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Pet hair: There are so many products out there meant to help us remove it from our clothes, curtains, carpets, couches and cars. There are latex-like sponges, rolls of masking tape turned sticky side out, rubber bristled things – the list goes on. They all work pretty well; all removing at least some of the hair deposited on the fabric surfaces our pets come into contact with. Still, each one claims to be better than its competitor – touting itself as the “better mouse trap.”
Some time ago I spoke to a very nice man that said he really did have a better pet hair remover. He said it was made from recycled, ground up glass and was sort of like a hair removal rock. He told me it could do what no other product could. I said, “Bring it on!” He sent me a few and I tried one.
What they say:
- FurzOff is more effective, durable and earth friendly that any other product for cleaning pet hair from all the fabrics in our lives. With a light sweeping motion its unique rigid hair-scaled texture removes hair from carpets and fabrics in homes and autos quickly and easily. With nothing to plug in, wear out or replace, FurzOff is the last product you will ever need to keep shed pet hair under control.
- Use on: Couches, carpeting, comforters, clothing, pillows and blankets, car seats and floors, pets and pet hair anywhere
- Environmentally-friendly FurzOff is made from 90% post-consumer recycled materials.
What we say:
It looks like a giant pumice stone or chunk of lava from a volcano. It is hard and porous. At first I thought it might be good to use on the calluses on the bottom of my feet. Honestly, to look at it and feel it I couldn’t fathom how it would do anything to remove pet hair – or worse, it would ruin the fabric it was supposed to be cleaning.
I’m here to tell you that it works! It takes hair off of everything. Velvet curtains (again, I realize we were stupid to have velvet curtains in a house full of pets), highly textured and tufted cushions, carpet. It gets hair we didn’t even know was there. Hair that’s intertwined into fibers that no vacuum can touch. I can’t say enough good things about it and how effective it is. I would call it an invaluable tool for anyone with a pet hair problem – and that’s EVERYONE reading this.
I now have one under the kitchen sink so I can use it in the house and keep one in our rig (that’s the dog transport vehicle). I’d never leave home without it. I actually wouldn’t mind a purse-size version so I could have one with me at all times. Ahhh, we can always dream.
