Vacuum wand

In detail

The wand is the rigid section between hose and nozzle, and it decides reach and therefore posture. A wand that is too short means leaning on furniture, resting a hand on a delicate surface, or not cleaning behind something at all, and the last of those is the commonest outcome. Like the hose, it can be blocked by something drawn up and lodged, and like the hose, the only symptom is a machine that seems to have lost power.