Vacuum for pet hair

Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Hand Vacuum has the best record on pet hair: 30 of 33 shoppers with shedding pets said it picked up the hair. It's a handheld, so if you need to clean whole floors, Bissell Featherweight Stick Vacuum (28 of 31) and Shark Navigator Lift-Away NV360 (25 of 29) are close behind.

  • 220 store reviews counted
  • Target shoppers
  • Apr 2020 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it pick up the pet hair? What shoppers said
  1. Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Hand Vacuum 33 said either way
  2. Bissell Featherweight Stick Vacuum 31 said either way
  3. Shark Navigator Lift-Away NV360 29 said either way
  4. Dirt Devil Endura Express Upright Vacuum 16 said either way
  5. Shark Rocket Corded Stick Vacuum 28 said either way
  6. Bissell ReadyClean Cordless 10.8V Vacuum 18 said either way
  7. Shark UltraCyclone Pet Pro Handheld Vacuum 15 said either way

Share of shoppers who stated an outcome for pet hair. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Hand Vacuum Best record Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Hand Vacuum 30 of 33 say it picked up the pet hair See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Battery life is the common complaint about the two cordless handhelds: 16% of Pet Hair Eraser reviews and 26% of UltraCyclone reviews say the battery runs out fast.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points shoppers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Hand Vacuum

Bissell

Pet Hair Eraser Hand Vacuum

30/33 say it picked up the pet hair

30 of 33 shoppers said this hand vacuum picked up their pets' hair, the highest share on the page. The battery is the main complaint, with 16% saying it runs out fast.

What shoppers praise

  • Strong suction 11%
  • Long battery life 8%
  • Lightweight 5%

What shoppers complain about

  • Battery runs out fast 16%
  • Stopped working 11%
  • Too expensive 5%
  • Clogs 5%
  • Weak suction 5%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 30 of 33
  • Brand site 9 of 9 shown, not counted
2 Bissell Featherweight Stick Vacuum

Bissell

Featherweight Stick Vacuum

Best for lightweight and good value

28/31 say it picked up the pet hair

Shoppers keep mentioning how light it is (49%) and what good value it is (33%), and 28 of 31 said it picked up pet hair. 15% say the suction is weak.

What shoppers praise

  • Lightweight 49%
  • Strong suction 33%
  • Good value 33%

What shoppers complain about

  • Weak suction 15%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 28 of 31
  • Brand site 7 of 8 shown, not counted
3 Shark Navigator Lift-Away NV360

Shark

Navigator Lift-Away NV360

25/29 say it picked up the pet hair

Suction gets the praise here: 38% of reviews call it strong, and 25 of 29 said it picked up pet hair. A few find it heavy (8%) or say hair wraps around the roller (5%).

What shoppers praise

  • Strong suction 38%
  • Lightweight 10%
  • Good value 8%

What shoppers complain about

  • Heavy 8%
  • Hair wraps the roller 5%
  • Stopped working 5%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 25 of 29
  • Brand site 5 of 5 shown, not counted
4

Dirt Devil

Endura Express Upright Vacuum

13/16 say it picked up the pet hair

A smaller group weighed in on this compact upright, and 13 of 16 said it handled pet hair. 16% call it good value, while 12% say it stopped working.

What shoppers praise

  • Good value 16%
  • Strong suction 12%
  • Lightweight 12%

What shoppers complain about

  • Weak suction 12%
  • Stopped working 12%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 13 of 16

Share of 25 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

5 Shark Rocket Corded Stick Vacuum

Shark

Rocket Corded Stick Vacuum

20/28 say it picked up the pet hair

Shoppers like the suction (38%) and the value (22%), but results on pet hair are more mixed at 20 of 28. 12% say it left hair behind.

What shoppers praise

  • Strong suction 38%
  • Good value 23%
  • Lightweight 18%
  • Easy to empty 13%

What shoppers complain about

  • Stopped working 10%
  • Weak suction 5%
  • Clogs 5%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 20 of 28
  • Brand site 2 of 2 shown, not counted
6

Bissell

ReadyClean Cordless 10.8V Vacuum

13/18 say it picked up the pet hair

Fewer reviews were counted for this cordless model (20), and 13 of 18 said it picked up pet hair. 30% call it lightweight, while 10% say it clogs and 10% say the battery runs out fast.

What shoppers praise

  • Lightweight 30%
  • Long battery life 10%
  • Easy to empty 10%

What shoppers complain about

  • Clogs 10%
  • Stopped working 10%
  • Battery runs out fast 10%
  • Weak suction 10%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 13 of 18
  • Brand site 4 of 4 shown, not counted

Share of 20 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

7

Shark

UltraCyclone Pet Pro Handheld Vacuum

9/15 say it picked up the pet hair

It has the weakest record here at 9 of 15, and 32% of reviews say it left hair behind. Reviews copied from Shark's site are kinder at 7 of 8, which we show but don't count.

What shoppers praise

  • Strong suction 16%
  • Hair doesn't tangle 11%
  • Easy to empty 11%
  • Long battery life 11%

What shoppers complain about

  • Battery runs out fast 26%
  • Weak suction 16%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 9 of 15
  • Brand site 7 of 8 shown, not counted

Share of 19 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 12,169 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about pet hair, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Apr 2020 and Sep 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (1 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

We count what shoppers report. Nothing here is safety advice: use heaters, fans and other appliances as the maker's manual says.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most shoppers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Hand Vacuum Target (38 reviews counted)
  2. Bissell Featherweight Stick Vacuum Target (39 reviews counted)
  3. Shark Navigator Lift-Away NV360 Target (39 reviews counted)
  4. Dirt Devil Endura Express Upright Vacuum Target (25 reviews counted)
  5. Shark Rocket Corded Stick Vacuum Target (40 reviews counted)
  6. Bissell ReadyClean Cordless 10.8V Vacuum Target (20 reviews counted)
  7. Shark UltraCyclone Pet Pro Handheld Vacuum Target (19 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which vacuum picks up pet hair?

Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Hand Vacuum has the best record (30 of 33), but it's a handheld. For floors, Bissell Featherweight Stick Vacuum (28 of 31) and Shark Navigator Lift-Away NV360 (25 of 29) come next.

Should I get a handheld or a full-size vacuum for pet hair?

It depends on where the hair ends up. A handheld is handy for couches, stairs and car seats, while a stick or upright covers floors. Among the handhelds here, Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Hand Vacuum did much better (30 of 33) than Shark UltraCyclone Pet Pro Handheld Vacuum (9 of 15).

Is the Bissell Featherweight strong enough for pet hair?

Many shoppers say yes: 28 of 31 said it picked up pet hair. 15% of its reviews call the suction weak.

Do cordless vacuums run out of battery too fast?

Some do, by shoppers' accounts. 16% of Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Hand Vacuum reviews and 26% of Shark UltraCyclone Pet Pro Handheld Vacuum reviews say the battery runs out fast. Corded models like Shark Navigator Lift-Away NV360 and Shark Rocket Corded Stick Vacuum don't have that problem.

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