The long and the short of it, 27 Jan. 2017

This review is made after only one cut, but I hope my rating is fair. I am comparing these clippers with my just about defunct previous clippers, also Wahl and very similar in size and application. The old clippers were of the previous generation of batteries and their ability to hold a charge beyond about 5 minutes in recent weeks was what prompted the new purchase. They had done very well for 10 years, cutting my hair with a combination of No2 (6mm) and No 1 (3mm) guides. And this is where I have an issue with the new clippers - using the same size guides means that my hair is not cut as short, it seems as though the No2 is closer to 7.5mm and No1 to around 4.5mm, ie a half size too long in each case, and I can see no way around this (other than cutting all my hair extra short). The likelihood is that instead of having a trim every two weeks I would now need to trim every week - rather a pain.

As far as the good points are concerned the clippers seem much smoother...

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Had rust on the blade and didn't switch on, ..., 21 May 2017

Had rust on the blade and didn't switch on, in the process of sending back. Honestly, wondered if this was a fake I was sent... Never seen such a flimsy cheap feeling clipper before. Just avoid this one peeps.

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SUPER PIECE OF KIT - POOR QUALITY, UNNECESSARY MINOR "EXTRAS" SPOIL THE PARTY, 30 Aug. 2016

This product seems to be something of an odd mixture; the main item is a solid, elegant, well-designed clipper, the clipper head being prominently emblazoned “Made in Germany” (being the most prominent emblazonment to be found anywhere in the whole kit and caboodle), whereas the motor base is said, in tiny, almost unreadable lettering, to be “manufactured in Europe”, with a Hungarian address attached. Irrespective of origin, it has the look, feel and function of a quality item.

The rest of the contents, by comparison, have anything but a quality feel, including the so-called “spotlight trimmer” (an efficient nose and ear trimmer really), and seem to be made in China. The supposed integrated spotlight, used in daylight, had no effect; although doubtless useful if one does normally, rather riskily, trim one’s nose and ear hair in the dark…

Used without the snug-fitting attachments, the main trimmer leaves what I believe is nowadays considered to be a fetching...

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