The ChomChom Roller: Get Rid of Pet Hair on Your Furniture and Clothes

The kinds of technological miracles I read about daily often aren’t those I can personally make use of. SpaceX, for instance, has bafflingly not yet demonstrated a feline space suit, while feline translation apps still leave a lot to be desired.

For my money, anyone who invents a fabric that cat hair doesn’t stick to deserves a Nobel prize or at least a plate of homemade cookies. The next best thing, however, is a pet hair roller that actually does what it says on the box.

When you adopted your cats, coordinating them with your wardrobe and interior design scheme was probably the last thing you were thinking about. I certainly didn’t take that into account; now, with black, white, and ginger hair between them, my cats’ fluff shows up prominently on everything I own, regardless of what color it is. I thought I had made my peace with this—as it turns out, though, all I really needed to get rid of pet hair was this ChomChom roller. 

Why Cat Hair Is A Problem

The real trouble starts with fabric that has either a “pile” or a “nap,” two words I learned from my dry cleaner and may well never use again after today. The point is that this kind of cloth contains fibers that stick out from the surface. These act like Velcro, causing cat hair to adhere as if it were glued on. 

This is more or less okay for garments you can put in the washing machine. What about anything knitted, though, or your carpets, or your sofa? Removing pet hair from upholstery can become a real pain if you have to do it every week, and vacuuming the floor can only do so much against the tidal wave of fluff. Getting a cat hairbrush and manually removing old fur during shedding season helps, but only a little, and only if your kitty is willing to sit still for such treatment. 

If you’ve come to the conclusion that the only way to solve this problem is to shave your cat, maybe put down the razor for now. I don’t know whether this cat hair brush works due to the special texture of the roller, something involving electrostatic electricity, or perhaps sheer magic; all I can tell you is that it does get rid of pet hair. 

how a pet hair roller helps

The best thing about this pet hair roller is that it uses no disposable tapes, cartridges, or lint roller sheets that you have to buy every month just to end up tossing them in the bin. It also doesn’t require batteries, and—unlike some similar products—it doesn’t leave speckles of adhesive gunk behind on certain fabrics. 

Aside from being more ecologically friendly, this makes this product a comparatively cheap way to eliminate cat hair from your clothing and upholstery. Of course, “cheap” is often code for “a pain in the neck to use,” so how does the ChomChom roller stack up against its competitors? 

Experience shows that it is surprisingly effective at picking up both coarse hair as well as the fine fluff some cat breeds develop as an additional coat during colder months. Getting one of these gadgets is absolutely worth it if anyone in your household, or even an occasional visitor, suffers from allergies. 

Features of the ChomChom Roller

Feature	Description
No Disposable Parts	Does not use disposable tapes, cartridges, or lint roller sheets.
Eco-Friendly	More environmentally friendly compared to products with disposable parts.
No Batteries Required	Operates without the need for batteries.
No Adhesive Residue	Leaves no adhesive gunk on fabrics.
Effective on Various Fabrics	Works well on clothes, carpets, and upholstery, especially on fabrics with pile or nap.
Compact and Handy Size	Roller head is about 20 centimeters (7½ inches) wide, suitable for jackets and furniture crevices.
Ease of Use	Simple to operate and clean out.
Plastic Construction	Made entirely of plastic, with some concerns about the durability of the latch button for the fur compartment.
Performance on Pet Hair	Effective at picking up both coarse hair and fine fluff, beneficial for households with allergies.
Spring Shedding Performance	Particularly useful during spring shedding seasons when cats lose more fur.
Innovative Design	Utilizes a special texture, electrostatic electricity, or another mechanism to effectively remove hair.

What Is It Like to Own a ChomChom Roller? 

Though mine is still going strong, I’m a little worried about the all-plastic construction. In particular, the button that operates the latch of the little box used to store the collected fur seems like it won’t last forever. Still, at this price, we can hardly expect the whole thing to be made from titanium alloy. 

The roller’s head is about 20 centimeters (7½ inches) wide, making it the perfect size for quickly brushing a jacket and handy enough to get into the crevices of upholstered furniture. It’s something of a pain doing carpets with it, though. 

I tried duct-taping the handle to a broomstick to save my back, but with only limited success. Maybe they will release a version suited to floors at some point; in the meantime, a vacuum cleaner designed specifically to deal with pet hair remains a good investment. 

It’s also necessary to open up and shake out the compartment on the back, where the hair ends up, pretty frequently. Fortunately, this is easy to do as long as you don’t let it pile up too much. Having to clean it out often isn’t really a flaw, though, but a sign of how well this roller works at getting rid of pet hair. 

Seriously, the sheer amount of fur the ChomChom pet hair remover picks up is an eye-opener, especially around springtime when some of our fluffy friends shed hair like it’s going out of fashion. The main problem you may have is deciding what to do with it all. 

You can, of course, just discard it along with the rest of the rubbish. Why not, however, use it to create finger puppets, sculptures, and perhaps the occasional voodoo doll? Cat owners are supposed to be weird, right, so why not live up to the stereotype?