A lot of people go outside to groom their pets but the hair still gets inside. Consumer Reports just tested products that promise to make the pickup job easier.
The Pledge Fabric Sweeper claims it can quickly and easily pick up pet hair.
Tester and pet owner Bernie Deitrick used it in action for his mixed-breed dog, Jade, and two cats, Precious and Rexy.
He compared the Pledge Fabric Sweeper to three Scotch products, including its regular lint roller and the pet hair roller with sticky tear-off sheets. The Scotch Fur Fighter hair remover has removable sheets.
All of the Scotch products did remove hair but it was a little tedious. The sheets can quickly fill up, and you need to keep using a new one in order to get the job done.
Testers found that the Pledge Fabric Sweeper was much easier to use.
"The fabric sweeper has two lint-collecting, fabric-covered rollers that work together to move the hair into the collection compartment," Deitrick said.
Cleaning up the cats' hairy mess on a fabric bench was fast, so was removing pet hair from pillows, chairs and even the carpet.
When there's a lot of hair, you may have to stop and remove it -- but it's easy to do.
So on the whole, Consumer Reports says the Pledge Fabric Sweeper cleans up pet hair quickly and easily.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Chris Olsen
