diff --git a/pyicloud/base.py b/pyicloud/base.py
index 3e02044..2e3b75a 100644
--- a/pyicloud/base.py
+++ b/pyicloud/base.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import uuid
 import hashlib
 import json
 import requests
+import sys
 
 from pyicloud.exceptions import PyiCloudFailedLoginException
 from pyicloud.services import (
@@ -118,10 +119,14 @@ class PyiCloudService(object):
         return CalendarService(service_root, self.session, self.params)
 
     def __unicode__(self):
-        return u'iCloud API: %s' % self.user.get('apple_id')
+        return 'iCloud API: %s' % self.user.get('apple_id')
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return unicode(self).encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+        as_unicode = self.__unicode__()
+        if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+            return as_unicode
+        else:
+            return as_unicode.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<%s>' % str(self)
diff --git a/pyicloud/services/findmyiphone.py b/pyicloud/services/findmyiphone.py
index 02e8fad..7a0a14c 100755
--- a/pyicloud/services/findmyiphone.py
+++ b/pyicloud/services/findmyiphone.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import json
+import sys
+
+import six
 
 from pyicloud.exceptions import PyiCloudNoDevicesException
 
@@ -62,13 +65,17 @@ class FindMyiPhoneServiceManager(object):
         return getattr(self._devices, attr)
 
     def __unicode__(self):
-        return unicode(self._devices)
+        return six.text_type(self._devices)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return unicode(self).encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+        as_unicode = self.__unicode__()
+        if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+            return as_unicode
+        else:
+            return as_unicode.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return str(self)
+        return six.text_type(self)
 
 
 class AppleDevice(object):
@@ -169,13 +176,17 @@ class AppleDevice(object):
     def __unicode__(self):
         display_name = self['deviceDisplayName']
         name = self['name']
-        return u'%s: %s' % (
+        return '%s: %s' % (
             display_name,
             name,
         )
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return unicode(self).encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+        as_unicode = self.__unicode__()
+        if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+            return as_unicode
+        else:
+            return as_unicode.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<AppleDevice(%s)>' % str(self)
diff --git a/pyicloud/services/ubiquity.py b/pyicloud/services/ubiquity.py
index 5ba0150..b04ae08 100644
--- a/pyicloud/services/ubiquity.py
+++ b/pyicloud/services/ubiquity.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime
+import sys
 
 
 class UbiquityService(object):
@@ -108,10 +109,14 @@ class UbiquityNode(object):
         return self.name
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return self.name.encode('unicode-escape')
+        as_unicode = self.__unicode__()
+        if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+            return as_unicode
+        else:
+            return as_unicode.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "<%s: u'%s'>" % (
+        return "<%s: '%s'>" % (
             self.type.capitalize(),
-            str(self)
+            self
         )
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a167244..ed7dc8f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 requests>=1.2
+six