Suba pet hair remover glove: trending online, terrible in reality
24/3/2026
Translation: Elicia Payne
Pictures: Darina Schweizer
On social media, pet owners are raving about a glove designed to catch pet hair. I’m a mum of two cats, so I decided to see how it’d fare in real life.
That’s it, I’ve had enough. For the fifth time, a video has popped up in my feed about an oven-mitt-looking glove that’s supposed to remove pet hair from surfaces in a flash. The logos on the gloves keep changing, but there’s one thing they have in common – shoddy quality. I feel like I’ve been scammed …
Reviews? Of course. Only positive ones. Some brands even promise that their gloves are the original and stand out from other imitation products in terms of quality. «I’m not like everyone else.» That’s what they all say.
I came across a similar model in Galaxus’s range. In the comments section, users don’t see eye to eye: some find the glove «more effective than a vacuum cleaner» and «better than sticky tape,» while others say it’s «disappointing» and «impractical».
And me? I wanted to try the gloves out for myself, so I ordered them.
Little hope, lots of hair
When I unpack them, they’re exactly how I imagined. The gloves are soft, flexible, and make a plastic-like crinkling sound. Still, everything deserves a second chance, right? So let’s get to the hairs.
I pick up my cat, Joy, and rub her against my black t-shirt. She doesn’t seem very enthusiastic. Nor is Jasper when I brush him and scatter the loose hair all over a chair. Oh, and we haven’t vacuumed their scratching post in ages. For testing purposes, of course cough cough. With that, my test environment’s more than ready.
All is good on solid surfaces
I slip on the glove and wipe back and forth across the hairy chair. Back and forth. Back and forth. In the blink of an eye – just as predicted – the hair doesn’t stick to the glove. Yet surprisingly, after a few swipes, even stubborn hairs stick to the glove’s electrostatic surface. My vacuum cleaner wouldn’t be able to handle those, though. The problem is, the hairs don’t collect in a neat pile in the middle. Instead, they’re scattered all over the place.
I pluck a few hairs out and keep wiping. But soon realise that’s a bad idea. The remaining hairs spread back over the chair. Great. I have to wipe my hand over the glove several times and pull the remaining hairs out with my fingers. In fact, just as many times as I rubbed the glove against the upholstery before.
I head over to the scratching post with the glove I haven’t used yet. A lot of hair comes off there, too. That’s when I notice the glove always bends slightly to the side. The fabric on the surface isn’t firm enough.
Verdict on upholstered furniture: I can remove hair that I can’t get with the vacuum cleaner. The problem is how. When sliding it back and forth, the glove isn’t stable enough and bends. And while I do get hair off furniture, I hardly ever get it off static surfaces anymore.
Clumsy on clothes
Next up: clothes. My T-shirt’s particularly hairy around the neck. I rub it with the glove. But it keeps slipping. This is useless. At least rubbing against the electrostatic surface feels nice. Maybe we should add it to our massage range.
Verdict on clothing: The glove only works on sturdy fabrics that stay in place. It’s a waste of time when it comes to clothes.
Verdict
How I’ll remember the hair removal glove? As a social media sensation that doesn’t live up to the hype in real life. For now, I’m sticking with reusable lint rollers. They remove lint from furniture and clothing quite effectively – but they’re also somewhat flimsy.
Somehow, it seems like the perfect hair removal tool doesn’t exist yet … or does it? I recently came across this supposed miracle gadget on social media. So I guess its time to run another test …
How do you remove pet hair? Let us know in the comments. And if you want to see more viral pet gadgets put to the test, follow me.
In a nutshell
This gadget’s lame
The pet hair removal glove does remove some stubborn hairs that the vacuum cleaner can’t pick up. But when I wipe with it, it’s too flimsy, and the hair ends up everywhere – not just in the middle. It takes just as long to remove hair from the glove with my fingers as it does from my furniture. And let’s not even get started on clothes …
Pro
- Removes some stubborn hairs from upholstered furniture
Contra
- Flimsy
- Hair doesn’t collect in the middle
- Difficult to pull hair out
- Not suitable for clothes
Darina Schweizer
Senior Editor
Darina.Schweizer@digitecgalaxus.chI love everything with four legs or roots – especially my rescue cats Jasper and Joy and my collection of succulents. I’m happiest following the scent of stories about police dogs and cat groomers – or cultivating thoughtful tales in garden flea markets and Japanese gardens.
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