Surface cleaning apparatus

A hand vacuum cleaner comprising:

• (a) a surface cleaning head having a front end, a rear end, a dirt air inlet and a cleaning head air outlet;
• (b) a rigid air flow conduit having a rigid wand inlet end having an air inlet communicable with the cleaning head air outlet, a rigid wand outlet end and a longitudinally extending conduit axis, the rigid air flow conduit is moveably mountable to the surface cleaning head between an upright position and an in-use floor cleaning position in which the rigid air flow conduit extends at an angle to the vertical, the rigid wand outlet end having an air outlet and an outlet end electrical connector;
• and,
• (c) a hand vacuum cleaner removably mountable to the rigid wand outlet end, the hand vacuum cleaner having a front end and a rear end, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
• (i) a main body comprising an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end and a driving handle, the main body housing a suction motor and fan assembly, the suction motor and fan assembly having a suction motor axis of rotation wherein the driving handle has a hand grip portion that extends upwardly and forwardly at an angle of less than 45 degrees forward from vertical when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end above the lower end;
• (i) an air treatment member provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the air treatment member having a front end, a rear end and a central longitudinal axis;
• (ii) an inlet passage positioned above the air treatment member when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end above the lower end, the inlet conduit having an inlet conduit axis;
• and,
• (iii) a hand vacuum cleaner electrical connector provided on the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner adjacent the inlet passage, the hand vacuum cleaner electrical connector is releasably connectable with the outlet end electrical connector,
• wherein, when the hand vacuum cleaner is mounted to the rigid wand outlet end, the longitudinally extending conduit axis extends in a same direction as the central longitudinal axis of the air treatment member.