I am both NOT a house keeper and pet owner of Four Cats  (a couple long haired).  I hate house work and often had pet hair on EVERYTHING I owned.  This Hoover Windtunnel has made it so much easier for me to clean I have joking called it my maid to my friends.  I even have used it to clean the fan blades on my ceiling fan and removed pet hair from the furniture with the powered hand brush so my company can sit without being covered with cat hair.  While I still am not the best house keeper, my Hoover Windtunnel has made the job much easier and faster.