We have four cats and our previous upright and handheld just didn't do the job. Right after vacuuming you could run your hand across the carpet and gets bunches of cat hair. The CleanView picked up a container full of cat hair from the furniture and another container full from the carpet. WooHoo!! The upright part is so agile that I can get to places that our other vacuums couldn't touch. The handheld part is a bit heavier than our old one but it works 100% better. If you have cats, you need the CleanView Pet Slim. I wish I'd purchased this years ago.