Just thought I’d share this review with you in case anyone thinks of getting this monster.
The Root 6 may look like some sort of pneumatic drill from the future, but its hard-core vacuum lineage makes for a serious sucking machine. This handheld vac easily devoured everything from rocks to bobby pins in our tests. But it’s also extremely noisy, roaring at roughly the same decibel level as an industrial sucker five times its size. What’s more, you only get a paltry six minutes of battery life from a three-hour charge. While suction power is unmatched and the iconic design nets mad style points, miniscule battery life makes the Root 6 ill equipped to pick up little more than an pile of Cheerios. – Erika Stalder