This seemed okay at first. It seemed to pick stuff up, although it did not work well as a handheld in the car (one of the reasons I bought it) because the seats have indentations and it couldn't pick up stuff in those. After the batter started to die, I switched to the spare battery, and it never seemed to have anything but weak power. I tried recharging the first battery but it never the regained the power. Tried recharging the spare - still not good. Now I have a vacuum that literally picks nothing up. And what it does pick up isn't sucked into the canister, but sits in the outer part and just falls back out. I feel as if this was a complete waste of money.