BLACK+DECKER Junior Dustbuster

The media could not be loaded. My 22 month old son has been obsessed with our Samsung stick vacuum for months. He's constantly stealing it and using it until the battery dies. He absolutely loves machines. I got this for him two months ago when he was 20 months old.I, like most other parents, cannot stand when kids toys have zero volume control and are insanely loud. This vacuum is the perfect sound level. It doesn't drive you nuts and make you want to hide it or take the batteries out, but it's loud enough to make your kid think they have an actual vacuum. The sound is also really realistic and sounds a lot like an actual vacuum!I was worried it would be a little too big for him but it's actually the perfect size. He gets our heavy Samsung vacuum around so this thing is a light as a feather compared to that! It seems pretty durable too as he's crashed it into all kinds of stuff (couches, chairs, the wall) and it's still working perfectly.This little vacuum is so cute. When you press and hold the button down, the little beads spin around like real dust. My son constantly puts things on the floor so he can pretend to vacuum them up. I figured he'd get tired of this toy after the novelty wore off but surprisingly he still picks it up and plays with it pretty often! It's a great little toy and overall a great value for the money.

Our son loves messing around with our vacuum, so buying this was a no brainer. He instantly fell in love with it.It's well made and the perfect size for him. He's gonna love it for a while. That said, there are two easily fixable, but somewhat significant gripes:1) The vacuum sound effect is VERY loud. There should either be a volume control hidden in the battery compartment, or the volume should be notched down significantly. I could see myself smashing this vacuum into tiny pieces after a few days, so as a solve, I put a round piece of white tape over the speaker in the back and it now sounds much softer. I recommend you do this immediately - before you give it to your child.2) For some inexplicable reason, the vacuum sound continues after you stop pressing the button - for a few seconds. Too many seconds in my opinion, because it makes it seem like there's something wrong with the toy, and you loose some of the value of what could be a fun hand-eye-coordination exercise. I guess they added this extra time because were trying to mimic the wind down timing of the motor in the real thing, but (a) no young child would understand that nuance and (b) the sound does not taper down in tone like a real motor/vacuum does, so it's a disconnect overall. Big design flaw in my opinion.Overall, a good purchase. I'd definitely recommend it if your kid likes pretend cleaning or if he/she won't leave your real vacuum alone.Side note: There are some reviews here that were surprised this **TOY** does not actually operate like a vacuum (i.e. with suction). Do you know how complicated (and dangerous) that would be? Would I have to change a tiny filter every month? Would I have to empty the dust bin? Would I have to watch while they use it so they don't suck their eye into the toy? Come on. It's a toy vacuum. Of course it doesn't have any suction.

It's nice but my grandson would rather have my dust buster not real loud but a fun toy

This is cute but I must’ve misread the description, I thought it was a REAL working Dustbuster, just toddler sized. Nope! I don’t understand why Black and Decker doesn’t make a real one…anyway, I returned it because my kid wants the real deal 🤣

My 2 year old is obsessed with vacuums. This is a nice toy that makes a light vacuum noise and looks like it’s working. Perfect for him to play! No complaints.

Cute and functional hand vac for toddler.

The media could not be loaded. So glad we got this for our son to play with. He plays with this constantly and the beads are well secured in the toy.

Just okay - my toddler didn’t have a ton of interest in it