Like another commenter, we also use a Shark and frankly, for this use-case, it's more than enough. Plus it is easy to cut hair out of the brush and it unscrews very easily for access. Plus it is super light, which makes it less awkward. The more expensive vacuums are just too awkward for me to use (plus our place is small, but has a loft and ugh, so annoying lugging a heaier vac)