My sister cut hair for a living and always cut mine. I’ve always had fine hair so any kind of length was totally unmanageable unless I soaked it with mousse, gel or whatever the fad was at the time. I rarely used anything. I’m now in my 60’s and don’t have as much of that fine hair. When my sister passed I had to find a barber and start paying $16 to $20 per haircut. Sticker shock! I found a barber I liked. Well, I liked the barber the person, but not the barber the barber. It seems I never came away twice with the same haircut. I finally just grabbed by beard trimmer and started wacking my own hair. It came out kind of rough, but was good enough for me and I wasn’t trying to impress anyone. Not bad, but not professional either and it took forever. Doing the back of my head was a real PITA. In order to make my life easier I started hunting for something better.
I almost bought one of those round rotating things to cut my hair, but although they seemed like they could do okay on the majority of my scalp, around the ears, neck and such it would be useless and I would still have to use my beard trimmer.
I stumbled across this guy and took the chance. It came charged right out of the box, but I went ahead and plugged it in and in thirty minutes it was at full charge. (The light blinks while charging and is solid when done.) My hair was already short so I clipped on the 3mm (about 1/8 inch) comb and went to work. It took about five minutes to do the job. I’ll refrain from saying it looks professional, but it’s not far from it. It’s close enough that it satisfies me and no one will ever give my head a second glance. Much better than my beard trimmer of course and much much quicker and easier. No doubt easier than any standard hair clippers when trying to give yourself a haircut.
When ordering I thought the odd shape of this clipper would make it awkward to hold in my hand, but that’s not the case. It’s light, smaller than you would think and easy to grip. I had no problem guiding it around my head to get an even cut. I’m very happy with the end result.
It came with a small case for the clippers as well as a small brush to clean the clippers, oil, a charger and nine different combs to attach to the clippers. It came with some little fold out instructions that actually had quite a bit of information. What the parts were. How to take it apart, put together and clean it. Oiling. It included a little chart comparing combs to barber grades (equivalent cutting length). It even tells you how to do around your ears and neck.
If I had any complaints it would be that it has this little storage case for the clippers, but nothing to store everything else in. I keep the oil and the brush in the medicine cabinet. I leave the one comb I use attached to the clippers. What to do with the other eight combs? Stick ‘em back in the box and store under the sink. I’m not going to be using them anyway. The charger goes in a drawer. It would have been nice to have a larger storage case that could hold everything.
I feel the clippers are a little expensive, but I could find them cheaper no where else. If you’re interested and do find them cheaper then snap them up.
Unlike those round clippers available that you drive around your head, (and look like they would take a finger off if you stuck it in there), you can use these clippers to do your neckline and trim around your ears. I understand that by using the different combs you can perform tapers and fades and such. I don’t do any of that and just stick with the one comb. I like to make life as easy as possible.
Other than having nothing to store all the stuff in, I am 100% satisfied here. I’ll probably never pull out the other combs anyway. The clippers do a fine job. They won't do the job of a professional, but they do very well and at least I'll have the same haircut every time. Based on other reviews I won’t need the charger too often. The brush and oil will be handily in the medicine cabinet.
I feel this one is a winner.
Update: I've gotten much better handling this thing since I bought it. It has certainly paid for itself figuring $20 a haircut. I'm extremely happy with this hair clipper and wish I had found it sooner.
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