Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This cordless stick vac is lightweight, compact, and has an appealing design and color! It has a convenient base station, and has a built-in hand vac. The filter is easy to clean and has not only an easy to empty canister, but also a "twang" feature that helps you rid the filter of dust without soiling your hands. Awesome! The stick vacuum cleans my 850 square foot condo (all hardwoods) in a single charge, with charge to spare for using the hand vac on upholstery. (I haven't had to use it on carpet or in larger settings, so can't speak about it's performance there). It's compact, perfect for apartment-dwellers or for use in designated smaller areas of a larger home like kitchen, foyer, pet areas, etc. And frankly, I think it's adorable and LOVE the orange color - - very cheery when you're doing mundane work like vacuuming :) People should have reasonable expectations of what a stick vac can do. A stick vac will never have the suction and power of a regular-sized vacuum, and you shouldn't expect it to! I keep a neat home, and vacuum once a week with my "regular" vacuum, a powerful, full-sized bagless upright with HEPA filtration that works great, but is kind of cumbersome and heavy to use everyday. I use the ErgoRapido just for daily use in between "real" vacuumings, to keep my place neat and tidy everyday, free of cat hair/litter, crumbs in the kitchen, dirt tracked in the foyer from shoes, etc. - - and it works AWESOME for this purpose. I wouldn't expect it to do the job of a corded, full-size vacuum - - but it's awesome for everyday use to clean up little messes and dusty areas here and there. I've owned other stick vacs in the past, and been disappointed with their performance (Dirt Devil "Vac-n-Mop" = TERRIBLE!). But this product so far is much better! I'd definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a maneuverable, easy-to-use and sleek vacuum for light-duty work or cleaning in between "regular" vacuuming. UPDATE (03/30/2014): I'm coming back, nearly 4.5 years later, to say that I'm still using this product and it's still working well for me. I'm impressed that the battery is still hanging in there! I've noticed that the times I drain the battery completely, then allow to recharge fully, I get more "oomph" out of the vacuum. One important tip that I've learned over the years, though - like all household appliances, this one needs a little maintenance from time to time. The vacuum head has this spinning brush that helps sweep dust and debris into the "sucker" part. If you have long hair or vacuum up strings over time, they will wind around the brush and inhibit it from moving. As a result, the battery will wear out faster each time you use it, b/c the motor is exerting all this energy to spin the brush which cannot possibly spin. These two things combined will result in the vacuum working very poorly and hardly sucking up a thing. Simple fix here: Lay the vacuum on a countertop, and locate a small "door" with a groove on one side of the plastic molding where the spin brush is. Use a butter knife or flathead screwdriver to gently pry open the small door via the groove. You'll be able to pop the spinning brush out. Then use a pair of scissors to trim off all the hair or string, and clean the brush thoroughly (I even wash and dry it with dish soap in the kitchen sink). Once it's clean, you can reinsert the brush, and pop the door back on to lock it into place. You'll find that the vacuum works like new again. I do this to the vacuum about once a month (I have long hair) and that keeps it working very well.