Less than a week that I have and I love it already! I have 2 very young children (6 and 18 months) crying when I put in my old vacuum cleaner running and since I have this model, nothing! Yes it is quiet: even at maximum power, it makes less noise than my LG curtains suction mode. And given that in addition to two children, I have also 2 cats, I could not resist to do as in the pub (the one with the tiger sleeping) and I went with my new toy to the basket during that One of two cats were sleeping: again, great! The cat woke up only because I approached too near with the pipe and this is the object that has driven, not the noise! In terms of decibels, this stuff is amazing! In terms of aspiration, it is fine, for that matter in the rooms where I had lino on the floor, I have to reduce the suction otherwise I think I took off it! On my fabric sofa, it's great, plus a cat hair! As for emptying the dust bin, well, it's true that it's simple (although I was not a fan at first because of the dust that usually flies everywhere with a bagless vacuum cleaner). The only downside is that it takes quite a large bin to do properly, so I note as future purchase ... To evoke the point that made me withdraw a star, I would say that the weight and size are a concern. For my part, I am young, alert and I have training (cf. 2 children mentioned above), but I strongly advise against such a model with a person for example. When the previous comment that mentions the annual filter change, I'm not there yet, but at least I'm forewarned! And I much prefer to have to change a 100 filter once a year rather than buy a vacuum cleaner that sucks worse every 2 years!