4 Comments for What is the best handheld vacuum to suck up pet hair on my furniture?

• 1. Paul in San Diego  |  February 15th, 2011 at 8:58 am

  The best thing for pet hair is actually a pet hair brush, which has small rubber bristles. This rakes up the hair pretty well and clumps it, so you can just grab it and remove it. You can then come by later with a regular vacuum if you want. Most hand held vacuums (like a Dust Buster or whatever) are too weak to effectively pick up pet hair. Even most full size vacuums aren’t very effective at picking up pet hair on certain fabrics, like tweeds.

• 2. Snarky's Wife  |  February 15th, 2011 at 9:38 am

  Try putting on a pair of clean/new rubber dish gloves. If your furniture is not “delicate” you can wet the gloves slightly. Run your hand over the cushions…it will ball up the animal hair.

• 3. Moon  |  February 15th, 2011 at 9:47 am

  Similar idea to the latex gloves, except that I use a lightly moistened thick paper towel and wipe gently over the couch. Throw paper towel laden with pet hair, and start with a new paper towel.

  Even better yet, use wet spot cleaning towel from Lysol or other brand

  Moon

• 4. jean ann j  |  February 15th, 2011 at 10:02 am

  You can make a roll, around your hand, of masking tape and pick up the hair.

  I have a Bissell vacuum cleaner made to pick up pet hair. You can get them from Walmart for around $130.00.

  They are great. It is the one made to pick up pet hair, not the one made to kill pet odors.

  Hand held vacuums are too weak to pick up the hair.

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