After reviewing many possibilities for vacuuming wood floors I decided to go with the Swiffer Sweeper. It's light weight, easy to use, and really does the job. I only have 3 small rooms to clean, so have not had issues with battery life that others have mentioned. Before using, I charged it for 24 hours as instructed, this is suppose to help preserve battery life so don't skip this step! After visiting vacuum stores and looking at many reviews, using a standard vacuum cleaner to clean floors either doesn't work well (blows the dirt away before it can be vacuumed) or is bad for the floor (if the rotating brushes can't be turned off). Other sites don't recommend using a wet mop, or wet vacuum. The Swiffer Sweeper has kind of a dust cloth and vacuum so you can pick up dust with the cloth, and pet hair and small dirt with the vacuum. I haven't tried to pick up larger debris such as dog kibble or cheerios, but some have said that it didn't do that well. I have had it only for a month so can't speak to the reliability. Haven't bought any spare dust cloths yet, so there is a periodic cost (you get two with purchase). You can use both sides of the dust cloth so don't forget to do that to save money. For the price of under $30, it's really hard to beat this product.Get more detail about Swiffer Sweeper+Vac Starter Kit.