Cleaning up cat hair

So at BlogPaws last year there was a booth for Evercare Lint Rollers.. They were offering free lint rollers to conference goers who 'liked' their Facebook page.

FDA exclaimer: So I did get this roller for free.. but they asked nothing of me, it's been so darn long since the conference that I don't doubt this post will come as a nice surprise for them - especially since they haven't posted on their FB page since 8/15/13. I'm doing this of my own free will and receive no compensation for it.

my preferred method of lint removal.

Now it sat in my goodie bag for quite some time after I got home. Then it sat on a shelf. I tend not to use tape rollers, I think they are a bit of a waste myself. I own a double sided lint brush that I love, and when I tend to get too fuzzy I use that. For the most part I do not stress over cat hair - but like my super fine reddish blonde leg hair, occasionally it just gets to be too much and it has got to go..

Lion and the Melody look alike have been shedding up a STORM! lately.. everything has been covered in black fur. I couldn't find my brush, so I grabbed the lint roller and went down to clean it up..

Now their claim to fame (or the sales pitch I got when I got the roller) is that it is so sticky that it doesn't need tape to hold on the outer protective layer. Clever yes.. but not quite sure I buy that as a selling feature. I mean I want my sticky tape to be sticky, but I don't want to have to pry the protective layer off it..*shrug* It wasn't a big deal to remove it in the least though.

Now one problem I do have with this product is the tape back is not strong enough for it to come off in one piece unless you are VERY careful. Many strips came off ripped before I figured out how to do it in one go. I have a feeling the next time I use it I'm going to have the exact same problem (because as I said, I'm not obsessive about these things).

Well this thing does work. Sadly it fills up rather quickly and as you can see it took five strips to clean off just the seat of Happy Bear... but clean it off it did indeed. I was impressed. Often when you use tape based removers you end up going over and over a spot and then have to pick it off with your hands and manually attach it to the tape. The only time I felt the need to do that was in the crevices of where the back met the seat.

So if you like tape rollers, I give this one a big ol thumbs up! As I said, I think using tape is a waste and I recommend the one above. As I know we all have our own tastes, it is good to have options especially since my husband is a tape user..