Our dog is a German Shepard with a gorgeous coat that sheds in clumps at least twice a year and smaller, but more consistent, quantities in between. Realizing that there was no possibility of winning the pet hair battle with our classic dog brushes, we went ahead and bought this pet grooming kit.
When we learned about a pet grooming kit that has a vacuum, we were intrigued, amused, and skeptical at first. A pet grooming tool that cleans up the hair while it works? It sounded way too good to be true, a quirky gimmick intended to sell expensive pet devices. But how often do you get to test a product you joked about existing though?... As it turns out, the joke is definitely on us. The P3 vacuum isn’t too good to be true or a gimmick. In fact, this might be one of the most useful pet products I’ve ever owned.
The first thing we noticed about the pet vacuum was its quality. The machine and its attachments are lightweight but sleek and sturdy. The vacuum’s tank also holds an impressive 2.5 liter of dog hair and dust, which we still had to empty several times while using it on the doggo (she is a realm hair machine). The kit, including the vacuum base, contain a user guide, a storage bag, and an array of handy attachments, including:
Cleaning brush (to use for human transformed into hair ball, after grooming their dog)
DE-shedding tool
Electric clippers (with four clipping combs in various sizes)
Cleaning brush
A narrow nozzle
Four of the attachments included with the pet vacuum kit are intended for grooming, while one, the long and narrow nozzle, s for all-purpose cleaning. This attachment will be handy for cleaning between sofa cushions afterward. The attachment heads snap into the end of the vacuum hose. There’s no release button though, you just pull to get them back out. We had some concerns that the attachments might come loose with such a simple system, but so far, none of them did.
The vacuum has three speed, which they recommend to use for different attachments. But honestly, with our German Shepard, leaving it on the max speed was the way to go. Even on max speed, the device isn’t too loud, so that wasn’t a problem with our doggo.
When you consider the number of tools that the vacuum replaces, the value behind that listed price becomes much more apparent. The grooming kit is effectively four grooming and cleaning tools in one. The addition of an integrated vacuum to those four grooming tools offers an element of functional novelty unlike anything we’ve seen before.
But, more importantly, it works. Pet owners with heavy shedders should definitely consider it for their grooming toolbox, as should those sensitive to excessive amounts of hair. We didn’t do the math, so we can’t say that the machine necessarily caught 99% of my dogs’ hair as promised. But the cleanup was definitely minimal. Emptying the canister was very easy as well as using and swapping the attachments.