Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I really debated between 3 and 4 stars on this, but at the end of the day, the price is really good for what you get and my son loves it, so 4 it is. My son is autistic and has always been TERRIFIED of the vacuum. Like, PETRIFIED! We have a Dyson Animal that looks almost exactly like this (but is purple instead of yellow (see pics). At 5, he still cries and runs when we pull out the vacuum, so I decided to get this in hopes of making the vacuum less scary and involving him. He LOVES it and now vacuums along with us instead of running and crying! That to me is a huge win. I find him vacuuming by himself all the time. I love that it's teaching him an important life skill and that he's enjoying cleaning! What more could you want as a parent!? It has one button and one switch. The button on top (that on the real Dyson turns the vacuum on) activates the swirling chamber where colorful little beads spin around. This is a really cute feature that my son loves. The switch on the bottom/side turns on the suction/sound. I really wish it was designed so that the top button turned both on at once, but alas, it does not. The vacuum is small enough and light enough that it could be used by a younger child but is tall enough that my 5 year old can still use it with ease. The detail and accuracy of the Dyson look alike is really quite good! That being said, there are some design flaws. First, it comes in 2 pieces for ease of packing in the box. The handle is supposed to snap down onto the body of the vacuum but ours will not snap down on. We pushed very hard and can't see any reason it won't snap into place but it won't. The handle comes off from time to time and frustrates my son. I may end up sending it back for another one for that reason. Also, it's not easy to get the rear wheels to click in and out of place to stand it up or enable it to roll on its ball. In the instructions it shows a lot of "Click" "Clunk" "Snap" and none of that works for us. It's still functional but I wish it were easier and more intuitive to make those adjustments. All that being said, for $20 it has definitely served its purpose in our home and my son loves it. For the record I paid full price and did NOT receive this for free or at a discount for writing a review.