The worst part of bathing a dog is the twenty minutes afterwards, when a wet animal is shaking itself along the hallway and you are following it with a towel. Warm air and a brush in the same hand shortens that considerably, because you are drying and detangling in one pass instead of towelling first and then brushing out the knots the towel has just set.

The head is where the design earns its keep. Pins lift and separate the coat while air moves through it, so fur dries from the skin outwards rather than sealing damp underneath a dry-looking surface. That is the difference between a coat that looks finished and one that actually is. There is a choice of heads, a needle comb for lifting longer coats and a ball-tipped version that is kinder on thin skin.

• Warm airflow and a brush head in one hand-held tool
• Needle comb head or ball-tipped head to choose from
• Duck-shaped body shaped to be held through longer sessions
• Dries from the skin outwards, which reduces tangling
• Sold with or without a plug adapter

Check the plug. These ship with a CN plug as standard and an adapter option at checkout, so tell us if you need it and we will make sure the right version goes out to you. On the pet's side, introduce the noise gradually with the unit switched on and pointed away, keep the head moving so warm air never sits in one spot, and stop if the skin feels hot.

Who it's for: Owners who bath a longer-coated dog or cat at home and would rather do the drying and the brushing in a single go.