This vacuum is a beast, it has so much power, puts my shark lift away to shame.  Great suction don't have to worry about hair getting wound around the brush I have three cats and talk about tumble weeds, this machine picks up everything.  The top comes off to make it a hand held and the furniture attachment is just as good, you don't have to worry about hair getting tangled.  The one thing I don't like is it's a little top heavy but I can live with that..Best vacuum ever...