My husband cuts his own hair and our sons. He uses the Wahl Peanut… so yea time for help lol! I’d like it to be able to trim his beard too, he uses that thing for that as well. Price isn’t a factor, I just want something nice for him. Thank you all :)

Well someone finally thought of this.

https://cdn-img.remington-europe.com/manager/remington-europe_com/User%20Manuals/hc6550_uk.pdf

No idea if it works at all but intriguing.

I recall getting a buzz cut by my parents at home as a child, and they tried to go quickly from front to back, and ripped tons of hair out ($20 clippers are not the same!)

Movies often show recruits getting their heads buzz cut. What type of clippers (or similar) does the military use?

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What should I look for in hair scissors? I am not a professional barber and generally cut my own hair pretty close with electric clippers but, some areas need scissors. Common scissors available at retail sort of work okay but, I think spending a modest amount of money on dedicated hair scissors would lead to less pulling, better cuts, and better control.

Amazon recommendations suggest $15~$20 is a reasonable amount to spend but, I'm not sure I trust their recommendations. Sally Beauty is the only retail store reasonably close to where I live that carries these types of products and is where I got my last clippers from. My shave gear is all shipped in.

I should note that I use Double Edge razor blades to shave with and order most of my shave supplies out of Europe for both cost and availability reasons FWIW. So, an EU/UK scissor recommendation could be accommodated with my next shave soap and related gear purchase over there.

So what is good for non-professional use? Where do I find good value (not cheap) scissors in both brand and model, and where should I look for them?

TIA, SId

This is going to be my first time cutting my hair with the clippers. I've had my hair grown out for a few years. But now I'm going back to short. I like it pretty short on the sides (5/8), but this time I want it a bit longer on the top (like 1 1/2 or 1 1/4"). What are my options for doing that with clippers? I have JRL clippers coming, and I have a bunch of Wahl plastic guards that I think will fit, including the 10 and 12 guards for the top. I have a normal crappy comb as well. I will have mirrors set up on both sides perpendicular to the main mirror in the bathroom. The plan is to try and go about this in a way where if I fuck up it's still long enough to go to the barber and fix it. Once I connect to the sides, I will try to taper.

Any guidance is appreciated. Thank you.

I've used wahl products for years they seemed good, then one of them caught a spark of fire which scared the shit out of me. Customer service was totally uninterested in giving a single shit.

Any reliable brands for cutting hair, beard, and trimming facial hair? I'm hairy af by the way, need something sturdy. Thanks.

Decided to enter into the self cutting era, looked into Andis, Babyliss and Wahl. Landed on Wahl, ordered a magic clipper and a trimmer. Ordered from their website 10 days ago, and got an order confirmation, and that is it. I have called, emailed, used their social platforms and no response at any of those. Quite a terrible ecommerce experience-anyone else had issues ordering from them? I always was going to order direct and not amazon as I was afraid of getting fake item, but, kinda should have gone that route-or Andis or Babyliss. If anyone has any thoughts on how to contact them, i'd appreciate it....as I said, I did try the phone number, 2 calls, but was on hold/waiting for more than 20 minutes and had to go.

Sorry,I had no choice other than posting this photo, but it pictures her in different angles so i want to know what's the haircuts name,and how can i do it myself at home,a tutorial. Your share is appreciated 🕯

Thinking about doing my own buzz like this but unsure if it’s a set length all the way around or if there’s some type of fade going on I can’t tell

I need honest review about the haircut box. They have a huge follower but not sure are their clippers better or as good quality as the brand outside? I’m looking for a new hair clipper to cut my son and my husbands hair, and encounter the brand the haircut box but it’s very expensive. I don’t need those fancy instructions but want a good quality and long lasting clippers for sure. Anyone cut hair at home and can let me know which clippers you use and like.

So I'm a male who has longer hair like eight or ten inches from the scalp and neither I nor barbers know how to cut hair evenly to where each individual strand is the same length. Like a hair from the front of my head would be four inches and one from the back of my head would be the same.

I have been told to go to a salon but I don't have the money or knowledge of what to ask. I just rlly want to know if these exist because the farthest size I could find was three inches.

Looking to upgrade from my cheap Wahl clippers to one of these, but can’t decide which:

Wahl Magic Cordless Vs Babyliss Lithium FX vs Andis Master Cordless

Pretty straightforward cuts 8 on top 6 to 4 fade/taper/blend on sides and back

Thanks in advance!

Anyone used the brand “the haircut box”? Seems like it has a lot of people followers but I want honest review. They aren’t cheap online and sold out frequently, what’s special about it? I don’t need the fancy box, but we do cut my son and my husband hair at home, so would like a good quality clipper. Those step by step instructions aren’t necessary for me!

Hi all. Been self-cutting (okay that sounds terrible :)) for about thirteen years now. It's a slow, slow process learning but man do I dig the results! I'd say I'm about 80% of the way there and am already thrilled at where I've gotten, but am always chasing improvement and that perfect cut and technique.

My biggest confusion point is, how in the heck do barbers do this (from 2:06-2:15, look at Shemp on the left)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwEZYhaVhPk

It goes from like 3" long hair to a clipper 2.5-3! I am baffled. I've studied so many barber videos online, looking at scissors over comb, clippers over comb, etc. and still don't get how it's done and so smoothly.

Most times, like a lot of us on here I imagine, I end up either going too high trying to blend-blend-blend-correct and blend, and/or with just a big trapezoid shape.

I just fail to understand how they get long rounded hair around the head, then a blend, then more rounded hair at a much shorter length below. It's like they go from 60 to zero in 4mm :).

How the heck is this done and, more importantly, how can I realistically achieve this on my own?

Thank you so much!!!

I decided to try cutting my own hair and grabbed a Philips HC5630 during the Black Friday sale at a good price. I didn’t do much research beforehand (kind of regretting that now), but I figured I’d give it a shot anyway. It comes with three guards: 2mm, 3-15mm, and 16-28mm.

I want to try doing a fade with it, but I’m a complete beginner. Does anyone have advice or tips for using this model, especially for fades? Returning it is an option thanks to Amazon's policy, but I’d like to give it a fair try first .

Hi

May you check if my math is right for this clipper?

https://de.wahl.com/shop/rapid-clip-096570460

According to Wahl this are the specs:

Comb attachmenents: 1,5, 3, 4,5, 6, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 mm

Cutting length: 0,7-28mm

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It is always told that open lever adds about #0,5 / 1,5mm to the cutting length but here #0 lever open is longer that #0,5 lever closed. Is my math wrong or does this model has a bad gap between open and close lever?

Total noob. Clipper blades look slightly misaligned. Is it up to the owner to align the blades brand new? Also the guard numbers are weird. Straight from unopened plastic bag, the numbers are, 1 2 3 4 6 8. 5 and 7 missing? Should I align these blades myself or take a chance and return for replacement?

How much $ would be fair to offer? I can not do this myself or I would

I got some clippers and I want to shave my head bald as well as completely shaving my beard. Are the clippers safe to use without a guard? How can I avoid accidentally hurting myself?

I don't do anything fancy, and I don't even necessarily need cordless. I just want something that will last more than a few months, and doesn't have key components made of cheap plastic.

I keep wasting money on expensive Wahl models. Not doing that again.

Where can I find something like the old-school barbers use?

Got some new babybliss pros but the lineup isn’t hitting like I want it to.. can anyone recommend what can get the licensed barber line up look?