Do not buy this product thinking it is capable of picking up pet hair, like I did.  Buy the yellow version online at Walmart for $60 . . . This was a huge disappointment - the pet paw brush jammed in the first five minutes.  After 45 mins of fiddling with a knife and screw driver, I got it working again.  Another ten minutes of cathair and it was hopelessly jammed again.  Customer Service sent out a new one.  Same thing.  In short, this vacuum is simply not capable of doing what it is marketed for - cleaning up pet hair.  Don't expect it to do this -- it won't.  It's a poor design.  I have seriously considered returning it.  As a general small vacuum it is marginally ok.  The air hole on the tube where you hold it (designed to lessen suction when moving from bare floor to rugs) will drive you crazy - it opens all the time on its own and you find yourself vacuuming with half suction.  This is a poorly designed product and does not do what I bought it for -- cleaning up pet hair from three long hair cats.  The Walmart yellow model can be outfitted with the HEPA filter if that is desired.  Don't waste the extra money for this "pet owners model"  - the pet paw attachment is JUNK.