PSA: Cheap clippers almost cost me a regular last week

I had to pick between a $60 corded Wahl and a $180 cordless one for house calls. Went cheap because I thought wireless was a gimmick. First house call it died halfway through a flat top and I had to finish with trimmers. Never again, learn from my dumb mistake.

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felix_black17d ago

Honestly, you might be blaming the wrong thing here. A $60 corded Wahl is a solid workhorse if you take care of it and keep the cord out of your way. Most of the time when clippers die mid-job, it's because the blades need oiling or the battery was old stock, not because wired is better than wireless. Plenty of barbers run corded clippers for years without issue, they just don't leave the cord dangling over a sink. You could have saved that money and just bought a backup corded unit for house calls instead of jumping straight to the expensive wireless option.

torres.grant16d ago

Yeah but did you try just running the cord over your shoulder instead of letting it dangle? That little trick saved me after I kept tripping on mine doing house calls... I used a cheap Wahl corded for like five years, only thing I ever replaced was the blade drive. Never once died on me mid-cut because there's nothing to die, you know?

drew_reed6211d agoTop Commenter

Man, sorry you had to deal with losing charge mid-cut like that. Nothing kills a good haircut faster than your gear giving up on you halfway through. Feels like the corded folks always forget how annoying that drop-off can be.