It’s the problem that has vexed cat and dog owners for centuries: How the hell do I get all this damn fur off everything. There have been countless inventions that promise to lift animal hair off your furniture and carpet, but do they work?
Our test-happy kin at Consumer Reports tested the Pledge Fabric Sweeper against three different adhesive-based products to see how each would handle picking up pet fur.
The result — for those who can’t or don’t feel like watching the video below — while all the products did a decent job of lifting up the pet hair, the adhesive items were a bit of a hassle, requiring continual removal of the fur-laden layer. Meanwhile the Pledge product was both easy to use and clean up. Not bad for $6.
What do you use to get rid of fur from your furniture?
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how do the cats like it?
I’ve found that it works good if the upholstery material on the object to be cleaned has a tight fit. If it’s loose or floppy, then the results are less than optimal and I still have to use the sticky roller to get them clean.
The Fabric Sweeper is a fantastic addition to my pet (2 cats) hair removal arsenal:
Fabric Sweeper: for quick daily removal of fur from microfiber couch and upholstered chairs
Sticky Roller: there’s still nothing better for clothes
Hand vac with lint-brush attachment: for more thorough cleaning of both fur and dander from upholstered furniture
It’s an ongoing battle when you have furry pets, but between these 3 (plus a Swiffer for the floors) we stay on the winning side.
I have 5 dogs and have found the new 3M pet hair remover to be better at getting dog hair off my couch than the Pledge fabric sweeper and my Dyson animal. New favorite product!
What about cars? My car is usually covered in dog hair after a trip to the park. I use the lint rollers but is there something easier? I tried almost everything!
I’ve found the Fabric Sweeper a bit problematic, but does a decent job. It’s also easy enough to pop out the sweepers and remove the collected fur, allowing for continued use.
However, the product that has worked like magic is the Scotch Fur Fighter.. A friend has one and swears by it so I bit the bullet and bought one too. It’s amazingly simple and effective.. I’ve never had it so easy when it comes to removing fur. The downside is that the sheets are not reusable, but the replacements aren’t very expensive.
I have used that before and it did the job pretty well. I would recommend it.
Loved mine. It was supposed to be disposable, but it was easy to pop one of the rollers out, empty out the fur, and put it back together.
It eventually broke (after a full year of popping it apart), and I just recently got a new one. It has been redesigned, and can’t be opened up.
It is now one more piece of plastic that will end up in one of the 5 gyres, killing wildlife in the most gruesome way possible.
Now I have to learn how to use that thing in the hall closet with the hose and the cord…Eugh!