I had been very resistant to trying one of these as my daughter has one and it seems having it on the floor in the way while it was charging was inconvenient. My god, it is worth having it in its little spot charging away. I have brick pavers in my kitchen and the floor was constantly dirty from everyone eating and the fact that that's the room we live in. Sweeping twice a day was not fun so enter this little jewel. After unboxing and charging, I set it off to do it's thing. It cleans very well and got up all the major stuff which is all I'm concerned about on a daily basis. Putting him to work before neighbors came over meant I didn't have to do the sweeping and could go do other stuff which was amazingly helpful.