FURL started with a simple, slightly annoying observation: everyone who lives with an animal owns a drawer full of lint rollers, and none of them ever work for long.

Sticky sheets run out. They run out on a Sunday, halfway through the couch, and then you are picking hair off a cushion with your fingers. So we made something you refill by opening it and tipping it out — a tool you keep rather than a consumable you replace.

The FURL Pet Hair Remover helps lift pet hair off the fabric surfaces fur reaches first: sofas, bedding, clothes and car seats. It is designed to live where the mess is, not in a cupboard under the sink. That is why it looks like something you would happily leave out on the arm of a chair.

We are not going to tell you it removes every hair, or that it will change your life. It is a well-made object that makes one tedious job noticeably less tedious. The rest of your evening is yours.