I have the purple one made for animal hair and I really love it! I had a really hairy Maine Coon cat and a springer spaniel, and the hair would wrap around the beater bar and eventually, the beater bar would stop turning. The beater bar cover has 2 little plastic screws that you can remove and the beater bar comes loose enough to cut the hair off easily. I have laminate floors, area rugs and some carpet, and it has a setting for each and works well. The special upholstery attachments really get the cat and dog hair off of anything, even if the hose is a little awkward. And not having to mess with vacuum bags is wonderful. I had a Miele before this that I thought was great, but the Dyson runs circles around it. You'll be amazed at how much grit and dirt it picks up from your carpets the first few times you use it, and then you realize how much cleaning your old vacuum was not doing!