The sucked away what. In the truest sense of the word. On our laminate flooring it sucks dust mice until distributed from guinea pigs scattered everything on. On loosely lying runners and a cow hide, it is almost impossible to suck, because due to the enormous suction power the carpets get stuck on the nozzle and would fit through, we would have probably the carpets in the collection container ;-) Despite the opening of the slider on the intake manifold. The container is easy to separate from the vacuum cleaner and emptying is easy for me and above all free of dirt by equip. What have other people out of trouble is a mystery to me.