Scotch Pet Hair Sweeper
We were given the opportunity to give the Scotch™ Fur Fighter™ Pet Hair Sweeper a whirl at picking up dog hair. While we have lots of dust bunnies gracing our floors there isn’t a whole lot of dog or cat hair. Our inside dogs don’t shed enough to give the product a good testing. So we headed outside, armed with our clean, ready to use sweeper, to play with the big dogs on the porch.
The tool is basically a broom with a super flexible plastic piece in place of bristles. There’s a cloth that attaches easily at the top corners (both sides) of the triangular broom head and once it’s in place you’re ready to roll, looking something like this:
Our dogs were thrilled because after playing we decided to brush them and really get the pet hairs falling. Little did they know they were helping us with our testing and we doubt they cared. They were just excited to be getting all that extra attention.
After brushing the dogs they ran off to roll in the grass while we put the sweeper to work. It did a good job and the hair really does stick quite well … but the “glitch” came when the attached sheet kept coming off the plastic piece. It had to be reattached several times throughout the job. But, as you can see, it was a true fur fighter:
We went inside to test the other side of the “duster” broom on the dust bunnies hiding under the fridge, beds, stove and other hard to reach places. It was great for the difficult areas and attracted the debris that seems to collect in all those hidden places. Then we came up with the bright idea to see if it would get the little webs that sometimes hide in the corner of the ceiling. And those stuck, too, even with the dog hair and dust bunnies already clinging. It handled everything we threw at it and we’re certain there are many more uses than we thought of on our afternoon test run.
Overall, the broom is a very useful and versatile piece of light-weight equipment in an arsenal against pet hair (and dust bunnies and cobwebs). However, it’s not so great for really large jobs since it’ll only collect so much before it starts pushing the extra around. If you’ve got a LOT of pet hair it might take several sheets to get the entire job done. The biggest drawback is that the broom is virtually useless without the sheets and buying refills for any tool isn’t our favorite spend.
The broom is made specifically for hard wood floors and we’d recommend it highly for quick pick up or reaching those hard to reach spots that the vaccum cleaner just won’t reach. It works with little effort and does attract dog (and I’m sure cat) hair, dust bunnies and webs. It is super light and easy to store, making it perfect for touch up jobs or for those that have light shedding pets.
So, if you want a convenient tool for light loads and touch ups, and don’t mind purchasing the refills, then a Scotch Fur Fighter Pet Sweeper is the perfect product for you.
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