I have been purchasing Bissell products for 20 years now. I still have a small feather weight type vacuum that we bought over 11 years ago and it still works great. We purchased this Symphony to make our busy lives easier. We have two dogs, one has long hair and they both shed a lot. The Symphony all in one vacuum has made cleaning our floors a dream. We have hard wood and linoleum and this machine not only sucks up all the dog hair and makes my floors look clean they are clean. Thank you Bissell for another great product!!!!