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I have the Dyson upright DC41 Animal which I use upstairs on my carpeted floor, however I found the that upright unit cumbersome for a quick trip around the tiled, main floor. Thus I purchased the DC59 which I have had for 2 weeks now and have used it daily in place of sweeping the tile on the main floor of my split level house (kitchen, dining, den and dog room). In addition to my own two dogs, I train and board dogs for clients (primarily Dobermans, so short hair)- it is not unusual for me to have a total of 6-8 dogs in the house at any given time. While the client dogs sleep in crates in the dog room at night, they otherwise have the run of the main floor- so as you can imagine, daily sweeping is a must. The DC59 has proved so handy! It is easy to maneuver and also picks up great on the throw rugs I have in front of exterior doors. It is quiet and with a quick change-out I can use it as a handheld vac for the carpeted stairs coming up from the garage. This is so much better than sweeping which can't help but stir dust into the air- no such problem when you are using this baby! Some complain about having to hold down the trigger, but it is such an easy trigger that it takes no more pressure than you use to grip the handle anyway so I don't see the problem. I haven't run the battery down to zero yet, but did vacuum the 4 rooms on 3 consecutive days without recharging. UPDATE 2/10/14- I've been using the DC59 almost daily since my previous review. I wanted to add another thing I love about this product- cleaning dust and dirt out of dog crates is a breeze! No more down on my knees crawling in and out of crates- just grab my DC59 off the wall, suck up the dirt in seconds and I'm done! UPDATE 4/30/14- Still loving my DC59! I'm attaching a video of one of my favorite uses for it (besides simply vac'ing my tile floors)- cleaning dust/dirt/hair out of dog crates without crawling in the crate or having to get down on my hands and knees as in the past.