The cheapest family, and the most used · review
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.
What we take from it The cheap tool that makes the expensive one work. Buy it with a deShedding tool rather than instead of one.
A rake comb with rounded stainless teeth that rotate through 360°, sold by FURminator for dogs and cats with dense coats — topcoat over undercoat.
FURminator is explicit about this: brushing comes before a deShedding tool. The rake opens knots and lifts the coat; the deshedding edge then reaches the undercoat without dragging. Skipping the first step is what makes people describe deshedding tools as painful.
A fixed tooth meeting a knot pulls the skin. A tooth that turns rolls through it. That is the whole engineering argument, and it is why this comb works on cats, which have almost no tolerance for being pulled.
Clear an undercoat. It is a preparation tool, and on its own it leaves the moult where it is. Judged as a deshedding tool it disappoints; judged as the first of two, it earns its place.
Read on the day this page was built: $42 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-17. The live price is at the top of the page.
At $42, it is the 2 cheapest of the 3 models in this category published here.
| Teeth | Rounded stainless, rotating 360° |
|---|---|
| Coat | Dense coats with topcoat and undercoat |
| For | Dogs and cats |
| Role | FURminator positions it as the step BEFORE a deShedding tool |
| Amazon reference | B07PRYW63P (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 4048422141341 |
If the coat knots, yes. FURminator says so themselves: brushing is a step before using a deShedding tool. Running a blade into a knotted coat pulls at the skin and blunts the tool; opening the coat first makes the second pass quick and painless.
Because a fixed tooth that meets a knot either stops or pulls. A tooth that can turn rolls through it. On a cat — which will tolerate roughly one unpleasant sensation before leaving — that difference decides whether grooming happens at all.
FURminator lists both. What matters is the coat: dense, double-layered and prone to knots. A short single coat needs neither this nor much else.
7.2/ 10
The cheap tool that makes the expensive one work. Buy it with a deShedding tool rather than instead of one.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 17, 2026.
The step before everything else: a dense or slightly knotted coat that a deshedding tool would simply drag on.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for pet devices and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
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.
