Bought a $300 'pro' clipper set online and it was a total letdown

Saw an ad for these 'UltraCut' clippers with all these attachments and a fancy case. The motor burned out after maybe 15 haircuts, and the blades were impossible to zero-gap properly. Lost a whole afternoon's worth of appointments trying to make them work. Anyone have a reliable cordless brand they actually trust for daily use?

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kevinfisher2mo ago

Burning out after 15 cuts is brutal. Isn't the whole point of a pro tool that it can handle daily use?

henrys602mo ago

Tell me about it. I had a pair of pruners that lasted exactly one season before the spring snapped. You expect to get years out of a tool you use every day, not have it fall apart after a few projects. It feels like paying for the brand name instead of something that actually works. Makes you wonder what they're building these things for if not real use.

noah_palmer4218d ago

One thing nobody brings up is how temperature changes affect that spring metal. @henrys60 I had pruners that worked fine in spring but the snap got weak by late summer heat. The metal expands just enough to throw off the tension, makes it brittle over time. Same thing happens with cheap saw blades, they warp in the sun. Your pruners might have been fine in the shop but not built for actual outdoor temperature swings you get working all day.