TOY DYSON BALL VACUUM! (Open Box)

My kids have now had this vacuum for over a year. It’s a cute toy, nicely executed and fun to push around. Neither of my kids play with it very much, its use is sporadic. There have been a few key moments when I was glad they had it, like when Daddy would vacuum and they would run to get their vacuum, too. Talk about cute. It’s a nice height for small children, good for probably 18m up to maybe 4ish years old. I thought I had understood before buying this that it had suction power, while it certainly wasn’t going to do a thorough job, at least do something. It does not. Do not consider or dream that your child may accidentally sweep up some crumbs or sand. They won’t. In the whole life of this vacuum, it has sucked up one hair, and maybe one tiny piece of paper. That’s it. Perhaps consider instead a REAL cheaper Dustbuster for your kid if you actually want some cleaning power behind the fun, haha. Seriously, I’ve known someone to do that and it wasn’t a bad idea. This requires four C batteries, which is a bit of a pain since we don’t often use C batteries, had to buy a pack special for this vacuum and so far we’ve only used them for this vacuum. On the bright side, I just changed the batteries for the very first time since we got this, so they lasted over 1.5 years. Perhaps that speaks to how relatively little my children play with this, but really, even when the cousins come over, this thing is always getting left on. I’m surprised the batteries lasted so long. Overall, now knowing what I know, I probably would not purchase this again. Cute, but doesn’t create long-lasting independent play, and it makes noise that kids forget to turn off.