Best Vacuum for Pet Hair

Shark’s stick vacuum cleaners regularly swing above their pay grade when it comes to comparison to high-end stick vacuum cleaners from companies like Dyson. The larger capacity and ease of use usually make them easy sells, but the Shark Rocket TruePet, Shark’s pet hair variant, just might take the cake for the best all-around product.

Despite our earlier fears about the names, this Shark product is more than capable of picking up after animals. The included Hard Floor Hero makes protecting your hardwood floors from brush rolls easy and simple, and the pet multi-tool covers everything you’d need above ground. The powerful brush roll is equipped with LED lights on the top of the casing, so you can easily see around dark corners while using the vacuum. With its extra large capacity, this Shark sidesteps the typical limitation of a stick vacuum cleaner.

Of course, stick vacuum cleaners tend to perform less admirably than their canister and upright counterparts, so if raw suction or features like a hose are important to you, you may find yourself a little disappointed. Still, the no-frills approach to this Shark product has more than paid off for the company.

The Shark Navigator Professional is ideal for who might want a little more power and capacity than a stick vacuum can present for pet cleaning solutions. This Shark model is the larger, and also heavier, version of the standard Navigation Professional. These Shark uprights have become commonplace in homes for their ease of use and simple cleaning methods, and this NV70 model doesn’t disappoint.

The massive 3.5 dry quart capacity makes this perfect for larger ranch homes or multistory homes, provided you’re comfortable carrying this heavy product up and down your staircases. And speaking of staircases, you’ll be a big fan of the wide pet upholstery tool, which is reportedly this product’s best feature for stairs and corners. Still, this tool isn’t motorized, with is somewhat of a drawback, despite the products low asking price. At the same time, the larger bin is going to hurt maneuverability somewhat.

Those issues aside, the Shark does a great job with one thing many bagless products don’t: filtration. Shark’s anti-allergen seal technology lives up to the name and ensures that what you pick up stays in the vacuum and out of the air. Provided upright vacuums are more your style, this Shark product has everything you need to tackle carpets as well as hardwood.

Miele might be the reigning king of canister vacuum cleaners as they constantly producing products built for hard use and for years to come. Their C2 Electro + model is no different and has the most attachments out of any of our products designed to aid in pet hair cleaning.

The Miele C2 Electro+ is a classic bagged canister vacuum, which means bag replacement and the use of attachments are necessary for long-term use. The detached canister design, however, means your back is saved as you maneuver the floor head and parquet brush throughout your home. This Miele product is also the only one on our list to come with a variable speed motor, which combined with the litany of attachments makes this perfect for just about any place your pet might roam.

Still, the Miele is not without its issues. It’s large and stands as the heaviest product on our list, so multi-floor cleaning won’t be easy. It is also the most expensive model on our list—in one case, by a factor of 5 or more. This product will be outside of the financial comfort zone of many. If cost is not an issue for you, or if you want a machine that can really minimize allergens in the atmosphere using HEPA filtration, the Miele C2 Electro+ is a perfect product for you.

Black & Decker have impressed us before with their handheld vacuum cleaner for the car. This domestic solution proves perfect for budget-conscious homeowners as well as those without a lot of space for a vacuum cleaner.

The Back & Decker Lithium Flex is the lightest and the only cordless vacuum cleaner on our list. It boasts 15 minutes of cleaning time, and while that is not enough for a bigger home, it’s great for smaller apartments. This size and weight mean that cleaning pet hair on countertops, near furniture, and in hard-to-reach places is easier than ever. The included stick vac floor head is also great for hardwood, but the lack of brush roll means that carpets might feel a little left out.

The other included attachments, like the pet hair brush, are fairly unique to this product and help to distinguish it from other handheld vacuums of this type. Pet hair might not be in the name, but if you’re looking for a small solution, this might be your best pet to pick up after your furry friends.