Surface cleaning apparatus with openable filter compartment

An upright surface cleaning apparatus surface cleaning apparatus comprising:

• (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and including an air treatment member and a suction motor, the suction motor having a suction motor axis that defines an axis of rotation of an impeller;
• (b) a surface cleaning head having the dirty air inlet, a front end and a rear end;
• and,
• (c) an upper section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between an upright storage position and an inclined in use position;
• and,
• (d) wherein the upper section comprises a removable cleaning unit, the removable cleaning unit comprising the air treatment member, the suction motor and a post motor filter provided in an openable post motor filter housing, wherein the post motor filter is positioned below the suction motor and wherein the clean air outlet is provided in a wall of the upper section that faces forward when the upper section is in the upright storage position.