Clipper Buying Guide

1. Clippers, trimmer or a shaver after all

Trimmer
The main difference between clippers and trimmers is the cutting blade. This is a clipper a much wider (usually 46 mm). This allows you to shave pieces of hair faster, which is ideal for your head hair. Because clippers are usually larger, they can also have a more powerful motor. This difference is especially noticeable when you curly or coarse hair.

Trimmer
A trimmer is mainly used for trimming beard and body hair and for contouring. working. Because of its compact and light size, you are more maneuverable with a trimmer. The blade is less wide than that of a clipper so you can easily shave detail. This is also the reason that the trimmer at the barber for contouring, detailing head hair and beard hair.

Shaver
Shavers are specially made for the perfect finish. Thanks to the sharp blades and the thin foil these machines shave 0.1 mm short. Perfect for finishing your fades and shaving your neck hair. Because the shavers shave so short, they cannot be used with longer hair. So you use them next to your clippers or trimmer.

2. What do you want to use the machine for

Head hair
Do you want to trim your head hair? Then it's best to choose clippers. Clippers have a wider blade cutting blade (40 to 46 mm), and a powerful motor that lets you go through your head hair effortlessly. So you can freshen up in minutes.

Facial hair (stubble) / neck hair
Smooth, stubble or a few days of beard. For this, a trimmer is the best choice. Thanks to the narrower blade (around 30 mm) and compact design you are very maneuverable and can shave very precisely. However, the machines are less powerful, making them less effective on beards longer than 1 cm.

Beard
We recommend clippers for maintaining a beard longer than 1 cm. Beard hair is the stiffest hair on your body. Especially if it is longer, it can be difficult to shave it properly. You need a powerful motor and good blades. Another advantage is that with clippers you have more choice of of attachment combs with various lengths.

3. Which brand should you choose?

There are many manufacturers, but we only sell Wahl and Moser. The clippers and trimmers are used by numerous professional hair salons and have excellent quality for a competitive price.

Both the American Wahl and German Moser make very solid machines with blades that stay sharp for a long time. remain sharp. Moreover, all parts of these machines are available separately and we can repair the machines in our own repair center. Thus, we replace cutting blades, batteries, cords, housing and charging stations on a weekly basis.

Wahl and Moser
Because Wahl and Moser work together a lot, they combine the best of both worlds and are virtually equivalent in terms of quality. Yet we see that they still retain their own specialties. Thus Wahl is just slightly better at making corded hair clippers, while Moser is just slightly better at making trimmers and clippers with a battery. And we note from the brand loyalty of our customers: once a Moser, always a Moser and indeed.... once a Wahl, always a Wahl

4. Professional or a consumer model?

Both Wahl and Moser actually have two different qualities, namely the economically priced consumer models and the more expensive indestructible professional hair clippers and trimmers. The strength of both suppliers lies in the professional machines. This sets them apart from the rest of the market in terms of power, shaving quality and service life.

Professional models
Professional hair clippers and trimmers start at about €72 for, for example, a Wahl Super Taper, or Wahl Balding Clipper. These Wahl corded models easily last 30 years with normal use and are actually indestructible.

Consumer models
Consumer models are available starting at about €19.95. The advantage of these clippers and trimmers is that the expertise of the professional series is used. This makes the shaving quality much better than that of countless competitors.

5. Corded or Cordless (or both)?

When choosing a clipper, corded or cordless is also an important choice. Do you always shave in a place where a power outlet? Then choose corded. Cordless models can be used anywhere but there is more technology in them making them more fragile. Also, the batteries degrade over time and you will need to recharge more often.

One advantage of Wahl and Moser is that the batteries can actually always be bought separately. There are also models that wire and cordless use. With these models you do not have to make a choice and you can immediately shave with a cord when your battery runs out.

6. Adjustable or with attachment comb?

Adjustable
Most hair clippers have the ability to set the shaving length to the desired length from 0.7 to 3.5 mm (depending on the model).

This adjustment can be done in 2 ways. The most common is the adjustment lever on the left side of the cutting blade. This allows you to infinitely adjust the length.

