LOL! I chose leather myself.

Whichever you get, apply some Scotchgard. The problem we had with leather was scratches and liquids (ie. wake up in the morning at 6am and see that Fluffy coughed up a hairball at approx. 2am). Leather is great for hair/fur but for liquids and scratches it was the pits. We just replaced our leather living room set with cloth and put on two coats of Scotchgard. Hopefully that will help! Good luck :)

Slipcovers!

Microfiber slipcovers

Leather or many, many throws.

Either fabric or slipcovers, or both. I can have slips for two chairs and an ottoman dry cleaned for $40 and they come back like new.

Also, I had a couple of leg lifters a few years back. The odor remained even after cleaning the upholstery, until I Scotchgarded *over* the stains and locked them in. Saved my sanity.

Scotchgard is about $7 a can at our local Lowe's. We have a sectional and I used about 4.5-5 cans doing all sides and underneath the cushions (the slick fabric portion of the couch under the cushions) and the back and sides. That is of course applying two coats. Money well spent.

All I can say is stay clear of Microfiber! Between static and pet hair it can quickly have the look of a chia pet.

Outdoor fabric. My outdoor cushions are sunbrella and they get all types of bird, spider and lizard poop on them. All I need to do to clean them is hose them down! They have been sitting outside in the southern CA sun for 6 years and look just like they did when I first bought them. It does help that we don't have to deal with humidity, so no issues mith mildew.

There are amazing outdoor fabrics available now that look and feel like a soft chenille.

I just bought two microfiber chair covers, they cover the back, seat, and arms. I got one in dark brown and one in an olive green. I thought microfiber would be easy on the pet hair i.e. not stick so much - not so as lukiirish mentions! Do I remove them every day to wash and dry or take the sweeper to them? I haven't tried the latter yet to see how easy the hair comes off, getting ready to tho.

The alternative was a suede-like material according to the catalog.

Another vote for leather.

Actually, anything that is made from a fiber or has texture is going to naturally catch the pet hair, there's no getting around it unless you go with leather; that's because it has no texture. The downside to that is that blankets and so on tend to slip off too. My husband also found that they are not very comfortable in hot weather, think sweat.

Been there done that with the tape rollers, we bought a bagless Eureka canister vacuum for 50.00 on Amazon to clean ours with. Hate doing it, but works like a charm on microfiber.

UGH! I dealt with my new microfiber pet furniture covers for the first time this afternoon. Just as lukkiirish says - the fibers inside the material came up through. What's up with that? I thought it was hair, but no. And they've only been on the chairs for a couple of days. I tried the sticky roller - didn't get the hair up much. Then did the sweeper brush attachment. Still wasn't very effective. However, the furniture underneath didn't have any hair at all which I guess is the main reason for the furniture protectors, right?

Anyway I say don't buy the microfiber. I wasted $50 for the two. What I had been using was a long, vintage, $12 tapestry with a tight weave. It only covered the seat and back. I tried to find another one to slip under the top one, so that it would cover the arms. It even looked better on the antique wingback chair than the modern microfiber because it had an old faded Italian scene, but the antique shop that usually has lots of them because they don't sell of course didn't have any more. I'm going to keep looking. The sweeper picked up the hair from it easily.

Schoolhouse, the little Eureka we bought came with an upholstry attachment and that's what you need to use to get better results. See, it's down on the bottom left of the pic below.

Oh the rollers don't work for you? Must be different breeds have different hair characteristics. While of course we use the vacuum, the roller takes care of the worst of, like when the darling fur monster needs to be picked up.

As an alternative to a lint roller, there is also the Pledge Fabric Sweeper For Pet Hair. Although meant to be disposable, some websites have instructions for converting them to reusable.

With Crypton there should be no need to put any other fabric protection like Scotchguard as the fabric has already been treated. Sunbrella indoor/outdoor use fabrics also have been treated.

I'll look in the bag of my new sweeper's attachments and see if there is a better upholstery tool. The one I used is behind a compartment on the sweeper itself, the tool is about six inches long,narrow, with brushes. I thought that it was for furniture. Maybe not. Thanks.

I have two indoor-only black and white cats. They're equal opportunity shedders: white hair on dark things, black hair on light things. If I use a sticky lint roller, it's full of hair in one rotation. Instead I have a couple of these. They are wonderful for a quick removal of fur. They last and last. It picks up hair from twill, velvet, duvet covers, throws. [sorry for the enormous, fuzzy photo]

Polyester is nice for pets. But you can not scotchgard it, as the polyester won't soak in the solution. Most stains wipe off with a little detergent and water.

If you're using a tool that's only 6 inches I'm guessing it is the upholstory tool too, ours is about that size as well, only it doesn't have the bristles on it...probably because it's a cheapo, we didn't pay more than 50.00 for it, but it's strong and does a good job sucking up the hair (and anything else in its path)