We're currently staying at my 82 y.o. mothers house until we find a new house, having just moved in from the west. Some of our stuff is being stored in her garage so I drug out my G3 just this morning to vacuum up her house. She tried it out and found it very easy to use since I'd carried it in, set it up etc but she could barely budge it once it was turned off. I had bought her a Panasonic Jet Flo upright quite a few years ago which she still uses to this day, it's a good cleaner for her, no dogs, light, easy to push and pull and not whiny. Plus she can pick it up and carry it.