It was very easy to use day-to-day - but it is a hefty vacuum (particularly compared to the Hoover Cylinder) which made it a bit cumbersome, particularly when used on different levels.
It was simple enough to switch between the various attachments, I just twisted one tool off and popped another one on. The hose is long enough to use for day-to-day vacuuming, but it’s not quite long enough to reach more than halfway up the stairs, so I needed to take the whole vacuum upstairs if I wanted to do the first floor. The power cord is pretty long - I could do the vast majority of our ground floor from a central plug socket and the same with a similarly placed socket upstairs too.
In terms of portability, the vacuum rolled along quite well, but it is bulky and sometimes got stuck in doorways. It’s also heavy (8kg when empty), which made it a bit of a pain to heft up and down the stairs (although this was made a lot easier when I discovered the main floor tool hooks onto the vacuum body!) To make things easier, I tended to just use it on one level at a time.
Although its size is a downside in terms of manoeuvrability, it does mean that it stores an awful lot in its bag and I haven’t needed to empty it yet, which is pretty impressive after a month of using it. Another good feature is the EcoBrush which I found was particularly useful for vacuuming pet hair, and thanks to the charcoal filter, I felt like it was really cleaning surfaces where the cats had been, rather than just taking the top layer of hair off.
In terms of storage, the nozzle attaches to the main body of the vacuum when not in use, so it tucks away well despite its chunkiness. During testing, I kept it in a cupboard under the stairs. The main body has slots where you can put the different tool heads, but there are only two of these so you have to store the additional tools separately, which was a bit of a pain.