A user reviews the Dyson DC16 Root 6 Handheld Vacuum Cleaner: “The Dyson DC16 Root 6 Handheld Vacuum Cleaner is a great vacuum. It fills the niche that I was hoping it would fill perfectly: I want to vacuum something small or far away from an outlet, and I don’t feel like fetching and plugging in the upright. Suction is great, the tools are great, the canister is great, etc. 5 out of 5 stars for the vacuum.

The battery life is ridiculous. I got 5 minutes of hard vacuuming. The way the charger is designed, it wouldn’t even be that easy to keep a spare battery, because the actual charging contacts are on the handheld itself. Come on, Dyson, lithium batteries aren’t even that heavy! You could have doubled the power of the Dyson DC16 Root 6 Handheld Vacuum Cleaner with no problem. You could have designed a backup charger like all the cordless power tools have. 0 out of 5 stars for battery/charger design.”