I own 2-other top shelf vacuums that DO NOT pick up the cat hair well enough for me. I used my new Bissell and you would not believe the hair it picked up that my other vacuums left behind. I considered my house to be clean and now I know it was not!!! I have short pile area rugs my cats like to lay on. I was shocked to see how dirty they were after I used my new vacuum. BEST money spent in ages. So glad I purchased this. Also vacuuming the stairs was easy, and the walls did not get marked up from doing so with the awesome attachment.