The JW Pet Gripsoft double-row rake is the safe default for a double-coated dog. Rounded pins mean there is no cutting edge anywhere on the tool, so the worst outcome is that it removes less than a bladed alternative. Cheap, comfortable, and slower.
Buy it if
You have a double-coated dog, you are not confident about pressure, or you want a cheap second rake to leave somewhere convenient for daily use during a shed.
Skip it if
You need to open a set mat, or you own a giant breed and want one tool for the whole dog. Pins ride over felt, and the head is small for a Pyrenees.
Category
Double-row pin undercoat rake
Brand
JW Pet
Specifications
Spec
Value
Rows
Two rows of rounded pins
Pins
Rounded ends, not blades
Handle
Gripsoft non-slip
Where a numeric figure is not published by the manufacturer or a named source, the row above is qualitative rather than estimated. We do not publish specifications we cannot cite.
An undercoat rake pulling loose undercoat from a dense coat
What it gets right
You cannot cut the coat with it
Rounded pin ends, no blade anywhere. On a breed where the guard coat is the thing you must protect — a husky, a Pomeranian, a golden — that removes the main risk of deshedding entirely. The only way to get it wrong is excessive pressure, which the dog will tell you about.
Two rows lift twice as much per stroke
A double row is a genuine efficiency gain over a single-row rake on dense undercoat, and it is the reason this one is worth buying over a cheaper single-row equivalent.
Cheap enough to own two
The practical use case most people miss: buy two, keep one by the door for five minutes a day during a coat blow. Frequency beats intensity on a shed, and a tool that is within reach gets used.
Comfortable for long sessions
A cushioned non-slip handle matters when a coat blow session is an hour. It is the kind of detail that decides whether you finish the dog or do half of it.
What it gets wrong
Slower than a bladed tool
On a heavy shed a bladed rake or a FURminator removes more per minute. You are trading speed for the certainty that you cannot damage the coat, which on a valuable guard coat is usually the right trade — but it is a trade.
Will not open a set mat
Pins ride over felt rather than cutting into it. If the coat has packed solid, you need a coarse dual-sided rake or a dematter, and dragging pins into a mat just hurts the dog.
The head is small for a giant breed
On a Great Pyrenees or a Newfoundland the surface area makes this slow going. It still works; it just takes longer than a wider tool.
You have a wire-coated terrier and need a bladed rake matched to coat coarseness.
How we assessed it
This assessment rests on the manufacturer’s documented specifications and on published findings from the named sources at the foot of the page, compared against what the coat types in question actually require. We did not test this unit on our own dogs under controlled conditions, and we will not claim to have done. Where a figure comes from a manufacturer we say so; where it comes from someone else’s testing we cite them. The score is our editorial assessment, not a product rating derived from reviews or measurements. Full method on how we review.
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JW Pet Gripsoft double-row undercoat rake
The JW Pet Gripsoft double-row rake is the safe default for a double-coated dog. Rounded pins mean there is no cutting edge anywhere on the tool, so the worst outcome is that it removes less than a bladed alternative. Cheap, comfortable, and slower.
Double-row pin undercoat rake
Rows
Two rows of rounded pins
Pins
Rounded ends, not blades
Handle
Gripsoft non-slip
You have a double-coated dog, you are not confident about pressure, or you want a cheap second rake to leave somewhere convenient for daily use during a shed.
Undercoat removed7.0
Guard-coat safety10.0
Comfort for the dog9.5
Handles a mat3.0
Value9.5
Overall8.4 / 10
What it gets right
+Rounded pins, not blades — you cannot cut the coat with it, which makes it the safe default
+Double row doubles the undercoat it lifts per stroke
+Cheap enough to be nobody's agonizing decision
What it gets wrong
−Slower than a bladed tool on a heavy shed
−Pins will not open a set mat
−Handle is comfortable but the head is small for a giant breed
Who should skip itSkip it if you need to clear a felted mat — pins ride over it; you need a dematter.
Safer, not faster. On a coat whose guard hairs you must protect, safer is usually the right answer. On a wire coat, a bladed rake matched to the coat is the correct tool.
+−Can I use it on a single-coated dog?
No. There is no undercoat to remove, so the tines just pull on coat the dog needs.
+−How often can I use it?
As often as you like, within reason — there is no cutting edge. Weekly year-round and daily during a coat blow is a sensible pattern.
+−Will it get the hair out of my carpet?
It gets the hair out of the dog before it reaches your carpet, which is the point. Used weekly it substantially reduces what the dog drops.
How this page was put together
We define the coat problem the tool has to solve, shortlist products currently sold, compare the manufacturers’ documented specifications against what that coat actually needs, and cross-check against published findings from named sources. We do not test these tools on our own dogs under controlled conditions, and we will not say we do. Where a figure comes from a manufacturer, we name them; where it comes from someone else’s testing, we cite them. We print no prices — a stale number is worse than none. Read the full method.
