Unlike some comments, for me, nothing to say. Noise is normal at some point it must aspire. I compare a Rowenta which lasted me over 10 years and has not been spared (150 at the time, it was heavy). - Most: it is pretty It is super light (comfortable on stairs) the cable is long (over 9m between the plug and the suction head) the fastening system of the pipe has not yet broken, and it looks solid even if I go to 5cm of a beat, he eats the "weight" when going on a mat (not least it spends 15 times) - Less the pipe is not rotating at the base of the vacuum cleaner only at the handle accessories not very top but I kept my old then ... a piece that the fragile air long view (the lid that is opened and then shut to empty the vacuum cleaner. if it breaks, it will hold thanks to pressure anyway, or a piece of sckotch ^^) I recommend and valid ... and I'm not soft when I pass the aspiro