Why buy an upright, when you can get more done with a Rhoomba? Bought a namebrand upright, and it worked for only 6 months. Spent so much time trying to unplug the thing, we finally gave up, and trashed it, and decided to get a second Rhoomba. The robot simply works better. So you have to clean out the brushes, and empty the bin, same basic maintenance with any other vaccuum, and small price to pay for something that truly works great. Nothing else gets the dog hairs up like the Rhoomba.