Best vac for pet hair? Im wondering if anyone knows a good vac that will pick up pet hair?
1286036
I just got this vac, and it picked up almost a whole bag of pet hair that my old vac had missed.
1077878
Like all vacuums, it depends on what you are picking up- small leaves & general dirt are fine, but anything larger or heavier, not so consistent results. Does not do much to remove pet hair!! I love it for kitchen crumbs & some of those hardto reach places In the house, but results for car debris are mixed
155529
I have hardwood floors with area rugs. It works ok on the floors but the only con about the machine is no floor attachment to really hug the floor. I still wouldnt trade it for any other machine. It really picks up pet hair well. I use the plastic wand pieces to get along the edges of my floors.
708825
Thank you! I have since repaired my old Dyson DC21 canister. I tried the new Dyson canister and it only has an air driven (not electric powered)rug brush. Useless for pet hair. I also tried the DC 65 upright. Nothing worked as well as the original. Although Dyson assured me air driven was more powerful, it was a joke.
1441236
Never tried the Dyson. It's great on hardwood, carpet, and definitely pet hair! I have two collies and two cats, so I know whereof I speak on this :-) You do have to empty it almost every time you vacuum with all those pets, but since you aren't paying for bags, no problem!
602172
For us this one worked pretty good for pet hair. We have a black terrier who leaves a lot of hair on our beige carpet. We can definitely notice a big difference going over it with our DC23
1358987
It does work great for picking up dog hair..but the vacuum itself wasn't designed well!!! I wouldn't get it.
602173
NOT AT ALL FOR DOG HAIR ON CARPET!!! We already had a Dyson and it works great but I wanted this one for the stairs and other places it's difficult to use the larger one. I used it on the living room carpet and could still see stuff so I went over with the larger Dyson and there was more stuff in that canister and this was AFTER I vacuumed with the DC23. I do believe in the Dyson product but this one is not a value. We do have three dogs but it wouldn't matter if I only had one small dog. This vacuum doesn't have the suction or maybe it's the contact with the floor (I think the floor head is flimsy) to really pick up stuff on carpet or rugs. I hope that helped. NOT AT ALL FOR DOG HAIR ON CARPET!!! We already had a Dyson and it works great but I wanted this one for the stairs and other places it's difficult to use the larger one. I used it on the living room carpet and could still see stuff so I went over with the larger Dyson and there was more stuff in that canister and this was AFTER I vacuumed with the DC23. I do believe in the Dyson product but this one is not a value. We do have three dogs but it wouldn't matter if I only had one small dog. This vacuum doesn't have the suction or maybe it's the contact with the floor (I think the... » Read More NOT AT ALL FOR DOG HAIR ON CARPET!!! We already had a Dyson and it works great but I wanted this one for the stairs and other places it's difficult to use the larger one. I used it on the living room carpet and could still see stuff so I went over with the larger Dyson and there was more stuff in that canister and this was AFTER I vacuumed with the DC23. I do believe in the Dyson product but this one is not a value. We do have three dogs but it wouldn't matter if I only had one small dog. This vacuum doesn't have the suction or maybe it's the contact with the floor (I think the floor head is flimsy) to really pick up stuff on carpet or rugs. I hope that helped. « Show Less
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Mr. Cook I can promise you, the Dyson DC39 Animal Canister vacuum will handle any cleaning job. I can't speak about a long shag carpet, as I have a short shag, but I couldn't believe how strong it was. I have a short haired dog about the size of a Jack Russel, who sheds hair like you would not believe. Within a day, after vacuuming on the hard surface part of my house, I have balls of fur as big as a tennis ball all around the edges of the hall, and close to the edge of the couch. I just got my DC39 on 5/10/12, but I am one happy camper, I can tell you. The carpet in the bed room was just washed with an expensive carpet shampoo machine that I bought a while back. The shampoo machine pulled a ton of hair out of the carpet even after I had vacuumed it just before running the shampoo on it. I had just shampooed it again just a couple of days before the DC39 came in. The amount of fur that it pulled out of that supposedly sparking clean carpet, was astounding. Also in the same room I have a big king size bed that the regular vacuum couldn't get under. After looking at the amount of hair from the rest of the room, and emptying the canister, I thought about pushing the suction head under the bed as it is flat as a pancake, and can get under nearly everything. Again it filled the canister up. The handle has a button on it the lets you stop the brush from turning when you are on a hard surface. I suppose that's to make the brush last and not wear out on the hard floor. The brush turned so fast on the short shag that you could feel the vibration of it really strong as you worked with it. The head is almost weightless, but it makes the carpet stand up as though it has a lot more weight to it. I recommend it to anyone. Good luck.
1608360
Since I have no pets, I cannot guarantee or vouch anything. But from my daily use of this vacuum (I am a bit of neat freak), I assume that this should work fine on pet hair. You might just have to empty a canister more often. But I find it to be so easy.
944457
It's fantastic at removing pet hair!! The first time I used it I had to empty the canister a few times because of all the dog hair it picked up and I had been vacuuming on a regular basis!! It's fantastic!!
979644
yes it does, I think it's great. It picks up pet hair and anything else in between. It's important to charge the battery after each usetor the next time you go to use it the vacuum won't have enough pick up. But overall I'm really happy with it,I love having it around.
1103005
I have 2 Westie dogs and the vacuum does a good job picking up the hair. I picked this one because it has an electric vacuum head and many others only used suction.
856220
the dirt dog is a SWEEPER not a vaccum....but i use my dirt dog in the house too and it's great!!!....i heard the dirt dog work better if you have dogs with long hair....the vaccum robot has more of an issue with this
810346
I thought it did a really good job. It picks up a lot of dog hair. Have a pug with fine hair sheds like crazy. I use the broom first then vac. Also use it on the kitchen floor.
1168518
currently have no pets. due to weak suction I doubt it would work very well to get lots of pet hair picked up.
769167
Does a really nice job of picking up pet hair. First time using, the canister was half filled with dirt and half filled with pet hair. I have cats all with different hair textures (and a non-shedding dog) and am very pleased.