Caution: This is a crevice tool. It does not connect directly to the hose. I was so excited when it arrived as I was expecting it to be a great way to clean out the wires in my cockatoo's cage, but now I have to wait a few days for the splitting tool to show up here. There is another article on Revain that includes this brush and a rift tool, but I didn't want to have an extra gadget on hand so I bought this one instead. *sigh* The bristles are softer than I expected. They are more like the texture of a toothbrush than the texture of a scrubbing brush. This isn't a plus or a minus in my case, but it seems like it can be important for those worried about bristles scratching the surface.