I’d say it depends more on where you are disposing the hair.
What’s more convenient to you?
The little handy ones are usually bagless aren’t they? and they;re designed to pick up pet hair.
I know we’ve used both on our dog’s hair. Personal preference then.
We have a cat and love our Sears Kenmore Bagless Progressive Vacuum. It has a dirt sensor on it so we know when it is clean by the light, by the way it takes alot longer to clean our carpet then I thought. I think it was rated top on consumer reports and it wasn’t as expensive as a Dyson. But we paid around 350 for it, worth every penny though!
@Snoopy – Oh my snoopy, I checked the link.
I missed a chance to judge you by your carpets?!
Where was I? I think I was judging you by your awesome answers and icons.
I have an older Dyson, not the Animal, but it’s the best I’ve ever had at picking up everything. It would suck the chrome off a bumper hitch, I believe.
In case you didn’t know, pet hair is a marvelous source of nitrogen to add to your compost pile. So are human detritus (90% of all dust, according to one source) and dryer lint, usually. Ergo, empty your bagless vacuum dust cup into the compost.
I am deathly allergic to cats and dogs. Before my brother got the Dyson I could dose up on meds and only last about 3 hours at his house. Once they started using that baby, I can make it 6 to 8 depending how hard I laugh when I am there.
I believe I might build a shrine to my Dyson Animal. Two dogs, one cat, one guinea pig, one boy, one teenage girl and oh yes, the husband! There aren’t words for how gross they are. I vacuum daily…and am always amazed at what is coming out of the area rugs and off my hardwood floors. I do my curtains, blinds (wood blinds) furniture and beds…yes, I am a clean freak! After I do all of that, I do my floors. It’s really scary what is there to be dumped out!
@cage, Hahahaha Actually the .5 cat spends most of his time with a 90 year old neighbor, who loves him to death, but doesn’t want to worry about what will happen to him if she dies. So we “share” him.
I bought my Dyson after my neighbor’s husband went on and on about the vacuum. His face lit up talking about it.
@the rainbow owners…I sold Kirby Home Maintenence Systems door to door for three years. Between Rainbows and Filter Queens, I don’t know which was the bigger piece of junk.
An upright will always have better suction because it doesn’t have to suck as far as a cannister. ‘Horsepower’, ‘Amps’, ‘Water Filtration’, these are all just fluff.
@Blondesjon We’ve had our Rainbow for about 10–12 years now and it has held up wonderfully (and in our house, it takes a GREAT vacuum as we have 3 indoor cats and 3 indoor dogs… and we have a horse farm so there is A LOT of dirt tracked in). Our Rainbow has never let us down. It cleans better than the very expensive commercial vacuum my father has for his construction business. I use it in my car every couple weeks and it makes it look like it was professionally cleaned. Physics or not, it has been a great vacuum. You are completely entitled to your opinion of the brand, but there are absolutely no complaints here!