Dyson Pet Grooming Equipment evaluate

In September, Dyson launched a brand new vacuum attachment designed for grooming pets. The attachment suite, referred to as the Pet Grooming Kit, takes a conventional slicker brush design and reimagines it as a vacuum attachment that enables people to brush free hair off of their pet and instantly into their vacuum.

We examined Dyson’s new pet grooming attachments on 4 animals — two cats and two canines — and surveyed their people to carry you this evaluate.

Dyson’s Pet Grooming Equipment is designed to take away your pet’s free hairs, dander and lifeless pores and skin flakes and, in keeping with Dyson, can be utilized on any pet that’s accustomed to being groomed with a slicker brush. (Our pets would really like a phrase with Dyson about that assertion.) The pet instrument is appropriate with Dyson’s cordless vary.

The grooming brush has 364 slicker bristles which might be angled at a 35-degree flex to an upright place as you sweep; the instrument can be utilized with out the vacuum on, then hooked up to the vacuum, post-grooming, to suck up the hair. Dyson says its Pet Grooming Equipment is acoustically engineered to make grooming extra peaceable in your pet; right here, once more, our pets posed some challenges to that declare.

To make use of the instrument, begin by brushing your pet with the attachment solely to ease them into their salon expertise. Then, connect the comb to the versatile hose, which connects to the Dyson’s cordless base. Use your thumb to press on the again of the comb, which extends the slicker bristles; after grooming, launch your thumb to retract the bristles and permit the vacuum to suck your pet’s hair into the bin. Dyson’s tutorial video exhibits two folks performing this operation: one to carry the animal and one to function the vacuum.

The Dyson Pet Grooming Kit retails for $69.99; in accordance with Dyson’s return policy, a Dyson.com buy will be returned for a full refund inside 30 days from the supply date.

Our human testers had been uniformly impressed by the Dyson pet instrument.

“Given how messy pet grooming will be,” one human stated, “it’s a genius design that permits you to do a number of issues without delay — catch the dander and pores and skin flakes and extra hair, whereas additionally grabbing onto these strands with the bristles as nicely.”

Testers discovered setup straightforward and intuitive. The human reviewers additionally rapidly recognized a wise workaround to mitigate the results of the vacuum’s noise on the extra skittish animal reviewers. “I indifferent the comb from the vacuum,” one human stated, and used it to brush her cat, “then reattached and used the Dyson to suck up the free hair. It’s not probably the most handy however no less than you get among the advantages of the instrument.”

Total, our testers complimented the design and efficacy of the Dyson Pet Grooming Equipment. “The comb was neatly designed, and positively grabbed extra hair than another brush I’ve used,” one human reviewer stated.

In distinction to their folks, the feline and canine reviewers we tapped for testing had been much less enamored of the Dyson pet grooming attachment. Let’s meet them.

Our feline testers, Phoebe and Eartha, emphatically don’t advocate the Dyson Pet Grooming Equipment.

To ease Phoebe into issues, her human began through the use of the comb on her with out attaching it to the vacuum, which she appreciated. However when the vacuum was launched, issues went left. “I introduced within the vacuum, and tried to concurrently vacuum and brush, which she hated. She already doesn’t love the sound of the vacuum so I believe having it so near her was a no-go.”

Eartha’s response was much more dramatic. “On first use she was completely terrified,” her human says. “I attempted to ease her into it by brushing her with simply the comb itself earlier than turning the vacuum on, which she fairly loved. Nonetheless, I’ve to say as soon as the vacuum turned on, it was sport over.”

One canine tester had comparable suggestions: “It scared Millie to demise as a result of the Dyson is so loud,” her particular person says. “I used to be chasing her round the home with it.”

Huge Tony was the lone animal amongst our testers who tolerated the grooming instrument. A vital element right here is that Tony, who is aware of he’s terribly enticing, sometimes enjoys being groomed; he behaves fantastically when he’s being washed and set, and at all times sits quietly and fortunately for a brushing.

There have been, additionally, some design flaws that our human testers famous. Utilizing the comb requires you to have interaction your thumb all through to maintain the bristles prolonged, and testers didn’t like this design. On the identical time, the opposite hand operates the facility set off button, tying up each arms to function the machine and the attachment itself, and leaving no hand free to manage the animal. The versatile hose was neither lengthy sufficient nor versatile sufficient.

You understand your pet greatest and, after studying this evaluate, you most likely have a good suggestion if Sir BarksALot or Woman Meowmalade will welcome or reject the Dyson Pet Grooming Equipment.

Whereas your personal evaluation of your pet’s willingness to tolerate this grooming instrument would be the greatest measure, Dyson created a guidelines to assist pet mother and father decide if their instrument is true for Fluffy or Fido.

Total, this instrument doesn’t appear nice for cats, or for canines who’ve noise anxiousness. However for pets who’re prepared and capable of undergo for magnificence, we really feel assured in recommending the Dyson Pet Grooming Equipment as a real game-changer for pet mother and father.