The reviews I read before I bought this stick vac were of great help. I have been looking for something on the small side and convenient to pick up dog hair on linoleum. This does the trick. I had come to the conculsion what I was looking for was "corded" since the rechargable ones I had tried weren't powerful enough. My only complaint is this has so much power, I can't vaccum the scatter rugs in the bathroom with the power brush on! Not for large areas.