I borrow my friend’s SleekEz from time to time and I find that it works better than my regular shedding blade. I have a very delicate, sensitive thoroughbred and he tolerates it well. He is so sensitive that I actually can’t curry or soft brush him now. I can only use the shedding tools and medium brush. He has a huge aversion to static and apparently the curry and soft brush electrify him! I am about ready to just full body clip him so I can get his darn blankets off!
I guess I’m the only one who isn’t a fan of the SleekEZ. It did a passable job, but not great, and took forever because I had to go slowly and carefully around sensitive areas. Neither of my thin-skinned TBs were fans either. I went back to the pumice block after a few tries - much more effective at getting the hair and faster as well since I don’t need to be as careful. Horses like it, too, the tall gelding will contort himself to make sure I really get his itchy spot on his butt and the mare will lean in to it and not dance around like she does with the sleekez. You do have to replace the blocks when they wear down, but mine last a good 6 months or so and they’re cheap.
Y’all convinced me to order a SleekEZ (I am going to try the “dog” size) after I came home last night covered in hair.
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Best things about the SleekEZ and Groom Ninja are that they collect the hair in a line, and there’s less flying around coating clothes, face, eyes of the groomer. And the groomee loves it (at least mine do).
Still like the Groom Ninja shape better than the SleekEZ to save my wrists and hands. The contours do seem to make a difference.
I like the sleekEZ but use a furminator on the corgis, year round. I want those grooming gloves for sure!
Interestingly enough, I find a metal pin dog brush (with blunt ends, not the slicker type) to be the best and most tolerated mud removal tool (does nothing for shedding, though). And I do like the pumice blocks that have been mentioned, as well. I did see a Groom Ninja when I was at the feed store today, and it was nice to be able to handle it up close, but I am fairly certain it would be a no-go on all but the largest muscle groups.
I borrowed a SleekEZ today. It worked well and was easier to use on the belly. However, my wrists hurt a bit. The hair accumulated on the blade very quickly and had to be pulled off; this doesn’t happen with my old shedding blade. But the hair didn’t fly everywhere, like with the blade. I may use a gift card to purchase one.
For hairy legs, I’ll stick to my stinky grooming block.
I haven’t tried any of the new shedding products, but my shedding blade and curry comb do just fine for me. 
Then again, I hate change.
I ordered the 5 inch size SleekEZ and have yet to try it on my horse, but in the meantime I was able to try it out on my cat and was very impressed with the amount of hair it removed. He has been shedding like a maniac, and his kitty highness didn’t find the blade to be offensive (which is a lot more than I can say for other cat-specific grooming products I have tried in the past).
Can’t wait to try it out on my wooly mammouth horse, but even if I don’t like the performance I know that I can always use it on mr. kitty.
I have an Equigroomer and a StripHair. I love the StripHair. It’s so stupid because it’s like $50 for basically a block of rubber, but it works even better than the Equigroomer. Also it doesn’t get clogged by dirt ash easy and is easier to clean.
The 5" SleekEZ arrived. I like the size. It doesn’t work as well as the jelly curry, but it’s the only thing that he doesn’t object to on his belly, so I’ve gotten a lot of the belly guard hairs off. He seems to really like the feeling, but I can’t say it’s all that great at taking off hair. I’m definitely not getting the kind of results as in the videos, although there’s still enough hair coming off to clog up a curry pretty quickly.
used the SleekEZ on two different horses today , one of whom has a pretty fine coat and sensitive skin, and it worked worlds better than the shedding blade! While its not as ergonomic as I’d like - the 5 inch size is great for the more curvaceous areas - like elbows and gaskins.
On the StripHair… I have a multitude of leftover small pieces of 1/2" stall mat lying around, I think maybe I’ll have to cut a piece and see what it does :lol: The shedding blade has been giving me hand cramps lately.
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I have no problem with the hair coming out. I want something that keeps it from getting all over ME.
Another non-fan of the SleekEZ. My TB just can’t stand the thing, it doesn’t get as much hair as the Epona Shed Flower or the Striphair, and at least to my eyes, coats end up sadder and duller looking with it. I will always be faithful to my little shed flower. I do like the Striphair I was given, and think it works rather well–despite being pretty ridiculously priced for a large hunk of rubber, it gets a ton of hair off without offending my big guy.
Another pro tip–an old rasp will work remarkably well, too, using the edge of the finer side. If I’m grooming a really thick skinned, woolly horse I have yet to find something that comes even close to working as well as one of my retired rasps!
I LOFF my SleekEZ. I don’t know why it does a better job than a traditional shedding blade but it does. Although I think the best part of it is that the hair comes off in nice sheets and doesn’t get all over me
I bought one of the rectangular rubber blocks that was marketed on Facebook by a woman & her kids trying to earn show money. I appreciate her efforts to get her kids to earn showing funds, but the block really isn’t that amazing. I strongly suspect these things are made by cutting up a stall mat. You have to press pretty hard with the edge to really get the hair to come out and my horse isn’t a fan of that.
The grooming gloves are pretty awesome, and do shed well. You can either use them both at once for efficiency, or rotate between them quickly if you have bad shoulders. There is a lot of hair going everywhere.
The shedding blocks work quite well as long as you remember to “sharpen” them periodically by sliding them across concrete (or another hard surface).
I have used both of the above on my horse who was clipped once, in October, and some horses who weren’t clipped. On the latter horses I have also used a traditional shedding blade.
Based on my experience with a cat Furminator, it removed mostly undercoat as using it on both a calico and a tuxedo cat produced mostly grayish undercoat hair.
This is sort of related: I just bought this mane tool for thinning manes and it is AWESOME. I don’t show, so really shorten and thin manes once a year, in the spring, and I AM DIGGING this thing. Highly recommend!
It’s also great for grooming the barn cat!
My TB is a “hands off” kinda guy who doesn’t like to be groomed but he’s just fine with the SleekEz.
