I am sure this is a great vac, but about a year ago I followed a thread that was recommending the eureka pet vac. I bought that one for about 20% of what the dyson animal costs. It is a plug in, which I think works better in general. The 79 buck eureka works very well. It is bag less and even has a switch on the handle to electrically stop the brush (an essential control ). So I may have bought an expensive motorhome but I looked for a good reasonably priced cleaner and found it. This eureka has amazing cleaning ability. It might work slightly better than our bigger and more expensive house Electrolux upright hotel style vac.