The original hose on my Shark Liftaway is bifurcated and I bought this hose as a replacement rather than buying a brand new vacuum. The hose fits my model as advertised. As in other reviews, replacing the hose in the handle is generally annoying! It has nothing to do with the hose itself, everything to do with the design of the handle. Basically I had to break the handle to take it apart and connect the top of the hose. The bottom fits perfectly. Whoever designed the Shark grip is most likely a sadist. LAUGH OUT LOUD. It doesn't make sense that the bottom link is so simple that you have to break the handle to take it apart. A little electrical tape and the vacuum cleaner is ready to use. Again, this has nothing to do with the hose itself. There is no loss of suction at all. My complaint about this hose is that it stretches. It doesn't sound like a bad thing, but it's literally hanging on a vacuum. It's great for vacuuming and you have to use the handle to get into those hard to reach places but I think this hose will break much sooner than my original one due to the stress on the plastic from being in a stretched, sagging state spends.