This product is a champ!  I had owned a Dyson previously (yellow - not sure on the model number).  When my ex-wife moved on, I lost that vaccuum.  So, after using a hand me down, I was ready to get a new model.  I do have two dogs, so I was intrigued by the animal concept.  I have to say, it gets all the hair up off my rugs!  I have wood floors, so that is easy to maintain, but the area rugs seem to trap a lot of dirt as well as animal hair and dander.  I am amazed each time I vaccuum at how much more clean my rugs are and the volume of "stuff" it sucks up.

 The vaccuum is so powerful, it...