About the author

Felix Smith

I run FurStopper. Three cats: two rescue siblings I raised from kittens in the backyard before bringing them in, and one easygoing orange longhair. Everything on this site is tested in that house.

Herbie, an orange longhair, sitting up while Leo, a grey tabby, walks past him on a kitchen floor — Herbie up top, Leo on the move. Luna, as usual, refused the photo.

FurStopper started because the cat hair advice online is mostly written by people who have either never owned a cat or never lived with three of them at once. I bought every product I could find that claimed to help, used them all in normal life, and wrote down which ones earned a spot in the cupboard and which ones got returned.

Why this site exists

Most of what I found searching for cat hair products fell into two camps. Either it was a list of fifteen things written by someone who had clearly opened a press kit and not much else, or it was a single 5-star review that read like a paid post. I wanted something else: a small site about one specific problem, with verdicts that change when the products do, and notes dated so you can see how long I actually used the thing.

Every product on this site was bought at retail. Nothing here is sent by a brand in exchange for coverage. Affiliate links never change a verdict. If something is bad, I say so. If something earned a spot, I tell you why and how long it took. The point is to save you the testing.

The cats

There are three of them. They are why this site exists.

Leo, a long-haired grey tabby with a white chest, sitting on a tile floor near a grey rug — Leo, grey tabby with a white chest. About 6 months old. He and Luna are siblings I raised in the backyard before they ever lived inside. He is the reason there is hair on every surface.

Luna, a silver fluffy long-haired cat, sitting under a fabric ottoman on a patterned rug — Luna, Leo's sister. Same litter, silver and quiet. Won't always come to the food station, so I pull the FreshElement bowl out and bring it to her.

Herbie, an orange longhair, being groomed with a purple-handled EquiGroomer deshedding tool — Herbie, orange longhair. A little over a year and a half old. Typical chill orange cat: doesn't care about anything, lets you brush him for as long as you want.

How reviews on this site work

Three rules. Every review here follows them.

Bought at retail. Every product on this site was paid for. No brand has sent me anything in exchange for a review. No paid placement, no priority for advertisers, no sponsored slots.
Used for weeks, not minutes. Two weeks minimum. Most things on this site have been in rotation for months. Cat hair builds up over time, and a 20-minute test misses what only shows up after the fourth wash or the second month of daily use.
Compared to what I had. I compare each product against the one it was supposed to replace. If the old thing stayed in the cupboard, the new one earns a recommendation. If it didn't, it doesn't.

What I'm not

I'm not a vet. I'm not a groomer. I'm not a fabric scientist. If a product on this site involves anything medical, I'll say to talk to a vet. If it involves anything I'm not qualified to evaluate, I'll say that too. Everything here is the perspective of one person who lives with three cats and pays attention to which products actually work.

Reach me

If you have a question, a product you want me to try, or a correction, email hello@furstopper.com. I read everything. Replies can take a week.

For everything else, the homepage has the guides, organized by what part of the house the cat hair shows up in.