Review (4/5): Larger than expected, but works well.
They made this out to be pocketable. It's not really, too thick, but it's also not crazy large like the Equigroomer is. I wanted to try this out before seeing if I should buy the equigroomer. OVERALL, impressed.
Pros:
-Dual blades, one for short hairs and one for medium-long hairs.
-EASY and reliable self-cleaning, retract the blades and easy to pull off the hair, also like how the hair (as long as you don't have a fan or a large gust of wind) stays on the surface of the comb. Making it easy to collect. and dispose of.
Cons:
-DOESN'T LOCK into position, so, I'd be mid combing my dogs and the blade would slowly crawl back inside and I'd only realize it since it would start to feel smooth, or there wasn't the expected resistance. SO you have to develop a combing method where your thumb sits behind the slider to keep the blades from retracting.
-CHUNKY, not bad for IN-HAND feel, but they made this out to be pocketable, it's not. I mean it is if you have baggy pants or cargo pockets. The thing is about 4x2x1 inches. It's that 1in thickness that kind of hurts the pocketability of this. THOUGH, if you're throwing this in a "CARE" bag like a pet version of a "baby" bag, then this isn't so bulky that it's going to greatly consume space.
-Cheap feeling, I know it's not expensive, but it does feel cheap. Like I don't know if this would survive a fall.
-Clogging- while I like that the simple act of retracting the blades pushes the hair out, don't know if the tolerance are there to prevent dander and dead skin from building up and clogging it.
-Questionable Shorthaired issues. I have one dog that is clearly medium haired, It's a dutch Shepherd lab mix; and the other is a foxhound catahoula. The foxhoud thinks the longer tooth blade is painful, but the shorter toothed blade is too short for it to be useful. The Dutch/Lab dog has zero issue with the longer tooth comb.
Tip:
-NOW this might be just logical and common sense to some people, but it took me a while to realize. The best results come from using this product PERPENDICULAR _|_ to the body. I was doing a 45 degree angle and it wasn't catching as much. Also, go with the grain of hair growth not against.
Conclusion:
I think it's a great travel comb, and it's well worth the sticker price. Short haired dogs may not like it and may make it hard to comb them with it, but medium and long will more than be fine.