Handheld vacuum cleaner

A handheld vacuum cleaner comprising:

• a housing having a front end, a back end, a first side, and a second side;
• a suction nozzle;
• a suction source operable to generate an airflow through the vacuum cleaner from the suction nozzle through a cyclonic separator to a clean air exhaust;
• the cyclonic separator operable to separate debris from the airflow, the cyclonic separator located within the housing, the cyclonic separator including,
• a cylindrical wall having a first end and a second end,
• a first end wall located at the first end of the cylindrical wall,
• a dirty air inlet,
• a clean air outlet,
• a debris outlet adjacent the second end of the cylindrical wall,
• a longitudinal axis along the cylindrical wall and the longitudinal axis of the cyclonic separator extends in a direction toward the first and second sides of the housing;
• and
• a debris collection chamber located within the housing and in fluid communication with the debris outlet of the cyclonic separator;
• wherein the housing includes an aperture that extends through the first side, and wherein the first end wall of the cyclonic separator is removable through the aperture of the first side of the housing.