I used one last week and went back to the weird brass wire looking thing.
But to confess my cleaning sins for a minute:
After an hour of brushing this stupid static couch, I was so mad when I brushed and noticed the static pulling the hair back on the fabric before I had time to grab it, I
Used my vacuum cleaner beater bar to get the remainder of the hair off. It looked so unprofessional to hold my vacuum upside down. I was so pissed