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Debt (Details 2) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2014 | Feb. 28, 2014
Long-term debt |  |
Total long-term debt | 115,707,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt | 192,607,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Less current maturities of long-term debt | (21,900,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent | (96,900,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities | 93,807,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent | 95,707,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Unsecured MBFC Loan |  |
Long-term debt |  |
Face amount | 37,610,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredStateIndustrialDevelopmentRevenueLoanMember |
Interest rate (as a percent) | 2.28%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredStateIndustrialDevelopmentRevenueLoanMember |
Total long-term debt | 35,707,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredStateIndustrialDevelopmentRevenueLoanMember | 37,607,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredStateIndustrialDevelopmentRevenueLoanMember
Unsecured MBFC Loan | Base Rate |  |
Long-term debt |  |
Variable Rate Basis | Base Rate |
Unsecured MBFC Loan | Base Rate | Maximum |  |
Long-term debt |  |
Basis spread on variable rate (as percent) | 1.125%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredStateIndustrialDevelopmentRevenueLoanMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_BaseRateMember |
Unsecured MBFC Loan | LIBOR |  |
Long-term debt |  |
Variable Rate Basis | LIBOR |
Unsecured MBFC Loan | LIBOR | Maximum |  |
Long-term debt |  |
Basis spread on variable rate (as percent) | 2.125%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredStateIndustrialDevelopmentRevenueLoanMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember |
Unsecured floating interest rate Senior Notes due June 2014 |  |
Long-term debt |  |
Face amount |  | 75,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotesFloatingInterestRateTenYearMember
Total long-term debt |  | 75,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotesFloatingInterestRateTenYearMember
Unsecured floating interest rate Senior Notes due June 2014 | LIBOR |  |
Long-term debt |  |
Basis spread on variable rate (as percent) |  | 0.90%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotesFloatingInterestRateTenYearMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
Variable Rate Basis |  | three month LIBOR
Unsecured floating interest rate Senior Notes due June 2014 | Interest rate swaps |  |
Long-term debt |  |
Interest rate (as a percent) |  | 6.01%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotesFloatingInterestRateTenYearMember
3.90% unsecured Senior Notes |  |
Long-term debt |  |
Face amount | 100,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member |
Interest rate (as a percent) | 3.90%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member |
Interest rate (as a percent) | 3.90%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member |
Frequency of principal payment | Annual |
Principal payments | 20,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member |
Total long-term debt | 80,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member | 80,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = hele_UnsecuredSeniorNotes3.90PercentDueJan2018Member

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