This is quite a heavy bulky hoover, we got it second hand so its been used alot before we got it and seems to last years, but it still works well and still has alot of suction which we need because we have a dog. It's very easy to clean and take apart if it gets clogged up, you can see when it gets full, which is a good thing. The suction on hoze is not that great and it doesn't hoover up the edges too well, the only bad thing about it is that it's very loud and noisy. Ours smell's abit when your hoovering up, but thats proberly because its old. The wire is long and somtimes gets in the way but thats proberly the same with all hoovers. It's easy to steer and its not heavy. Weve only got carpet in the bedroom and livingroom so im not sure if it goes under low furniture easy but the whole hoover goes close to the ground so i'd say it would. Overall its a good hoover, that does its job.