Hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus

A hand vacuum cleaner having an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end, a handle and first and second laterally opposed sides, each laterally opposed side extends in a forward/rearward direction, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:

• (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet positioned rearward of the dirty air inlet, the dirty air inlet is provided at an upper portion of the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner;
• (b) a suction motor positioned in the air flow path upstream of the clean air outlet;
• and,
• (c) a first cyclonic stage positioned in the air flow path, the first cyclonic stage comprising a cyclone chamber, the cyclone chamber has a cyclone axis of rotation that extends in the forward rearward direction, the first cyclonic stage comprises a stationary portion and an openable portion, the openable portion is rotatably mounted by a rotatable mount between a closed position in which the cyclone chamber is closed and an open position in which the cyclone chamber is open,
• wherein, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the dirty air inlet above the cyclone axis of rotation and the cyclone axis of rotation oriented horizontally, the stationary portion comprises an upper portion of the first cyclonic stage and the openable portion comprises a lower portion of the first cyclonic stage, and
• wherein the rotatable mount is located at a rearward end of the openable portion.