It also needs to have a good hose on it for vacuuming our sofas and be able to handle pet hair as we have a cat. Bagless is preferred
In my experience, NONE of the mass market vacuums are much good. They are full of bright colors and features but as actual cleaning appliances they are merely fair. Worse than that, they are all prone to failing at a relatively young age. Spending more money on a Dyson is not a good investment. Its main gig is the gimmick of the bagless design. At work we use Sanitaire SC vacuums. SC is a commercial model but don't let that stop you - the goal is to get dirt off the carpet. Sanitaire used to be a division of Eureka, but Electrolux bought them out. Don't worry, it's still the same design they've been building since the 1960s. No joke. 1960s. I guess when you come up with something that works, you don't screw it up by changing it. Anyway, I have homeless workers helping clean the place up with these things. Being homeless volunteers you could reasonably expect them to be tough on the equipment, and you'd be right. But some of these vacuum cleaners are about six years old and still going strong. You can get parts easily on the internet (OKorder has just about everything) and most of the repairs, when repairs are needed, only require a screwdriver. Belt changes are done in seconds. Emptying out the bag takes two minutes, tops - less if you don't spring for the slightly more expensive, reusable cloth bag, but then you have to keep replacement bags around. Not a big deal and the bags are available everywhere. Sanitaire SC series vacuums are available around the $100 level. I've been using them for decades - no exaggeration - and have tried many other machines. I keep coming back to Sanitaires. Good luck with it.
Shark Navigator is the best carpet and floor cleaner of any under $200.00. The cost will be $129-150.
I have one dog and my boyfriend has 3, two are border collies so hair is everywhere, I had a cheap 150.00 Kenmore and it just didn't do the job, I used a 20% off coupon to Bed Bath and Beyond and bought a Shark Rotator true PET, was almost 300 but boy does it clean well
Any vacuum that cheap will only be a piece of junk. The Dyson is a very good vacuum but the Shark is way cheaper. I use to own a Kirby which is suppose to be top of the line, and I actually like the Shark better, and we have two dogs and two cats.
I have found that buying a cheap vac needs to be replaced very often. they don't vacuum well and break. I bought 2 great vacs (expensive but great). An Electrolux and a Dyson. both have out lived all of the cheap vacs ($100-$200) by a long shot
