The cheapest family, and the most used
This is the family everyone starts with, and the one with the widest gap between price and result. A self-cleaning brush lives or dies by its ejection mechanism — the button that retracts the pins so the collected hair lifts off in one piece — and a deshedding tool lives or dies by its blade length against the undercoat. Short pins on a double coat only tidy the surface. We compare blade and pin length, ejection, and what each brush leaves behind on a second pass.
360° rotating stainless teeth · for dense double coats · dogs and cats
A rake comb with rounded stainless teeth that rotate through 360°, meant for working knots out of a dense coat before a deshedding tool touches it.
Best for: The step before everything else: a dense or slightly knotted coat that a deshedding tool would simply drag on.
≈ $42
Undercoat rake · thins and trims · long coats · dogs and cats
An undercoat brush that clears loose hair and works at light matting, sold as a combined thinning, trimming and combing tool for long coats.
Best for: Long-coated dogs and cats with a heavy undercoat and the beginnings of matting.
Two sides — wire pins and boar bristle · dogs and cats · most coat types
A two-sided brush: stiff wire pins on one face to detangle and clean, soft boar bristle on the other to lift dirt and finish the topcoat.
Best for: Daily maintenance between deshedding sessions, and any animal that will not tolerate a blade.
≈ $41
Dogs 23–41 kg (50.7 to 90.4 lb) · coat over 5 cm (2 in) · stainless deshedding edge
The long-hair deShedding tool for large dogs: a stainless edge that reaches through the topcoat and lifts the undercoat, sized for animals of 23 to 41 kg (50.7 to 90.4 lb).
Best for: A large long-coated dog in moult — golden retrievers, collies, shepherds with a full undercoat.
Dogs 23–41 kg (50.7 to 90.4 lb) · coat under 5 cm (2 in) · stainless deshedding edge
The short-hair version of the same tool, for large dogs whose coat is under 5 cm (2 in) — labradors, boxers, staffies with a dense undercoat and nothing to grip.
Best for: Labradors, boxers, beagles — short coats that shed constantly and defeat ordinary brushes.
≈ $56
A brush that does not match the hair type tears instead of detangling. The coat decides, not the price.
On short hair, a simple brush used regularly does most of the work.
A slicker full of undercoat stops catching after three passes, and you stop to pull it out by hand. A stated hair-eject button changes the length of a session more than the pin shape does.
Rubber or a glove for short hair, wide comb then brush for long hair, a thinning tool for the undercoat during shedding.
Daily for long hair, a few times a week for short hair, and more during shedding.
Work it apart with your fingers then a comb, starting from the outside. A knot tight against the skin is a job for a professional, not for scissors.
It is risky: the skin lifts with the knot and cuts very easily. It is a common cause of injury.
Used too often or pressed too hard, they cut the topcoat. They belong to the shedding season.
Short sessions, no forcing, paired with something enjoyable. An animal brushed young accepts it for life.
It removes dead hair and dirt and spaces baths out considerably. Bathing too often is not recommended for most animals.
Yes as soon as there is a parasite treatment or a skin condition, so nothing travels from one animal to the other. Otherwise a hot-water wash between animals is enough.
The coat type decides the tool, never the price: comb then brush on long hair, rubber on short. Never cut a knot out with scissors — the skin lifts with it — and keep thinning tools for the shedding season.
For a column to exist, four items in five have to publish the value. Otherwise we would mostly be comparing empty cells.
| Model | Price | Coat |
|---|---|---|
| FURminator Dual brush | $41 | — |
| FURminator Rake comb | $42 | Dense coats with topcoat and undercoat |
| FURminator deShedding L short hair | $56 | Short — under 5 cm (2 in) |
| BluePet Undercoat brush | — | Long coats, dogs and cats |
| FURminator deShedding L long hair | — | Long — over 5 cm (2 in) |
Specifications: manufacturer sheets for pet devices and the matching Amazon product pages. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure in this table names its source.
Most recent revision in this category: August 17, 2026.
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
