The battery is supposed to last 45 minutes fully charged. The brand new battery only sweeps 10 minutes! But, the As Seen on TV guys are providing good customer service by sending me another. I hope it works, for the additional $5 spent on S&H

I have had mine for a few weeks now and use it every day and have yet to reacharge it so it does hold its charge. It works well for what it is intended for. We have a 1 year old and we use it to clean up the crumbs and mess he leaves under his high chair and all around the kitchen and on the carpet as well. I recommend it for anyone with a baby who is looking for something to quickly pick up food left on the floor. Our 1 year old loves to push it around as well which makes cleaning even easier!

Overcharging will kill a most types of rechargables. A good charger like on a cell phone won't overcharge but a less expensive like this one can.Use an mechanical light timer the type with a little plastic insert to set the on/off time. They are $4-10. Remove all the "on" tabs. Set the time to noon and put the "off" tab at midnight. Plug the charger into this. When you want a charge twist the dial around to noon and flip the little knob to turn it on. In 12 hours it will turn off and stay off till you reset it.

While this is not a sweeper intended for carpet, it will pick up small messes. It is very handy for tile and hardwood. The charge last for a long time and the only complaint I have is that the dirt catcher (where the dirt is held) is too small. I love the way it swivels!

Plastic junk, poor pick-up, constant dead battery, finally died after 3 months. Good-bye $40.00, hello garbage can.

Had high hopes for this machine. First two times I used it, it worked fine. Third time it started to fail. Would only run one or two minutes on a full charge. Would run okay till I put it on the floor. Then it would do a couple of passes and die. Didn't make any difference whether it was bare floor or area rug.Very disappointed.