The shark stck vacum is wonderful. Lightweight yet quite powerful. Goes from carpet to Harwood with ease. Low noise and has a light on the front for  those little dark spaces. It come with two attatchments and comes apart into a hand held. Easy use for doing stairs and vacuming out my car. The only problem i see with it is that its not free standing, must either lean it against a wall or figure out a way to hang it. Its very effective on picking up all kinds of pet hair. All in all a great vacum!