My 3yr.old son loves vacuum cleaners so we had to get this one for him. After an hour of playing with it the ribbons stopped spinning & it makes a very loud grinding noise. I have now seen from other reviews that this is a common problem. I hope that Playskool can fix this defect & pull the remaining vacuums off the shelf because it is not fun to play with a toy that doesn't work & has a very annoying grinding noise!