I'm pretty sure my 10-year-old Golden Retriever [1]'s entire goal in life is to shed as much of her long hair as possible. If she can do it in such a way that she can create a forceful breeze with her tail and get a ball of hair to float up and land on the couch, well, then she's really done her day's work. The vacuum certainly does its job on hard wood, but so much hair just sticks to fabric that I never get it all up . . . until now.

The Evercare Pet Mega Floor Lint Roller [2] ($13) lets you roll up pet hair and other dirt off of rugs, carpets, couches, and blankets — all of which can be difficult to vacuum (ever tried to vacuum a blanket? You can't!). It comes with 25 sheets, and you just peel them off when you're done. The handle is extendable so you can adjust it to meet your needs.

Take that, pet hair [3]!