I bought this at Costco to have a as second vacuum. I liked the idea of the tiger paw to clean the stairs. After about 3 uses the tiger paw stopped spinning if you put any pressure at all on it. The cord is way too short. I have to replug 3 times in just 1 room! The cannister fills up very quickly and all of the dust collects around the top of the filter. Cleaning the filter is not the easiest task and is a pretty dirty job. While using it on my hardwood floors, I see it blowing dust, hair, etc. away from the vacuum. It really isn't a very good vacuum at all. I would only reommend this to people in very small apartments who do not have pets and don't mind cleaning a filter every 5 minutes.