When we got hardwood installed 2 1/2 years ago I bought the Eureka Quick Up Stick Vac and thought it was doing a good enough job but once Rocky and Rumor and all that fur arrived I decided I needed something better. Last year I bought a refurbished Dyson from Amazon and now I use the bare floor attachment to suck everything up from the hardwood and vinyl floors. It's great. My stick vac works for quick pick ups but with all the kitties here it is worth it to just break out the Dyson every other day and suck it all up.

My stick vac has the brush that gets tangled with hair easily too. Hate that!