I bought it for cat hair. This works (at Max.). However, have the impression that the people who say here, he goes for everything else, there's something exaggerate ... Likewise exaggerate those who say the sucker is loud. I see that at all, on the contrary. The thing I can easy use even after midnight. Is approximately at the level of a (not cheap) hairdryers. Prima! In summary, I would say: You pay the high price for lasting suction power, noiseless suction and especially the lithium-ion battery. Although overall still overpriced, but there are among the hand vacuum cleaners simply no alternatives which meet these criteria.