But for clothes and other flat fabric surfaces, the ChomChom Roller outclassed the competition – nothing else came close. Harper has medium-length straight hair and sheds like it’s the one thing she was put on this Earth to do.

It’s sometimes a juggling game to get hair off one side without adding hair from the other side to a surface you’ve already cleaned. Circular motions removed pet hair from the surface, even those that were visibly trapped between the fibers.I found small circular motions to work best on most fabric surfaces, only using back-and-forth movements in tighter areas, such as where the back of my couch meets the seat – you know, that place where the remote gets lost. Again, the reason we don’t recommend this product is because it is not effective at picking up pet hair. If you have ever brushed a Siberian Husky, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about – your hand can get covered in hair just by giving pats and belly rubs.

While they are no doubt effective, they are bad for the environment and need to be repurchased when they run out. Rubber brushes are best used in tandem with a vacuum because they cause pet hair to clump together into easy-to-remove wads. Simply add these round, fluffy balls to your dryer, and they will remove almost all traces of dog hair from your clothes. I managed to snag the red pad on a sharp piece of metal when the footrest was elevated – stick to brushing fabric only.This was helpful, but I wondered about something that could be used in the washing machine rather than a dryer. Swipe after swipe, I was capable of removing tufts of hair from my couch, like I was giving it a haircut.