Just a quick review. This vacuum cleaner is pretty small. I found the suction good but the dust bag is about 1/4 of the vacuum (the rest is the motor) so that may affect the suction by filling up too quick. Have not got to that point yet. I think the size of the dust bag could be compared to a large breakfast cereal bowl. I just have one large room with carpet so the size is not an issue for me. The power head works well. There are a couple of fundamental design flaws. The first is that the power wire from the canister to the power head prevents the flexable hose from staying attached to the vacuum. The canister has ~2inch metal tube sticking out. The hose slips on over the metal tube but by adding on the power lead they have a little plug that prevents the hose from getting a snug connection. This means I cannot move the vacuum around by letting the hose pull it. On the other end of the canister is the blowing end which again has ~2inch metal tube sticking out but on this one you do not use the power head so the plug is not an issue and they also have a bump on the tube to improve the tube to hose connection. It blows pretty good so you have to be careful where that end of the vacuum is pointing. I think it is more designed to be carried around like a backpack so the poor hose connection would not be as much of a problem (but it still is) and then the blower end would be pointing down which would not be as much of a problem. I plan on fixing the blow problem by getting a 90 degee tube connection if I can. As for the power plug it needs to plug in on the side not the connection end of the hose. Might need to do some cutting and duct tape to fix that :( Without the power plug on the hose it connects up well enough. I think it is well made in terms of quality (good materials etc) but the poor design for the power head wiring is a fundamental flawGet more detail about MetroVac Stainless Steel/Chrome Canister Vac - OV4PNHSF.
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