Let me start by saying I would never recommend a product unless I thought it was awesome and worth every penny. This is an article about one of those products.
Bender sheds like a snow storm in January. It is ridiculous how much hair Bender puts off. Not just in spring and summer but all year. I could brush him every day and he would still shed. Which is crazy considering Luna is the one with more hair. But she hardly sheds compared to Bender.
So in our constant search to find a product to help control hair loss, my beautiful girlfriend found a brush called the FURminator. Now we have tried all sorts of other brushes. Such as the PETZoom, The Shed Ender, shedding blades, and more. All worked decently well. But nothing like what we wanted.
The shedding blade was decent. It would get about half the hair off. But at least for Bender, it wasn’t able to get his bottom coat. That’s where The Shed Ender came in, but it took forever. I would have to go over a 4″ x 2″ spot about 8 times or more to get all the hair out. I would end up only getting about half of Bender brushed before he got sick of it.
Then my girlfriend bought The FURminator. Here is a picture of Bender next to his hair.
That’s only half the hair I got off of him. Most of it blew away. And that’s his second brushing this week. You can actually feel that his coat is lighter. The amount of hair I got off of Bender in one 20-30 minute brushing session would have taken me much much longer with any of the other brushes.
Here are a few videos of the FURminator in action.
We found our FURminator on eBay for about $30 less than they wanted for it in any store. But it was also the old model.
Any one else use The FURminator? or would recommend any other brushes?
Thanks for the review! (the picture says it all so you don’t have to).
I took one look at the price of that item after the vet recommended it and closed the page. but… if you can get that much hair from a short-medium hair dog, I can probably make a new cat from all of mine!
I’ve spent $$$ on different brushes tools and things that look like mideviel torture devices for deshedding, undercoat brushing, regular brushing, clipping and etc only to have to shell out more blood, sweat and tears to use them…
Having a Shih Tzu growing up and a Maine Coon now, you think I’d be used to it but this year is particularly bad.. partly because all my cats grew some serious coats this winter due to intence cold in TX (ok, more intense than they’re used to) but also because we’ve been through some even more serious grooming sessions with my diabetic Maine Coon.
Most kitties are ‘ok’ and DK used to just lay and pur but with the pace at which she’s shedding and the slow progression of diabetic neuropathy in her legs, she hasn’t been up for the long sessions of ‘brush, cut, clip, brush cut clip, flip over and etc). If we can just get ahead of it by getting rid of some of her massive coat, it might be less traumatic for all of us!
Thanks again for the recommendation and I’ll check it out in the next couple weeks and let you know how it goes!
The FURminator is expensive. Its worth the money, but its worth finding a deal. Like I said in my post my beautiful
girlfriendfiance found a good deal on eBay of the older model. Might check eBay or just keep your eye out on some deal sites.