I'm not one to be enticed by the "Only 19.95 + Shipping & Handling" type of infomercials - I do enjoy watching them though - just see what kind of claims they make and if they use any clever advertising or camera tricks.

I've hated using a broom - getting down on the floor and sweeping the dust into a dust pan by nudging it backward a dozen times just to get all of it - occasionally having to use a piece of paper as my dust pan to get the real fine stuff.

Brooms also don't work on carpets.

For a few years - I've seen the commercials for The Swivel Sweeper - it looked cheap, cost to little to possibly work well, and it seems from the commercials that there might be some camera angles or clever marketing. On all counts of it being another scam - I was wrong. This thing can really replace a broom AND a vacuum cleaner. Yes, a vacuum cleaner!

One day, I was in Staples Office Supply store where they have a new "As Seen On TV" section. With a 12% off coupon and a sale going on - I decided to try it out. My final cost was $22.00. For $48.00 shipped you get two of them on TV.

It amazingly picks up hair and string and dust balls and sand and cereal - just like the TV ads show. It lasts about 15 minutes on a charge - plenty of time to do my whole house where needed.

My only complications with the Swivel Sweeper is that it wraps hair very tightly around the rotating bristles and it's a bit hard to clean them from the rollers. You also need to learn how to use it. Just pushing it around won't yield good results - if you've ever seen the informaercial they kind of rub it on the floor with a quick back and forth motion . If you learn that it picks up amazingly well.

I don't really like pitching products like this - but this is truly an invention you should try!

I thought I should do a three month followup to say if I still liked it.

Well ... I still love it. It's one of the best infomercial products ever produced in my opinion. It works very well on kitchen floors. And you'd almost SWEAR that it has a vacuum. It cleans better than ANY small vacuum like a DustBuster© in my opinion.

It's perfect for an office, kitchen, or even a shop.

One thing I've noticed too - I do a lot of repair with small screws. Every now and then i'll drop one and can't see it. I can take my swivel sweeper - hear it get trapped in bristles and be reassured that I haven't lost it. I can then open the little compartment and retrieve the screw.

I made mention of how I hated cleaning the hair out of the rollers. Well, while I was repurposing the box for an eBay shipment - I noticed a small thread puller in the styrofoam. While this certainly makes it easier to remove the hair that gets trapped on the rollers (and that reduces performance) - it's still a big pain to clean it and kinda gross - yuck! But, the kitchen and my work area have never been cleaner and I have really enjoyed using it. The battery seems to be holding up very well too.