Reply #13: It's not too heavy, no. Using it is effortless.

[ReverendDeuce]

They balanced it quite well. It's very, very light to use.

As far as cleaning... it's very easy. Just pop out the canister, and press a button by the canister's handle. The trap door opens at the bottom and all the junk falls out into whatever you want it to go into.

The DC17 has a lifetime filter, too. No need to buy new ones. It's not a canister filter or anything gross that you'll need to touch, either. It's a nice foam disc filter. I look at ours and after two months of weekly use, it's just barely dirty. That's because of how the cyclone technology works.

It's all simple physics, it's awesome!