LONG-TERM DEBT - Interest expense (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013
Long-term debt
Limit on additional debt borrowings	$ 296,820,000
INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest and commitment fees	11,958,000hele_InterestExpenseAndCommitmentFees	5,610,000hele_InterestExpenseAndCommitmentFees	8,858,000hele_InterestExpenseAndCommitmentFees
Deferred finance costs	1,846,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts	911,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts	903,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
Interest rate swap settlements, net	1,218,000hele_InterestRateDerivativesSettlements	3,672,000hele_InterestRateDerivativesSettlements	3,584,000hele_InterestRateDerivativesSettlements
Total interest expense	15,022,000us-gaap_InterestExpense	10,193,000us-gaap_InterestExpense	13,345,000us-gaap_InterestExpense
Fixed rate Senior Notes \| Significant Other Observable Market Inputs (Level 2)
Long-term debt
Long-term debt	62,006,000	83,951,000
Fixed rate Senior Notes \| Book value
Long-term debt
Long-term debt	60,000,000
Fixed rate Senior Notes \| Fair Values \| Discounted cash flow analysis
Long-term debt
Long-term debt	62,010,000
Fixed rate Senior Notes \| Fair Values \| Significant Other Observable Market Inputs (Level 2) \| Discounted cash flow analysis
Long-term debt
Long-term debt	$ 2.05	$ 1.75

Represents the limit on the additional amount of debt, from all sources, that may be borrowed.

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Represents the amount of interest expense and commitment fees incurred during the period.

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Represents the costs recorded during the period in connection with the settlement of interest rate derivatives.

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Amount of noncash expense included in interest expense to issue debt and obtain financing associated with the related debt instruments. Alternate captions include noncash interest expense.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense.

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The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.

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