A friend of mine had a regular hairbrush with even bristles, kind of like a shoe polishing brush, only softer. She didn't know why she didn't get any hair out of her cats.

I pointed out that a human brush doesn't work...the bristles have to be able to dig into the fur. A brush with the small metal bristles works well. My guys love it - I wonder if it reminds them of their mom's sandpaper tongue? Also, there are brushes you can get that have a strap that slip over your hand - they have rubber teeth on the one side. They're also available as "grooming gloves".

It took Cole a while to get used to being groomed (he's the one with long hair, go figure!), so the grooming glove was a great ice breaker! He felt like he was being stroked and patted, and he was - with the glove!