Our dining table has a matte finish that looks nice and rustic but turns out to be quite impractical. The crumbs in particular get stuck in the cracks and are difficult to remove - rubbing them off with a sponge doesn't work. It took me months to realize there had to be a better way than taking out our regular vacuum and standing it on the hose nozzle to clean. I stumbled across this article and I have to say that it worked very well for this specific purpose. I can't say how long the batteries will last, but otherwise I'm very satisfied with the performance.