Horsehair Broom Natural Bristles with Wooden Handle, Durable Beech Wood Brush Head Genuine Horse Hair Bristles, Swiss Made Broom - Parquet, Solid Hardwood Floor, Tile Surfaces

Not a bad broom at all, and for sure this is the cheapest horse hair broom in the game; you could easily spend $75 to $100 for a similar broom. The horse hair bristles are nice and soft, so they sweep up small bits of things and dust very well; like, 500 times better than a broom you would get from the grocery store. The bristles also don’t spring back and forth like plastic bristles, which can fling dirt around unnecessarily. If you’re going to fling the dirt all over the place, you might as well just leave it where it is. The wooden handle is a BIT on the short side, but I’m 6’2” and I can still use the broom without having to stoop or be uncomfortable, so I suppose it’s good enough, and there’s no sense in being a size queen over it, especially considering the price (under $40 at the time of writing this). Be aware that if you get a broom like this, there are two things that are important: store it upright (NOT on the bristles - they’re too soft to have weight on them 24/7 without getting bent out of shape), and it will shed for a while when it’s new. It’s a normal thing and there are lots and lots of individual hairs (think, hundreds and hundreds if not thousands), so don’t freak out about it. You’re not gonna run out of bristles just because, say, 50 or even 100 fall out the first couple times you use it.There is a weird staple in the side of the broom, as shown in the pictures. I have no idea what that is for - maybe as a scraper to pull gum up from really, really durable surfaces like concrete sidewalks? Maybe some Swiss way of hanging it up that I’m, as an uneducated and uncultured American, unfamiliar with? Maybe, and most likely, as a way to really, really, really f*&^ up whatever you inevitably accidentally run it up against, like that super expensive bass speaker that sits on the floor, or the edge of the couch, or your ankle, or the cat? If you know what the staple is for, or if you just like to live dangerously, by all means leave the staple there. Otherwise, you can do what I did: get yourself a pair of pliers and pull it out. It only extends into the broom head about a quarter of an inch, so it’s not too hard to remove, nor will the broom disintegrate if you remove it. I honestly think it is either a scraper or (more likely), some kind of inside joke that the people at the broom factory have.Last thing, and the reason I did not give this 5 stars. Whoever packs this at Superio really, really, really should up their game a bit. See, horse hair is soft. It’s durable, yet delicate. Soft and yielding, yet effective at cleaning. You can “over bend” it, so it remembers the wrong shape. So you have to, you know, be gentle. Treat it like a lover and it will love you back. That’s why you store the broom with the bristles up. That’s why you remove the tetanus-shot-guaranteeing staple. That’s why this is a broom for things like tile, laminate, hardwood, and other smooth floors that you don’t want to scratch, and not for things like vigorously scraping or scrubbing rough stuff like indoor/outdoor carpet or getting barnacles off the side of a boat. SO, if you stretch wrap the broom head and bristles to the broom handle with 150 layers of stretch wrap, and pull it tight enough to fracture diamonds, then you’re not being delicate. You just picked your lover up by their hair and threw them off a cliff. You just backhanded your elderly mother into last Tuesday. You just washed your hair with Nair. In short, you were NOT doing a good job of being reasonably careful with something that, although durable, needs to be treated well. Fortunately, this didn’t seem to hurt mine too terribly much, but it’s for sure not a good idea, and probably could mess up the bristles big time if you left them squeezed down like that for a long time. So, Superio, be warned. Stop abusing your brooms, I’m sure they don’t deserve it, and honestly, I would highly recommend that anyone who gets one of these where the bristles are messed up from this kind of treatment, return it. Other than that, this is a fantastic product and a really, really good price.

This broom is just the right size for me to sweep my home. I love it. Very soft bristles and seems well made. Some other reviewers complained about the staple on the side which gets in the way (yes, it definitely does!) so here’s an easy way to remove it. (I used to remove a lot of fencing staples on the farm so it is easy if you know how.). Use a pair of side-cutters and grab hold of one side of the staple right close to the base where it has been driven into the wood. Then simply twist your wrist and it comes out pretty easily. The trick is that when your twist your wrist, the side of the cutter is applying the leverage to pull the staple. You don’t pull straight out, you just twist. It might take a few twists to gently pry it out but it is easy to do. I am assuming this side staple was put there so you can hang the broom upside down. But there are easier ways to hang the broom without the annoying staple.

This is the best broom we have owned over the past four decades. Soft, easy to direct, and moves all the dirt, from large leaves that the wind blew in to the finest dust. Clean more with less effort!The stick though is another matter: way too short even for short people. I understand if I at 6’4” have to bend a little, but my wife and my daughter at 5’7” and 5’5” shouldn’t have to, but they complain bitterly every time. The stick also had a chip missing half way down, right out of the box. It is raw, untreated pine and not even sanded much. For this type of luxury broom and the price I’d expect way more! One star off for that.Buy the broom only and get a stick elsewhere.

I have been looking for a long while for a quality, soft, natural bristle broom like one commonly sees in Europe--good for hard floors. While expensive, this broom seems to be what I have been looking for. The head of the broom is well made, with natural bristles. My problem is with the handle--WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?? The handle is rough, poorly finished, and arrived with a chip out of the end. The handle seems to be made from a poor grade of wood. So, I have a beautiful broom with a crappy handle.My solution is to replace the handle, which will be a bit tricky, but can be done. Instead of the wooden handle just threading into a hole on the broom head, like many old-school push brooms, this handle has a metal threaded cap that will have to be removed and placed on a new handle. But I am willing to do this to keep the actual broom, which seems to be just what I have been looking for. I will update later.By the way, the label on the broom states "100% Pure Horsehair" and I see no indication that this is not the case.

Very full bristles, firmly attached, it seems they will hold well. The handle could've been longer, but it is smooth and adjusted well to the brush. The only thing that I dropped a star for was the staple that, for the life of me, I can't figure out why is there. Honestly, the only function is serves is t to damage floor boards, furniture and poses a hazard for injuries. IF, if it was needed to production it should have been removed, a GIGANTIC oversight in their design for this. IF it serves to any purpose after production, it is still a design flaw, because whatever function it might serve it is still a problem for the reasons above. Once removed it is a bliss, cleans very well and seems quite sturdy. Another useful feature would've been a hole to hook it when not in use to preserve the bristles.