I've had a Dyson before and what happy with it but this version is rubbish. It works OK on the carpet but eh dust container so you get full very Quickly spend a lot of time empyting it. On the hard floor in the kitchen it's almost useless, it just Seems to push the dirt about instead of picking it up. Even after Following the instructions to wash the filter Regularly it now makes a really bad smell. It smell like a wet dog, and NO I have not used it to clean Actually a wet dog. The people at Dyson Could not seem to care less: It took almost an hour of waiting to get through to someone on the phone and after explaining everything They tried to sell me a new cyclone unit. I suspect That thesis smaller cyclone unit Shave a problem with fine dust getting clogged in them where you can not get at it, even by washing.