I have a Hoover, and I love it. It is the Pet Cyclonic Bagless Hoover, and it picks up everything. However I do not have cats, but it certainly cleaned up the mess in the kitchen yesterday when I dropped a brand new powdered creamer on the kitchen floor!! I think about 1/2 of the creamer landed on the little carpet and the tile floor. It got it all up. It is great on the furniture and for picking up all the dog hair (that we used to have). We are down to 2 dogs now that do not shed like our Shephard/Husky did.