Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This BDL2000PL battery powered hand vacuum surpasses the Dust Busters of the past by a mile, even the higher voltage ones that had replaceable batteries. Those Dust Buster replacement batteries cost as much or even more then the vacuum did. I purchased this vacuum in Dec 2015, it's now March 2018. No regrets buying this vacuum. the vacuum still has great suction and the battery holds up well. Probably because it is no longer powered by NiCad batteries. Nice that the base can be mounted on the wall in your laundry room where I installed ours. You will learn to clean the filter and empty the dirt compartment regularly. Easy to empty the dirt compartment but also to easy to forget to clean the filter which takes some time to do. A sign filter needs cleaning is you will notice that the motor runs faster then normal. Imagine running the vacuum and then place your hand over the intake of the vacuum, motor speeds up. B&D claims this vacuum has cyclonic action to distribute the dirt all around the pleated filter which it does pretty well with small dirt particles but big stuff will stack up on top of the filter right where all the dirt comes in and not distribute around the filter so you really need to empty the filter chamber then. You may need a slim object like a slip shafted screwdriver to dislodge the big junk in front of the filter. Sand--you will find that sand will fall back out the vacuum opening when tilted down because the flapper valve is not that great so best to simply empty the dirt chamber. If you have an air compressor, I highly recommend using it to clean the filter rather than water pressure. I would buy this vacuum again. 02-2022 update. The battery is still very strong. I am replacing ceramic tile with laminate flooring and used this vacuum to suck up much of the tile adhesive I had to scrape to smooth the floor, so it has seen extra duty after over 6 years use. Now the motor has sped up to where it sounds like it will self-destruct. Thanks to another review, I will disassemble mine to check for inlet blockage, if that is cause for motor speed up. As far as complaints of parts breaking, with plastic, care must be taken to prevent breakage. Mine is still intact after over 6 years of usage. If you want a solid machine, it will cost more than the asking price of this vacuum.