See my review if you're interested. I actually bought this to help with cleanup like you're talking about. We have kids and pets so cereal and pieces of pet food are always getting into the corners of our kitchen and dining room floors. With the powerhead attached, this vacuum is great for dirt, dust, hair, and crumbs. The powerhead is so close to the floor that it does struggle with large things like pet food and cheerios / fruit loops. The auction will pull three items over to the edge of the powerhead but they can't get under the seal. I just change the powerhead out for one of the other attachments to get these items. There may be a better option, changing the attachment takes 5 seconds, so this works fine for me. We also have a Dyson upright (DC65 animal), and can use the attachments from it on this unit of needed.