Dyson V8 Animal+ Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner - Powerful Suction for Pet Hair, Renewed (Iron/Sprayed Nickel/Purple) | Perfect for Hardwood Floors, Carpets & Pet Owners

Be careful to read the description, I thought I was getting a fantastic deal until it arrived and was refurbished. Now it was refurbished very well and close to new in all respects, to include new parts, but used is used. It is very light and easy to use and switch out attachments. Unloading the dirt is easy as well. It does a decent job as a regular Dyson vacuum in most respects, but you can't match the overall ability of a regular vacuum to handle and clean every type of rug. This works great on hardwood, but will not work on a shag carpet. For the other carpets it was just fine and you can always go to the higher power mode if you want, but your battery life gets reduced to about 10 minutes if you do that. It is very light and easy to handle. Recharging can be done on the charging station but you have to find a place near an outlet to hang a vacuum and that probably will not be easy unless you like people seeing a vacuum on your wall. Call it "domestic art" I suppose. We hand ours out of sight and just charge it on the counter as needed at night. As a vacuum compared to a plug in - it would get 4 starts - but since it gets used more often than the plug in because it is easy to operate and less of a pain, it gets 5 stars. Cost plays a big factor with these. Dyson has numerous models and V models - so be sure to pay attention to what you are paying for. The V8 is not the most elite model, but I am not sure why you would need anything more. It has and does it all. And yes we have a dog and would recommend this for pet owners.