I owned one of the original dirt devil hand vacs many years ago. I bought it specifically to clean cat hair from my upholstered furniture. It worked great!  It finally pooped out, but since I no longer had a kitty, I didn't buy another hand vac until years later. Since my original dirt devil was so good, I decided to purchase this redesigned version. Wow, what a disappointment! More plastic, weaker motor, poorly designed beater bar drive. When I tried to vac my couch, the beater bar would actually stop! I could stop it by lightly holding my hand against it! I should have taken it back immediately, but kept it to long. I ended up tossing it in a dumpster.
I owned one of the original dirt devil hand vacs many years ago. I bought it specifically to clean cat hair from my upholstered furniture. It worked great! It finally pooped out, but since I no longer had a kitty, I didn't buy another hand vac until years later. Since my original dirt devil was so good, I decided to purchase this redesigned version. Wow, what a disappointment! More plastic, weaker motor, poorly designed beater bar drive. When I tried to vac my couch, the beater bar would actually stop! I could stop it by lightly holding my hand against it! I should have taken it back immediately, but kept it to long. I ended up tossing it in a dumpster.