UPDATED - not changing my review, just updating re: battery life at 7 months out. Both batteries have quite a short run time now, under 5 minutes and I expect them to be useless soon. Honestly I am quite upset I can't find replacements here on Amazon and will be looking elsewhere. This is really the perfect vacuum for my usage, primarily picking up litter on small rugs. Off to go hunting for batteries. Ok, found batteries. They are $22 a piece plus shipping so essentially while the vacuum has a one year warranty, when you figure in the price of the replacement batteries (I don't have my warranty papers but surely batteries are not covered)... it's just easier to buy a new one...but every 7 months? hmmm