The Furminator

The-Bookworm

The-Bookworm

Well-Known Member
Joined
25 December 2018
Messages
1,455
Location
Earth
Visit site
Yay or not worth the money?
Seen one for £30
Do they blunt and if so can you get resharpened?
I currently use a bog standard shedding blade and magic brush. She's got a grown out Irish.
Open to suggestions as I do enjoy trying things out.
 
I've got the Lincoln Ultimate Groomer which is pretty much a copy of the Furminator. It works well! I find it much better than a magic brush and it doesn't seem to have blunted.
I think I paid £11 for it a few years ago but I see that the price has gone up to £20ish.
 
Sandstone1 said:
A little bit. It has a blade like a clipper blade and chops the hair off
Click to expand...


22118_1024x1024.jpg

This is a Furminator head...I don't see how it could cut the hair?
Are you thinking of Sleekez? The one that looks a lot like a saw blade in a block of wood.
 
I got a furminator copy from Amazon for about a tenner. Flipping amazing for getting rid of excess hair, definitely reduced the amount of billowing hair in the house.
 
I got a furminator back before they were too expensive. It's still going strong years later and I find it invaluable. I wouldn't be without it now. They don't cut the hair, IME.
 
I have Furminators for the dogs, cats, and horses. I've been using them at least six years.

I only use them in shedding season, on the horses. I have never had them cut the hair.

I like them because no effort (pressure) is required - the arthritis in my hands and shoulder appreciates that.

This time of year I also use the shop vac once I get the shedding hair loosened up:)
 
I tried the Lincoln version (too tight to shell out for the furminator) it was a waste of money. Madam grows a coat like a yak and it just got too full of hair, one brush, empty the blade and repeat, far too faffy and it seemed to pull at her coat alot. I find either a rubber massager or metal shedding tool far better
 
I also dropped mine and the teeth broke :(

I prefer the Sleekeez for my natives. It doesn’t clog up with hair and is bigger so more can be done at a time. I was a bit upset, after spending £20 on it that it is indeed just a hacksaw blade in a piece of wood!
 
I have a furminator but the handle snapped quite quickly being pulled through my furry beast's coat. Best thing I have found for shedding coats is the Haas new generation curry comb, it effortlessly removes loose hair and the hair just falls off it rather than having to clean it all the time. It's made moulting season this year seem rather a non event.
 
I must be the only person who didn't get on with a furminator. I found it clogged up very quickly and I was forever having to stop to get the stuck hair out of it. The good thing was I sold it for a good price and I've gone back to my rubber curry comb and shedding blade.
 
How well it works probably depends a lot on what sort of coat your horse has. I have an Icelandic with three layers of coat a couple of inches thick, and the furminator is really great to get the longer guard hair and mid-length hair off him, particularly over the well-muscled, flat areas. I've had no problems whatsoever with hair being cut or breaking off, and also don't have much of a problem with hair clogging up the teeth. They will bend though if you drop the thing, and I've also had the handle snap off of one of them. Mine hasn't gone blunt over 10 years, but I don't think you could sharpen it. It helps to put the plastic blade protector back on after use. I bought the "dog" version which was much cheaper than the horse version, and is almost as wide.
What it doesn't do well is that the teeth are too short to penetrate into the coat much, so it only every works on the topmost layer of coat, which can mean a lot of repetitions over the same area to get all the loose hair out. I like to use it in combination with a dog slicker (needle) brush that gets deeper down into the coat (but needs to have the hair removed every few brush strokes).

I recently got a knock-off version for cats/dogs at Lidl, and that works just as well as the branded one on my cats. It's a bit too small to use on a horse though, but I probably wouldn't hesitate to buy a larger knock-off if you can find one.
 
I have one for the dog and cats and tried it on the horse once .. for five seconds ... and gave up! Life is too short for that, now they just get clipped out and hey presto i dont deal with the shedding winter coat :)
 
Sandstone1 said:
They are not great for the coat. Cuts rather than grooms
Click to expand...

When I was looking at tools for grooming a double coated dog I also read a lot of reviews stating that the Furminator cuts rather than grooms - in the end I bought a Coat King and so long as you don't go at it too hard then it doesn't seem to cut the coat much at all. It gets loads of the loose stuff out though. I could build another dog with what I strip out in the spring. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mars-Coat-King-Teeth-Stripping/dp/B0050536CE

I think some people also use them for their horses. Just throwing another idea in there!
 
Widgeon said:
When I was looking at tools for grooming a double coated dog I also read a lot of reviews stating that the Furminator cuts rather than grooms - in the end I bought a Coat King and so long as you don't go at it too hard then it doesn't seem to cut the coat much at all. It gets loads of the loose stuff out though. I could build another dog with what I strip out in the spring. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mars-Coat-King-Teeth-Stripping/dp/B0050536CE

I think some people also use them for their horses. Just throwing another idea in there!
Click to expand...
Great, open to other suggestions as well.
 
I've got one for the horse and a small one for the cats. Neither of mine are remotely sharp and absolutely don't cut the hair - they remove the loose hair complete with the roots. All my animals have fabulous coats.
 
I've got a Furminator and I've had it for years. Not had a problem with it cutting hair as long as the coat is dry. It does remove a lot of hair in one sweep but then I have a pony who is like the one supsup described. A lot of undercoat and the furminator is great for getting that out. The pony likes it too :)
 
Widgeon said:
When I was looking at tools for grooming a double coated dog I also read a lot of reviews stating that the Furminator cuts rather than grooms - in the end I bought a Coat King and so long as you don't go at it too hard then it doesn't seem to cut the coat much at all. It gets loads of the loose stuff out though. I could build another dog with what I strip out in the spring. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mars-Coat-King-Teeth-Stripping/dp/B0050536CE

I think some people also use them for their horses. Just throwing another idea in there!
Click to expand...

They 100% do cut hair! I use one for "pulling" my horses tail. No way would it be going near her coat!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top