We have the Dyson Animal and while it works fine, I've never been convinced it was worth the money. I suspect it's much better than other vacuums at sucking up fine dust but it often takes multiple passes to suck up things that my hand vac gets on the first go (like Cheerios). I also really dislike that the hose for the attachments is in the handle because it makes it a royal pain to switch between vacuuming and using the attachments since you have to take the vacuum handle apart each time.