Best Pet Hair Remover for Furniture and Clothes, per Independent Tests

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Dog and cat hair ends up on the couch, the bed, the car and your clothes, and no single tool removes all of it. We did not test these pet hair removers ourselves. The test results on this page come from hands-on reviews by Your Best Digs, which tested nine pet hair removers side by side, and Drew & Jonathan, whose editor used a ChomChom roller at home for three years. Product facts come from the makers. Below we match each type of tool to the surface it handles best, based on those tests.

The short answer: for couches and beds, a reusable roller with a hair chamber, such as the DELOMO Evo, was Your Best Digs’ top pick. For hair woven into upholstery, rugs and car seats, a rubber-edged scraper like the Lilly Brush Blade Kit did best in its tests. For hard floors, a rubber broom such as the FURemover Broom. For clothes on your way out the door, a small sticky lint roller is still the quickest fix. Even Your Best Digs’ top picks did not remove every hair, so a vacuum still finishes the job.

How we chose: every pick is current on the maker’s own site and was tested hands-on by an independent review site, named next to each pick. We did not test any of these tools ourselves, and we do not list prices or star ratings.

Which pet hair remover for which surface

• Couches, beds and blankets: reusable rollers that sweep hair into a chamber. No sheets to buy, and you empty the chamber into the trash.
• Hair woven into fabric, rugs and car seats: rubber or silicone-edged scrapers. You drag them toward you and they pull embedded hair into a clump.
• Clothes: sticky lint rollers for a quick once-over, or a reusable roller on clothes laid flat.
• Hard floors: a rubber-bristle broom gathers hair into a pile instead of scattering it.
• Carpet: a vacuum. In Your Best Digs’ tests, a rubber broom could not pull hair out of carpet, though a scraper worked on low to medium pile rugs.

Our picks

Best for furniture and beds: DELOMO Evo Pet Hair Remover Roller

The DELOMO Evo is a reusable roller. DELOMO’s product page says it is for couches, rugs, beds and more and needs no sticky refills. Your Best Digs named it the best overall of the nine removers it tested. In its test, two thin paddles inside scraped hair into an inner compartment as the roller moved back and forth, and a button near the handle popped the compartment open to empty it. The site preferred it over scrapers because it gathers the hair for you instead of leaving a clump to pick up.

Trade-offs: you work it back and forth over an area rather than in single passes, and it is bulkier than a sticky roller for clothes you are wearing. Your Best Digs noted that no tool it tested removed every hair.

Best for embedded hair, rugs and cars: Lilly Brush Blade Kit

The Lilly Brush Blade Kit, which Your Best Digs tested under its earlier name, the Pro Pet Hair Tool Kit, comes with a 9 by 3 inch detailer and a 14 inch crevice tool, according to Lilly Brush. The maker says it targets embedded, wiry short to medium hair in cars, furniture, pet beds, carpeted stairs and rugs, and that rinsing the blades with mild soap and water keeps them working.

In Your Best Digs’ test, scraping the detailer across fabric gathered hair into a sizable clump, and it was very effective on upholstery and low to medium pile rugs and carpets. The crevice tool reaches between car seats, but for a full car clean the site said a pet hair vacuum does a better job.

Trade-offs: it is hand work over large areas, and you still pick up or vacuum the clumps it leaves.

Best for hard floors: FURemover Broom

The FURemover Broom has soft rubber bristles and a built-in squeegee, and Evriholder says it can be used wet or dry. Your Best Digs found its bristles too soft to pull hair out of carpet, even though the maker lists carpet among its surfaces. On hardwood, tile and linoleum, though, it swept hair and debris into a pile well. The telescoping handle, from about 3 to 5 feet, helped on large floors and for reaching hair on drapes. iHeartDogs also includes it in its pet hair remover roundup.

Trade-offs: it gathers hair but does not pick it up, so you finish with a dustpan or vacuum. Not the tool for carpet.

Also worth knowing: the ChomChom roller

The ChomChom is the best-known reusable roller of this type. Drew & Jonathan’s editor wrote that they had used one for three years on velvet and polyester couches and found it still in the same condition. They also tried pet hair gloves, rakes and pet sticky rollers, and kept coming back to the ChomChom. They noted it also helps on sheets and duvets if you pull the fabric taut, but it is not the only tool you will need. We do not list it in our catalog yet, because we could not confirm it on a maker’s own product page.

What about sticky lint rollers?

Sticky rollers are cheap and handy for clothes, but the tests were not kind to them for bigger jobs. Your Best Digs rolled an extra-sticky Scotch-Brite roller over a hair-covered blanket and went through four sheets, with some hair still left. Its sheets also stuck to the fabric and bunched up. A larger roller with an extension pole lost its stickiness after three or four passes and went through sheets fast on carpet. Refills add up over time, while reusable rollers and scrapers have none.

Our take from those results: keep a small sticky roller by the door for clothes, and use a reusable tool for furniture and beds.

Tips from the testers

• Two steps for a hairy couch. iHeartDogs suggests picking up the large wads of hair by hand first, including between cushions, then vacuuming with an upholstery attachment before going over it with a hair remover.
• Re-scrape for strays. Your Best Digs found that scrapers leave a few stray hairs and lint, so go over the area again or finish with a vacuum.
• Pull fabric taut. On sheets and duvets, Drew & Jonathan found the ChomChom works best when the fabric is pulled tight.
• Test first. Try any scraper or roller on a hidden spot of delicate fabric before using it all over.

Cut the shedding at the source

The less loose hair on your pet, the less on the sofa. Regular brushing with the right tool catches undercoat before it lands on the furniture. See our best deshedding tool for dogs, the best cat brush for shedding, and the grooming buying guide for brushes by coat type. A sudden increase in shedding, bald patches, or itchy or red skin is worth a call to your vet rather than just more brushing.

FAQ

What is the best way to remove pet hair from clothes?

For clothes you are wearing, a small sticky lint roller is the fastest. For clothes laid flat, a reusable roller also works and avoids buying refills.

How do you get dog hair off a couch?

Pick up loose clumps by hand, vacuum with an upholstery tool, then go over the fabric with a reusable roller or a rubber-edged scraper for the hair woven into it. In Your Best Digs’ tests, a roller with a hair chamber and a rubber scraper both did well on upholstery.

Do reusable pet hair rollers really work?

In independent tests, yes, on furniture and bedding. Your Best Digs picked one as its best overall, and Drew & Jonathan’s editor still used a ChomChom after three years. They need back-and-forth strokes and work best on fabric, not hard floors.

How do I get pet hair out of carpet?

A vacuum does most of the work. In Your Best Digs’ tests, a rubber scraper lifted hair from low to medium pile rugs, while a soft rubber broom did not pull hair out of carpet.

What removes cat hair from furniture?

The same tools work for fine cat hair. Your Best Digs also found a dry rubber sponge, the Gonzo Pet Hair Lifter, very effective at gathering fine hair from upholstery, blankets and pet beds, though not on carpet.

For more on keeping shedding under control, read our dog and cat grooming buying guide.