So far so good. The workbench in the pic is relatively clear because I vacuumed it with that shop vac. My 12v batteries were nearly dead, so I still have no clue how it performs on a full battery, but I was impressed with how it did on a nearly dead one. I'm not expecting long run times, no matter how full the battery.
The hose is short, you have to pull on it and apply constant pressure to get it to expand to a usable length, like an old school curly telephone cord. The constant pull back is kind of weird. Doesn't impact use at all, it's just a little weird.
The large surface attachment stowage place is right in the way of the unlocking tab on one side of the battery, and those tabs are kind of a pain to use on M12 anyway. I will definitely be storing that attachment somewhere else. Based on the amount of use I expect that attachment to get, that "somewhere else" might be the garbage can.
The vacuum isn't heavy, but I thought it was surprisingly heavy for it's size. I expected it to be mostly empty open air space inside, and it's not. It's essentially a plastic toolbox with a top tray, I'm guessing there's a chunky motor in there somewhere. Magnetic flux is amps x volts. If you want a powerful motor and only have 12v to work with, that means you need a lot of amps, which necessitates thick windings, which means heavy. Not expecting long battery life, but then this isn't meant for big jobs at all, only supposed to run a couple mins at a time.
Edit: The jigsaw is nice too. I've only had $1 garage sale jigsaws, or a "one plus" attachment for my Rigid multitool, and haven't been impressed by any of them - the Rigid in particular is absolute junk. Have a job coming up that needs a solid tool, so pulled the trigger on the Milwaukee, and I'm impressed. It may not be a particularly good jigsaw as such things go, but it's lightyears ahead of the garbage I've had in the past.
Yet again, cheaping out is a false economy. Spend the $$$$ up front, get quality from the very beginning. Saves $$$ in the end, as well as endless amounts of frustration.
