Talk about a vacuum experience
My father bought us a Roomba for Christmas. I don't know if anyone has seen one of these but it is wonderful. It is a small robotic vacuum. You go around and pick up the cat toys and cords and anything else that could be vacuumed that you don't want to be and then just set the Roomba for the size of the room that it needs to do and let it go. You get these virtual walls so that it doesn't go into areas you don't wish it too. All our cats were terrified of the vaccum. But with this thing they don't stress at all. They just sit and watch it do it's thing. Besides, it has a small profile so it can fit under anything over 2.5 so it fits under the sofa and the king sized bed. I love that cause up till we had it I hadn't done under the bed in over a year. I can't imagine the amount of hair under there. We named ours Cedric just for laughs.
Denyce