Pet hair is arguably one of the toughest types of debris to collect from your floors. This is because the fibers actually cling to the carpet, and this is made all the worse by regular footfall. It essentially gets knotted into the pile and requires not just a powerful vacuum, but an effective rotating brush bar to agitate and remove it. For this reason, even upright corded vacuums can struggle when it comes to pet hair.
While pet hair is easier to collect from hard floors because it can’t get embedded, it can still cause problems. The fur can end up jamming the brush bar, which prevents the vacuum from picking up further debris. So whatever type of floors you have, pet hair can be a tough customer.
Of course, robot vacuums don’t tend to provide as strong a performance as upright vacuum cleaners, so this makes the capabilities on pet hair questionable from the start. However, as our tests show, some robot vacuums excel in this field, thanks to a specialized design and an optimum pick up rate. These are less common than we would like, but they do exist, and there are even models available which perform well across the board, picking up dust, crumbs and pet hair with ease. Whatever you do, don’t choose a model based on claims around pet hair removal alone — confirm its performance where possible, which is where our tests will help you out.
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