Working on getting another "this old house" ready to move into (slow learner) and decided to take the Hoover over since the Kirby was too heavy, the KM was needed here for dog hair, the H2O didn't seem right somehow. The Hoover didn't come with a bare floor brush, soooooo, I snagged the one for the kirby threw the 4000 on "cleaning tools" and sucked up all kinds of crap. It's heavy, loud, hard to push with a bad back, but damn it can clean.(too tired to try it on the shag carpet)