This is a great vacuum and I'd recommend it even if you don't have a pet! Easy to use with cool features like the lift-off feature- it made cleaning the stairs a lot easier. Easy to empty and works great for picking up cat hair and toddler messes! My husband has a lot of allergies and this helped. One small thing I would change is the cord, you have to wind it yourself but that's easy enough. Thank you to the Stellar Product Testing Panel for sending me this product for free to try out.