The push button controls allow you to precisely adjust power levels without bending down to adjust suction as you move across different surfaces when youre finished vacuuming its comfort cable retracts the entire length of the cable with just one touch of the footswitch for complete ease of use tools kept inside the body of the vacuum keeping them safe and less likely to be lost built and tested to legendary miele standards length of hose 35m sits on stairs for easy stair clean