This vacuum is replacing our old Dyson. We have a Golden Retrieve who sheds a lot, and the Dyson constantly had hair wrapped around the brush and dropped hair back on the carpet. The self-cleaning brush on the Shark is amazing! My only complaint is that I wish the cord came out of the left vs. the right side of the vacuum (I'm right-handed, and I'm used to vacuuming with my right hand while holding the cord in my left).