Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I had been using an old dyson for many years. I actually broke it and decided to purchase a new vacuum. I was looking at the 300-400 dollar dysons to replace my old one. My wifes friend had mentioned the Shark brand. After reading reviews on various models and checking availability I chose this one. I saw several reviews of people complaining about the hair removal function not working as advertised and was a bit skeptical. I looked at all the pictures, read all the reviews. Saw people complaining about gears melting, hair clogging and in general were just not happy. I simply didn't care about the hair removal function because most of the time these are just gimmicks and are worth even paying attention to. That being said, I have two women in the house with long hair and an Australian Shepperd dog. We do not have a shortage of hair around the house. Bi-weekly we have to vacuum and sweep, vacuum the furniture and dust. We also live out in the country a bit so we deal with a good bit of dirt from the dog and the 4 year old boy plus daily traffic. As a Hardwood floor professional I have over 80% of the house hardwood and just our bedroom is carpet as of right now. It was one week between vacuuming and me "pulling the trigger" on purchasing a new machine and that includes shipping which was very fast (2 days). With all this said I purchased one of the cheaper models at I think 160 bucks. It arrived today and I was an eager beaver to say the least to start cleaning the house and rid us of all the dog hair. This machine is fantastic. I pulled more dirt out of our bedroom then I even knew was in there and am a bit humiliated on the volume that I found in the canaster. I pulled all the dog hair, the wifes hair and did not receive one single issue with clogs, wraps or tangles on the beater. These people that are experiencing these issues in my opinion either have one nasty house or are deliberately trying to make the machine fail. I am incredibly happy with my purchase, incredibly happy with the price of this unit, incredibly happy with the suction power, incredibly happy with the versatility , incredibly happy over all with this unit. I has the option to be a hand held short unit for the sofas and has the option to be very long to reach the corners of my ceiling or even just standing straight up and vacuuming baseboards. Its a quality built machine. If my opinion on this machine mattes at all it is a bargain and I do not regret saving 250 dollars at all. usually you get what you pay for, with this machine, you pay a very reasonable price and get much, much, much more! UPDATE: Still feel the exact same. After several washings on the filter, purchase extra for a change at least once a year. I’ve managed to get 2 years out of the factory filter set but they need replaced with new now. Machine still does a good job.