I read consumer report before buying this vacumn and felt confident it would match the Dyson. Was I in la la land. My sister has a Dyson which I had used before and initially the hoover performed similarly to the Dyson. However, within weeks  there was an obvious deterioration in suction. I have a black rug that did not look quite as black after vacumning. The filter is hard to clean and not washable which may be why the suction goes. The hand sweeper when works does a good job of picking up pet hair, but clogs easily. I have had to open it  numerous times to remove hair to get it working again....