# Good hand vacuum for kids?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 19, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hand-vacuum-for-kids/529697 "2010-02-19T21:57:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hand-vacuum-for-kids/529697/1 "2010-02-19T21:57:26Z")

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My two year old just swept a bunch of granola crumbs off the table onto the floor. It occurs to me that she could clean up her own mess with a dustbuster style thing. What’s good?

My husband got rid of our Dirt Devil Kone because the exhaust tended to blow around the very dirt you were trying to clean up. I agree, it was not a great design.

So is there something good that works reasonably well, doesn’t blow the crumbs away as you try to suck them up, and could be handled by a little kid? (I realize she would require supervision, and wouldn’t do a great job. However, I also have a 6yo who is pretty messy herself.)

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hand-vacuum-for-kids/529697/2 "2010-02-19T23:49:00Z")

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> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#):
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> My two year old just swept a bunch of granola crumbs off the table onto the floor. It occurs to me that she could clean up her own mess with a dustbuster style thing. What’s good?
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> My husband got rid of our Dirt Devil Kone because the exhaust tended to blow around the very dirt you were trying to clean up. I agree, it was not a great design.
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> So is there something good that works reasonably well, doesn’t blow the crumbs away as you try to suck them up, and could be handled by a little kid? (I realize she would require supervision, and wouldn’t do a great job. However, I also have a 6yo who is pretty messy herself.)

I don’t have a serious answer, but if you’re a fan of **The Office** , have you considered a [Suck It](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bapk460RPOM)?

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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hand-vacuum-for-kids/529697/3 "2010-02-20T01:25:05Z")

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I do not recommend the “Shark” as sold by Target. The rotary brush works fairly well but the suction is weak.

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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hand-vacuum-for-kids/529697/4 "2010-02-20T15:44:51Z")

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I don’t have one of [these](http://www.dewalt.com/us/products/tool_detail.asp?productID=6220) but I’m thinking about getting one. All the other stuff that I have by them is excellent.