A Fresh review

I purchased this vacuum strictly for hardwood floor cleaningof pet hair.
Worried about the reports of its poor suction and battery life. What I also worried about what kind of noise it made since it seemed like it was a "dustbuster" on a stick andwe had a first generation dustbuster and it just screamed.
Happy to report this vacuum meets our requirements completely and its reasonably quite as well.
Yes, you must empty the container and remove the dust from the filters every use I think to ensure maximum suction. Doing that there has never been anything it has'nt picked up. 
We have about 1500 sq ft of floor to vacuum and it can go the complete distance. About 15 min of continious use.
A big surprise was how convenient a cordless vacuum is.You dont realize how much time you spend handling the cord on conventional vacuums. Makes for very fast vacuuming. 
At first it seems like its too small and too light. But these are actually positive traits. The width of the vacuum head isonly about 12 in, about the width of a floor tile. But beingthat narrow it can get behind and between things a normalvacuum cannot. No regular vacuum can vacuum around and behind a toilet, this one can! Very well designed.
Now on to long term use and hopefully continued positive performance.