Those things work if the hair is loose on TOP of the fabric - but I don't want to brush down the couch every day - and the hair works it's way INTO the fabric and doesn't come up easy.

My problem isn't the couch, so much - as we keep large bath towels on the couch and can periodically shake/ wash them. My big problem was the low-pile carpet in my van.... the dog hair is 'barbed' , kinda like a porcupine quill, and so it works into the upholstery and carpet and you can't just suck it up with a vaccuum - it 'hooks' into the fibers!

I picked up one of these a few years ago, and it works WONDERS -




you can find them here -

http://www.petsmart.com/global/produ...=1115233068905

and the best thing is no refills to buy, and if it starts to get dirty, you just wash it with soap and water.

this thingy 'grabs' the hairs and pulls them free from where they've woven themselves into the fibers of your furniture and carpet. It works kinda like a squeegee on a window - I just 'scrape' the fabric with one hand, and suck up the loose hair with the vaccumm or dustbuster in the other hand!

laura