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hi I'm Andrew Gebhardt for CNET today I'm taking a look at the shark rotator powered lift away not the shark rotator professional lift-away this is believe it or not brand new back they look very similar the brushroll looks very similar the shape the dustman very similar there are some minor tweaks I like the color on this one a lot more than the red and white old one all of the controls are now right at your fingertips up on the handle all of that though probably wouldn't be worth a whole new line and the extra 150 bucks but there is one big new change that actually feels really worthwhile to me and I know that's weird to say about a vacuum but it's a transformer it's a vacuum in disguise each piece attaches individually from every other piece so what that means say you're vacuuming a room and you're vacuuming the main part of the floor and then you need to reach under the bed just detach the canister and then you've got a thin stick back that can reach under there then pull it back out keep vacuuming the floor reattach the canister so you have the full upright then oh let's say you need to get the upper corner pull out the one and do it and you can do all of this without ever stopping the vac it's awesome so not only can it transform but this $350 model comes with a bunch of attachments to let you clean just about anything it has a hard floor genie with a Swiffer like add seasoned dust while you clean it's really really versatile and that $350 price point is of the $700 list price of the Dyson cinetic big ball animal allergy now the cinetic had a neat trick to it - it wasn't a transformer but it actually did away with vacuum filters this one still got the filter but it is more versatile it is more easy to use that said Dyson deep cleans a little bit better than this guy don't get me wrong this thing is still really good on carpets it doesn't pet hair well it does Cheerios well Dyson just got a little bit more sand as than it did and this guy actually struggled a little bit on hardwood floors even with the hard floor genie it pushed around Cheerios he's still gonna want to have the broom in the dustpan around especially for big articles otherwise you're getting at the premium vac at a mid-range price it's a good deal I recommend it it's definitely worth your consideration with the shark a rotator powered lift away I'm Andrew Gebhardt for CNET for more be sure to check out my full review and all the rest of our vacuum reviews on cnet.com