So I actually really like this idea. And not necessarily because it’s such a good idea but it reminds me of some of the bonkers ideas that inventors would try and make a thing. Creating and inventing is really about failing over and over again till you refine an idea into something that works. I’m not sure that this one exactly does though.

I found after brushing our cat that I was often covered in said cat’s hair. I would then go get our lint brush, if we had one, and would proceed to try my best to try and remove the near magnetic substance from my clothing. So I thought to myself why not just save myself the cost of two different products and the time spent trying to find the lint brush and just combine the two. A tool that can both remove the hair from your pet and remove what’s leftover from your pet from your clothes. Based off of this function and with the intent of finding a quick, clever name that would be worth remembering I ended up calling this product the Hair Beware.

I actually moved forward with this concept and got into the phase of getting quotes concerning the cost of a mock-up or prototype. This process really opened my eyes into some of the challenges of getting a unique physical product being made. I was quoted by several different prototype generators in China that the estimated cost would be $10,000. That is just for the initial mockup, not inventory, not shipping just the initial mockup where all the molding is created that is needed to forge the final product.

Understandably this is where my interest started to wane. I wasn’t prepared at that point to invest that large of an amount towards this particular product. That being said I think it could be worth it and pay off on that initial investment. Also when this product came about such things like 3D printers and Kickstarter weren’t really a thing, or I just didn’t know about it. This could be the way forward on this product. Also look at this cute logo I came up with:

I think that if someone wanted to pick up this idea and run with it they could definitely make this product work. It’s an interesting product that would definitely need some patenting once a final product was decided upon. That being said I think amazon customers and Pet Stores would definitely markets that this could be easily introduced into. Watching out for patent infringers, lackluster copies and off brand imitators would definitely be part of the job set for taking up this product. But for someone out there this might be worth their risk.

As always feel free to reach out with questions or thoughts. Cheers!