Black & Decker 18 Volt Platinum Series Cordless Hand Vacuum, Model SPV1800 4.2 5 75 94
great hand vac I have had several bad hand vacs before, but this one has been great so far!I love that the battery comes out of the unit to charge, and that if it does ever die, I can buy a replacement. This vac holds a charge well. I can clean out our mini-van and it still has juice to do more. I use this vac almost everyday to clean up after my two young boys. I love it. 03/03/2008
good vac When our 9.6 volt Dustbuster died I started looking for a replacement. I was delighted to see that Black and Decker had a 18 volt battery pack model. I already have several Black and Decker 18v tools so having charged batteries was no problem for me.I like the fact that you can change the batteries and no longer need to throw away the entire Dustbuster like the other one just because the batteries die.It has the same suction as a 9.6 volt Dustbuster, the noise level is about the same. It comes with no attachments but the parts for the old Dustbuster work with it, though I rarely used them.The battery life is good, after 3 weeks it still runs strong on the same battery, but usually my vac jobs only take a few minutes, I am sure with prolonged use like cleaning out cars and vans it would deplete the charge after 20 minutes or so of usage.Advice to Ladybug32 complaining about the filters, all of the B & D filters are made of a plastic material and can be washed and dried, they last forever, plus they use the same filter as the 9.6 volt model. So wash your filter and start using it again.Kudos to B & D for making a replaceable battery pack vac, it makes a lot of sense for the environment not filling our landfills with old Dustbusters. I would highly recommend this vac to anyone looking to purchase a small hand held vacuum. 01/15/2009
Good for the price I chose this cordless hand vac because it's the only one I could find in this price range with a user replaceable battery. It's ridiculous that most of these vacs have to be thrown out when the battery stops taking a charge because you can't replace the battery. Suction is just OK. Our Dyson hand held had much better performance. However, this vac runs and runs for a very long time on one charge, and it's a third of the price. (The Dyson ran for 5 minutes at time before the $75 battery stopped taking a charge.) I wish they offered attachments for this vac, like a crevice tool. I like the fact that I can purchase other B&D tools that can share the battery. 02/01/2010
Great Product I bought this vac about a year ago and have bought 2 more since. This things has twice as much power as any other dust buster type vac. I have many other B&D power tools that use the 18v batteries so It is very convenient having quiet a few batteries always charged. If you are looking for a unit that can be charged without removing the vacuum then this is not for you, if you have other 18v b&d tools and extra batteries then this is a must have. 01/24/2008
