My vacuum cleaner just arrived today so I only used it once but it made working with the Flowbee even easier. It's small and you just stick the Flowbee hose in, plug in both and you're done. This vacuum is very strong. My hair is very thick and at times I felt like my regular vacuum had lost some of the suction power so the Flowbee took a lot more passes over my head to cut all my hair to the same length. Today's cut with the new vacuum cleaner was short and sweet. I am very happy. For the price I give 4 stars. On the Flowbee website, the vacuum cleaner costs $45.95 and the lowest shipping price is $19.54. Revain was priced at $65.95 with "free shipping". Not really. $45.95 is a reasonable price. $65.95 and "free shipping" is just a gimmick.