This this is amazing! Teaching my spec needs kiddo to sweep up and using a dust pan was causing melt downs. It's less of a fight and so much easier to get all the bits of sand and food and pet hair up with our hardwood. Just weep into general direction, sensor detects the lumps of yucky, vac sucks it all in. It's a tad loud, but it works and all the kids love how much easier it makes the sweeping chores.