Black & Decker DustBuster FV7000 Bagless Handheld Vacuum

This vacuum sucks... as in... yuck. What a waste of money. Okay, I won't slam the whole thing. Let's look at the bright side of things. It's cheap. As in, it's inexpensive. So what if the battery is only going to last a few months, you can buy another one. Of course, if you have to buy more than two a year, well... that's your call. It does vacuum up most little crumb messes, and the kind of little things that you'd be looking for in a mini vac. It doesn't take up too much space, and I keep mine on a shelf in my pantry, plugged in and "ready to go." But I noticed right away after bringing this thing home, that the battery life is terrible. Less than five minutes when brand new, and it will quickly work its way down over a few weeks to where a six month old unit will literally only run for barely a minute at full suction. As for cleaning it out, well that is easy. And I can't really complain there. As for charging, it is nice that it isn't like some of the other mini vac's I've had over the years with a clunky secondary battery charger or some wall mounted gizzy that doesn't hold well. But seriously, the battery life sucks. The power (even when new) is only medium at best (It won't suck dog hair off your chair). And did I mention that the battery life sucks.  Hey, I guess this is one of those, you get what you pay for deals. It is cheap for sure, but cheap stuff comes at a different price sometimes.