Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was a little apprehensive about trying a cordless sweeper, but eventually decided to purchase this one. I will say that I am very pleasantly surprised. My main takeaways: 1) It is very light. This is important to me because I want to be able to use this during the week and only pull out my big vacuum on the weekend. Because it is so light and easy to handle it doesn't feel like I'm doing another "chore". With no prep time at all I can just pull it out and start immediately. In just a minute I am completely finished with no cords to deal with or big canister to empty. It is also relatively small so it fits in tighter places that my power vacuum doesn't. 2) It does a really good job. I own cats so there is always cat hair around. Additionally, there is always cat litter somewhere on the floor. I poured a small but significant amount of litter on my carpeted floor, and also on my linoleum kitchen floor. This sweeper did a very impressive job of cleaning it up on both surfaces. I will note that I found better success when I was able to push and pull the sweeper in long strokes across the floor rather than in short strokes that might be necessitated by tight spaces. With short strokes it did not do very well picking up the litter on the floor (the only reason for my 1-star deduction), but with long strokes it did very well. I must stress that this product does NOT replace a power vacuum, but does a very adequate job in between vacuumings. 3) It picks up both on the forward and back strokes. It also empties on both the front and rear of the base of the unit. The emptying literally could not have been made any easier. Also, it's not messy at all while doing so. I find this to be a huge plus. 4) Assembly was incredibly easy with no tools or tricks necessary to get the job done quickly. While it is small and light it does feel durable enough. Even while pushing down hard I don't fear that I'm putting any undue stress upon it. I expect this sweeper to last me a very long time. Overall, I am very happy that I chose to purchase this model. If I had it to do over again I would still choose this exact one. I think this will be the ideal solution to keeping my floors in good shape when I don't want to pull out my bulky vacuum. This was a great find!