I am obsessed with this vacuum. Let me start off my saying I have 2 dogs and one cat. My one dog is short hair while the other is a St. Bernard mix. My cat is short hair. I have went through tons of vacuums in the past year but this one is going strong. I love the suction power, the lightness of it and how easy it is to empty the dirt. The one thing I thought lacked was the odor control cartridge. I thought I put it on wrong, I checked the instructions making sure I did it right, AND I DID, but you could not smell it at all. This is definitely a product I will recommend over and over again.