I thought it looked like a furminator at first, but thought I’d give it a go, as he was getting so fed up with this hot weather. It doesn’t have a blade, just tiny, wider spaced teeth than the furminator and doesn’t seem to cut the fur.
My boy has an unusual mix of fur though, so maybe that’s the difference. He has long, Deerhoundy fur on his mane chest and shoulders, which I do with a mix of 4 different types of combs, but his body and back end has shorter, silky fur. Then he has some pretty spectacular bloomers, which are also done with the comb combo. (He’s Deerhound/Saluki x Greyhound/Bearded Collie.)
He’s definitely not bothered by it. Whereas he absolutely hated the rubber ‘zoom’ type brushes, curry combs, rakes and pin brushes. With this he just lies there and goes to sleep, I think because you don’t put any pressure on it at all. My old Border Collie x Belgian Terv girl was fine with a rake and wide toothed comb, but her coat was very different to his.
I suppose, as you mentioned upthread, it’s a case of what suits the individual dog’s coat. I would be interested to know what they think is ‘exceptionally long coated’ given they include Golden Retrievers on their list of breeds it’s suitable for. They also say it’s ok for Greyhounds, but personally I wouldn’t use it on one, as the teeth would be scratchy on a sparsely coated dog.