If there was an alternative, I would buy it. It looks good in the picture, but in reality it is very different. The one I have just won't stay in place. You move it up and snap it in place, then you start sucking the bottom rails and then it backs out 1/2 way exposing the crevice tool. I'm going to use duct tape to hold the brush in place and keep the original 2-1 splitting tool that I broke as just a splitting tool.