We've only had the product for a short time, so durability remains to be seen. Just my impression is that the construction might be a little lightweight, but we'll see. The performance so far is great! This thing sucked up things we didn't know existed in our carpet! We love the little power attachment, and it is very light so pushing is easy. Cleaning the filter is not a problem as we have seen some people complain about, we really don't know what their problems were, quite simple actually. We have recommended to friends already.