About Coastal Pet
Coastal Pet Products was founded in 1968 in Alliance, Ohio, where it remains headquartered today as a family-owned, American manufacturer and distributor of pet products. The company started out manufacturing collars and leashes from nylon webbing -- an alternative to the leather standard of the time -- and inventing a curved buckle design, and has since grown into a company holding more than 30 patents across collars, leashes, harnesses, toys, cat restraints, and travel gear. Every Coastal product is backed by the company's own in-house Quality Guarantee, built on its internal quality-assurance testing and procedures.
For cat owners, Coastal sells its grooming tools under the Safari by Coastal name, one of more than a dozen proprietary brands the company runs alongside lines like Safe Cat (breakaway safety collars) and Turbo (cat toys and scratchers). The Safari Double Row Comb we feature below is part of that grooming lineup -- a simple, chemical-free flea comb rather than a topical or collar, and it carries one of the largest owner-review bases of any grooming tool in its category on Amazon.
Brand website: coastalpet.com
What Coastal Pet makes
Coastal Pet's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Safari by Coastal
grooming tools for cats, including flea combs, slicker brushes, and nail trimmers -- the line our featured pick belongs to — featured on House of Mittens
Safe Cat
breakaway cat collars designed to release under pressure so an outdoor cat can't get caught or strangled
Turbo by Coastal
cat toys including scratchers, star chasers, and catnip and cat grass products
Li'l Pals by Coastal
kitten-sized collars, harnesses, and leash combos
Coastal collection
the company's general-line dog and cat collars, leashes, and harnesses
Why we recognized Coastal Pet
The House of Mittens Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our vet-reviewed category guides. Coastal Pet earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: assessed against feline-health criteria, used with real cats, and judged on merit.
Coastal Pet products we rated highly
Coastal Pet Safari Double Row Comb - For Flea Prevention and Detection
A completely chemical-free way to physically remove fleas, flea dirt, and eggs, and to confirm whether a cat actually has fleas in the first place. The double row of fine stainless-steel teeth works on both short and long coats, and the palm-contoured handle gives good control for careful, section-by-section combing. It's inexpensive, reusable indefinitely, backed by more than 15,000 Amazon ratings, and safe to use on a cat of any age -- including kittens too young for any topical, for whom it's not a supplement to treatment but the treatment itself, alongside gentle bathing and veterinary guidance.
Read the 10 Best Flea Treatments for Cats of 2026 guide →What earned Coastal Pet the recognition
- The go-to chemical-free option in our flea treatment reviews: the Safari Double Row Comb is the tool Dr. Anand says she tells nearly every cat owner to keep in a drawer.
- The only option among the flea treatments we reviewed that's safe for kittens too young for any chemical topical: for very young kittens, the comb isn't a companion to treatment, it is the treatment, alongside gentle bathing and veterinary guidance.
- Backed by more than 15,000 Amazon ratings at a 4.5-star average, one of the largest review bases of any grooming tool in the category.
- Family-owned and Alliance, Ohio-headquartered since 1968, holding more than 30 patents and backing its products with an in-house Quality Guarantee.
- Safari is one of Coastal's dedicated cat product lines, sold alongside Safe Cat breakaway collars and Turbo cat toys under the same American-manufacturer roof.