Andis 40085 Power De-Shedder+, Small

My tomcat loves this thing in the late spring/early summer when he starts shedding his winter coat. It removes gobs of loose fur that would normally be left on the furniture or on me when I pick him up. I'm always amazed at how much loose fur is removed with each light brushing and my cat always seems happier the rest of the day. At first, the vibrating action seemed like a gimmick. I was afraid it would scare him but surprisingly my cat seems to enjoy it. It's like a gentle massage while he is being brushed. Battery life is excellent. This is the second year with the original battery. I'm careful not to brush him hard or too much at one time because I read de-shedders can produce bald spots if you overdo it. This has not been my experience with this de-shedder. A gentle brushing here and there every other day during the heavy shedding season seems to do the trick. My cat decides when he has had enough brushing. He usually walks away a few times each session, then comes back for more. When he walks away and lays down, that's enough. This way he continues to enjoy it. No need to push him because I sure don't want this big cat to push back. It has caught and pulled individual whiskers a couple times. He let out a meow but it must not have hurt too much because he kept coming back for more brushing. This problem isn't unique to this de-shedder. I'm sure it could happen with any de-shedder like this design. Now, I'm a little more careful around his whiskers and all is good. For $6-7, the Andis 40085 Power De-Shedder (small) is a bargain and a 5 star product!

I have three Huskies that DO NOT like to be brushed. As anyone that has Huskies knows, however, you MUST brush your Huskies, who seem to have a major shed twice a year. I have tried numerous brushes and many have worked well, but I have never found any brush that actually overcame my Huskies aversion to being brushed. I thought I would give this brush a try because of the vibration feature, but, alas, they don't like being brushed by this brush any more than any other I have used. The bottom like on this is that if you have a dog that doesn't like being brushed, I doubt this brush will change their disposition. The QUALITY of the brush, however, WILL change. The amount of undercoat that this brush pulls out with ease is astonishing. It's efficiency at doing this is so good it allows me to greatly reduce the amount of brushing time needed, which reduces the amount of time I have to spend with an annoyed, vocal Husky. It's hard to believe that something as simple as a brush could be designed so differently that it would be that much more efficient, but, somehow, it is. I will warn you, though, that you should probably either use this brush outdoors or in an area in your house that you can easily vacuum or sweep up. The brush pulls out so much undercoat, you will literally be swimming in fine hairs after a good brushing. All in all, this is an amazing brush, particularly if you have a breed with a heavy undercoat. I highly recommend this brush to Husky owners. Howl on!

I have a mini Labradoodle who weighs 24 pounds. She has wavy hair about 2 inches long over most of her body. I was surprised that she was a shedder as I had expected her to have curly hair. What to do? I bought this great Andis deshedder because it was reasonably priced as compared to the more expensive version. It is so easy to use and my dog loves the little vibration because there is so little sound. I took my time and went over her a few time. I was shocked to see how much hair I gathered! It claims to stop shedding by about 90% and I can attest that is correct. Love it!

I'm not experienced with De-shedder devices other then taking a brush to my dogs fur and brushing off hair. Using this is almost the same except I feel like it takes a lot more hair off at once. The vibrating function of this I guess works. It's not loud and it seems to keep my dogs from moving to much. For being my first time using something like this I was kinda scared because you can feel at times hair getting stuck and pulling kinda like brushing your long hair. But my dogs didn't seem to be too concerned or hurt. One con I have is that you need to get hair off the teeth as it will start to clump as you do multiple passes. Sometimes the clumps of hair fall off by themselves. When they don't it seems like the device doesn't work as efficiently. Not a big deal though.

A+ product. 100% recommendation! My latest rescue dog has a short golden lab pelt. Over the years, I've collected several assorted pet combs & brushes for assorted pets; none of which worked to get shedding hair off my latest rescue dog. I was literally dumb-founded by how much shedding hair came off this precious pooch. It collected everywhere, yet was hard to clean up. It was out of desperation that I purchased this! Yes, I read the product claims but it's the reviews I like best about Amazon. I read & I chose this over other similar products. I made my son do the 1st brushing outside. He raved about how much hair came off the Dog and then did our long-haired cat. The sudden change from mountain winters to too hot, too fast spring had hair coming in in sheets. I did the 2nd brushing and had to check to see if it was cutting off his hair, so much came off in sheets. All of my animals love to be brushed, so they loved it too! If your pet doesn't like brushing, this would actually do the work in record time! Hands down, I'd recommend this. I'm even considering this for presents to fellow pet owners. (That's people owned by pets, often the rescue pets who rescue their people!) .

May be good for pet owners, but not for professional grooming salons with high number of pets per day.

Perfect

Came, packaged well, I love these Andis descending tools