Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Just because all of our products are now made in Malaysia, or Timbuktu or wherever, do they have to be designed there also, by people who wouldn't use them if they could? Sure, this unit has powerful suction. But ergonomically speaking, it leaves me wishing that my two year old B&D dustbuster with the dead battery was still kicking. Here are a few of the features that I found disappointing. -No convenient charging cradle. Included is a wall-mounted hook which I won't use. Each time I finish using the vac, rather than just slip it into its cradle (with one hand) and see the charging light come on, I must reach down and retrieve the end of the charger's wire and plug it in (using two hands). I preferred to NOT wall mount all of my dustbusters because they all died sooner than later, and I didn't want my wall to look like a pincushion. I just set the cradles on the floor and slide in the vacs. But not now... -The design is bulbous, and like most things round, it rolls around. Be exceptionally careful when and where you set it down, because it won't stay there. -The nozzle attachment, which is not an attachment but a permanent part of the design, does not fit well. It is very difficult to put back on, and it has popped off on a number of occasions while running the vac. -I've always cleaned my dustbusters after every use. This usually involved going outside and tapping the filter against a tree or post. Older filters always had some sort of plastic frame which facilitated such cleaning. The filter on this unit is insubstantial material, and is held on to the base by a wire tie. It has become dirtier in a shorter time than any unit I've ever had, and doesn't clean easily. -The unit is the loudest I've ever owned.