Vacuums for Pet Hair · Guide
How to clean pet hair off hardwood floors
On hard floors, hair floats away from brooms and clumps in corners. The right tools gather it instead of scattering it.
Use a rubber broom
Rubber gathers hair into a pile with static instead of pushing it into the air like a straw broom.
Vacuum on the hard-floor setting
Turn off the beater bar (or use a hard-floor mode) so it suctions rather than scatters.
Catch the corners
Hair drifts to edges and under furniture — hit those with a tool or handheld.
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Last updated 2026-07-02.