frequently for no reason. If I were you I would consider another unit simply because Hoover has not been helpful at all in providing me with a replacement float that would easily remedy this known fault.