Black Decker Portable Hand Vacuum By superkow on Oct 04, 2007 - Updated Oct 15, 2011

I bought this vacuum mostly to vacuum my car and the really tight spaces in my dorm for a quick vacuum and not a full whole carpet vacuum. Wow is this vacuum powerful. It sucks the stuff right out of the carpet and it's almost as powerful as an upright vacuum. It does seem to be relatively expensive though. $30 is a little more than what I'd want to pay for a portable vacuum but it is incredibly powerful so I think the price is worth it. Another drawback is the extremely short battery life. It only seems to last about 15 minutes. This is plenty enough for a quick vacuum of the car or of some tight spaces around the room so it is not a problem for me but I could see other owners not being satisfied with the short battery life. Overall, I think it's a really powerful vacuum with a short battery life and a tad bit overpriced but nonetheless, it is a good product.