Hair Clippers - Remington or . . .

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Haven't found any better clippers than my Remington HC363, superseded by HC365, less powerful and has the uncanny knack of destroying 3mm combs, four in two years. No more goodwill gestures from Remington Customer Services, as I found out yesterday

Unfortunately these clippers seemingly, appear to be the only half decent cordless clippers around. I'm guessing their lithium-ion models aren't as good?!

Any Remington users found anything better than what I currently put up with?

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Toaster Pilot said:

Usually use a very cheap set of Wahl corded ones and they're great - do Wahl do cordless if you need that?

Do the Wahls come with a 5mm comb? Remington comes with a 3mm, then a 7mm.

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Papa Hotel said:

I had a Remington set for about ten years, thought they were good but required constant oiling and cleaning.

I left them at my mum's house after a visit there so bought a cheapy set of Babyliss clippers. They've worked flawlessly for the last eight years, I don't know if my Remington clippers still exist, the Babyliss cost less than half as much and have outperformed the Remington in every way.

Interesting, as I was queued up at debenhams checkout the other day and amongst other products they had sets of Babyliss clippers for £20.

I'm guessing it was these.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BaByliss-Men-7447BU-Hair-C...

Do you know the 3 shortest cutting comb lengths PH?

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Before my Remington's I too owned a set of yellow corded Wahls. Remembered with fondness.

I've just bothered Wahl CS and their tech is kindly going to call back with a full diagnostics on their comb lengths.

I can't be bothered with buying and then returning something!

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Think I'm going to go back to a Wahl corded set. 3m cord means I can still hang my head over the bath

I wonder whether the Super Taper is worth near double the Chrome Pro?

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How long is the charging lead AyBee?

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Toaster Pilot said:

P7ERM said:

Another vote for Wahl here and that is backed up by all my staff (18) who use them day in day out .

Can the public readily buy ones of the same quality as professionals use? How much would they cost? (more than happy with my £14 home use ones, just curious)

I'll be popping in here later to collect my set of Super Taper's.

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Super Taper's now purchased and christened. Nice kit. Cord is a pain!! Sure I'll get used to it though.

Thanks All

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Studio117 said:

Slightly off topic, but I want a cut throat razor.

Any recommendations?

Maybe try asking in here, haven't checked, but must have been discussed within the thread.

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Thanks AyBee, that sounds similar to the Remington so just a bit too short for head-over-the-bath use.

Thanks again.

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anonymous said:

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I can quite easily trim my stubble either with no attachments, and use the adjustment lever to the required length, or using the 3mm (No.1) when a bit thicker.

I've never used a beard trimmer either.

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Just wanted to warn peeps that if they search on a well-known auction site, and unearth a set of Super Taper's in RED - Wahl informed me yesterday that they will be copies and not oem speci!

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LaurasOtherHalf said:

If anyone wants any wahl super tapers then just pm me for future reference, I can supply & deliver at cost price. There's a nice set going at the moment that come with the wahl mini rechargeable mini clippers. We use both in the salon & the super tapers are still going strong on the shop floor (with minimum oiling I might add) well over 10 years later

Now you tell me!!

I paid a little over the odds for a set last night.

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LaurasOtherHalf said:

Digger said:

LaurasOtherHalf said:

If anyone wants any wahl super tapers then just pm me for future reference, I can supply & deliver at cost price. There's a nice set going at the moment that come with the wahl mini rechargeable mini clippers. We use both in the salon & the super tapers are still going strong on the shop floor (with minimum oiling I might add) well over 10 years later

Now you tell me!!

I paid a little over the odds for a set last night.

Sorry old chap, only saw the thread this morning unfortunately. How much did you pay?

The same as i linked to earlier. So £56.99 bricks 'n mortar. I imagine you could provide them to others for around £20 less'ish?

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I would have bought from amazon with Prime, but I knew I'd be in the area of the shop I purchased from, so took that route instead.

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Found and ordered this pair of combs on ebay which fills in the gaps nicely.

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I've never used any beardy istubbly type products. Always used my hair clippers without attachments using the lever to adjust for stubble thickness. Occasionally I might use the 1mm attachment I now have for my Super Taper if I've left the stubble grow for a few extra days.

Edited by Digger on Wednesday 2nd July 16:18

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Halb said:

Anyone rate the Remington HC5780 Lithium Pro Power Hair Clipper? Currently 33% off on Amazon.

Be honest now . . . is this a subtle attempt at bypassing the Crack Shaving thread?!