Grip is what decides whether a grooming session lasts five minutes or twenty-five. This comb sits in the palm rather than hanging off a long handle, so the pressure comes from your whole hand and your wrist stays out of it, which makes it a sensible choice for anyone grooming a long-coated dog who needs going over properly every single day.

The pins are long and rounded at the ends, so they reach down through a deep coat to the loose hair underneath instead of skating across the top, and those rounded tips keep them off the skin. Long pins suit a double coat or a fluffy small pet, and short strokes following the lie of the coat are what actually shift hair, rather than pressure. It is the same tool for a rabbit, a cat or a collie; only the patience required changes. Three colours are made.

• Palm-grip body rather than a long handle
• Long pins with rounded tips
• Works through both long and short coats
• Suits cats, dogs, puppies and rabbits
• Shaped for longer daily grooming sessions
• Available in blue, white or pink

On matting. A pin comb lifts loose and lightly tangled fur, but it will not take out a felted mat, and trying will hurt.

Who it's for: Owners of heavy shedders who groom little and often, and anyone whose hands or wrists ache after a session with a conventional long-handled brush.