Carpet sweeper for pet hair - any recommendation? (hardwood floors, vinyl, vacuum cleaner)
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I have low-pile area rugs that hold onto pet hair (short haired cats) like a magnet. Rather than pull out the vacuum cleaner every day to give them a quick go-over, I would like a simple carpet sweeper, either manual or battery. I have a Bissell Easy Sweep (battery) that does fine picking up cat litter on a tile floor, but it doesn't do well on the carpets.
I have been online reading reviews of many, and am cross-eyed by inconsistencies in reviews. A Fuller manual sweeper is "electrostatic" and there are claims it does pick up the hair, but it's expensive at $70+. I don't want to waste that much money on something if it doesn't actually work as claimed.
Anyone have a sweeper and pets and can recommend something?
LOL, just kidding. I have a short-haired kitty cat and will never ever get ahead of the fluff. I will also probably never be in a position to vacuum daily!
BUT, in the interest of actually answering your question, are you interested only in floors or do you have furniture, curtains, etc. to address?
get a rubber carpet rake. I got mine from Amazon because I have hardwood floors and a dog that has tiny hair that she sheds. Never realized it when I had carpet, I'll bet if I'd had the carpet rake I would have raked up a pound in the 8 months after I adopted her. I've used them before on the carpet when I had long hair cats and I'd rake up huge piles, visible and invisible. a little more work, but cleans great!! I think I paid less than $20.00 for mine.
get a rubber carpet rake. I got mine from Amazon because I have hardwood floors and a dog that has tiny hair that she sheds. Never realized it when I had carpet, I'll bet if I'd had the carpet rake I would have raked up a pound in the 8 months after I adopted her. I've used them before on the carpet when I had long hair cats and I'd rake up huge piles, visible and invisible. a little more work, but cleans great!! I think I paid less than $20.00 for mine.
Saw those, too, and wondered if they work. I don't mind the extra work as long as it means I don't have to drag out a vacuum cleaner all the time! Thank you!
LOL, just kidding. I have a short-haired kitty cat and will never ever get ahead of the fluff. I will also probably never be in a position to vacuum daily!
BUT, in the interest of actually answering your question, are you interested only in floors or do you have furniture, curtains, etc. to address?
No lol about it ... when we moved in, out went the wall-to-wall carpet and in went the vinyl plank! And never looked back ... oh so glorious to clean up hairballs off LVP than it was off carpet.
I do not like to vacuum neither daily nor weekly nor monthly :-) However, we have darker "oriental" area rugs and light-colored-hair cats, so the paths where they walk and eject fur are unsightly. Those paths are where I'd like to hit daily with a sweeper or as it was suggested a carpet rake.
For furniture I do have a hand-held vacuum (mostly made for stairs), and I have used it on the carpet "paths", but it's a royal pain getting down on my hands and knees to use it :-)
get a rubber carpet rake. I got mine from Amazon because I have hardwood floors and a dog that has tiny hair that she sheds. Never realized it when I had carpet, I'll bet if I'd had the carpet rake I would have raked up a pound in the 8 months after I adopted her. I've used them before on the carpet when I had long hair cats and I'd rake up huge piles, visible and invisible. a little more work, but cleans great!! I think I paid less than $20.00 for mine.
This is what I also use. I noticed that rubbing my shoe on carpet extracted pet hair. Then I looked for a tool that would do this and discovered this device. It takes a small amount of pressure but works so well. You stroke a few times then lift it and manually remove hair from the rubber nubbs. Relatively easy.
This is what I also use. I noticed that rubbing my shoe on carpet extracted pet hair. Then I looked for a tool that would do this and discovered this device. It takes a small amount of pressure but works so well. You stroke a few times then lift it and manually remove hair from the rubber nubbs. Relatively easy.
Does your Bissel have an adjustment for a carpet setting? We used those for years cleaning dense pile carpets in theatres.
No, it doesn't. It's just a cheap sweeper I picked up at the grocery store. Doesn't do much more than a broom would do with litter and crumbs on a tile floor, but saves me the time from emptying a dustpan.
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