There are also models where you set the length via a slider on the back of the blade. These then have a number of stages you can choose from. You are less flexible but you know always know exactly how short you shave it.

Mounting combs
In addition to adjusting the cutting blades, you can use attachment combs to further increase the shaving length. Most hair hair clippers come with multiple attachment combs that you click/slide onto the machine. There are also models where a attachment comb to sit. This allows you to shave various lengths with one comb.

Shave bald as short as possible?

Do you want to shave as short as possible? Then look at the Wahl Balding Clipper or the consumer version Wahl Close Cut Pro. These machines have extra thin blades that allow you to shave really super short. There is only no adjustment lever on these models. So if you want to vary, you will have to use attachment combs.

The best models selected for you

We have made a selection of the most popular clippers and sorted them by application. Make a choice from the following applications and you will immediately know what the 3 best choices are.

Best all-round clippers with wire

These are the most popular clippers. Perfect for tracking your head hair (and possibly your beard). With the adjustment lever you can easily switch between 0.7 and 3 mm. Do you prefer to keep it longer? Then you can use one of the many attachment combs to use. The advantage of a corded clipper is that it is more powerful and always constant power continues to deliver.

Wahl Legend

Most powerful clippers with premium attachment combs.

Wahl Elite Pro

Strongest home clippers with premium attachment combs

Wahl Deluxe Chrome Pro

Ideal set for the starter

Best all-round clipper cordless

Want to be able to shave anywhere and not depend on a power outlet? Then the following models are the most suitable. This is because you can use these wirelessly and wired. So you can shave anytime and anywhere.

Wahl Cordless Super Taper

The classic now cordless

Moser Chromstyle Pro

Powerful, quiet and very precise

Moser Neo

The Chromstyle in a simple housing

Best clippers for a fade / shave

To make a good fade, you need to be able to adjust the clippers very precisely and infinitely. The following models are specially made for making the tightest fades.

Wahl Cordless Magic Clip

Cordless with special fade crunch blade

Wahl Magic Clip

Wired with special fade blade

Wahl Legend

Wired with extra fine cutting blade

Best Trimmers for details.

Neck hair, sideburns, or the details in your hair / beard. With a good trimmer you can work super precisely. A good trimmer has short and sharp blades. It does come with attachment combs but you mainly use it without them. These models work wired so they are extra powerful.

Wahl Cordless Detailer

The most popular trimmer now cordless

Wahl Detailer Extra Wide

The classic with extra wide blade

Wahl Hero

Super compact trimmer

Best cordless trimmer for details

Want to shave details without bothering with a wire? Then these are the most popular models. Despite not being wired, these models have enough power to finish all styles very precisely.

Wahl Beret

Cordless with very precise cutting blade

Moser T-Cut

Extra powerful with wider cutting blade

Wahl Cordless Detailer

The most popular trimmer now cordless

Best clippers for a longer beard (more than 1 cm)

We often get asked what is the best trimmer for a beard. But for a long beard is a trimmer actually not suitable. This is because beard hair is the stiffest hair on your body. Therefore, a trimmer is usually not powerful enough.

Another disadvantage of trimmers is that they come with rather short attachment combs (usually up to 10 mm). This is obviously too short for a glorious beard. With clippers, you have the choice of attachment combs up to 3.6 cm.

So do you want to grow a beard longer than 1 cm? Then the best choice is a good pair of clippers. Below some recommendations.

Wahl Elite Pro

Corded clipper with 10 attachment combs

Wahl Moser 1400

Sharply priced and very fine blades

As bald as possible

Would you prefer as bald as possible? Then you should choose the Balding clipper. The blades are extra fine so they shave very short (0.4 mm). They are not adjustable but you can use combs if needed. use.

Balding Clipper

Extra powerful motor and sharper cutting blades

Perfect finish

With these shavers / shaving machines you can shave 0.1 mm short. These machines are used for short hair to shave as bald as possible. Ideal for finishing your fades, neck hair and details.

Wahl Super Close

blades and foil can be replaced separately

Wahl Finale Shaver

blades and foil can be replaced separately

Wahl Travel Shaver

Not replaceable

What distinguishes a good clipper

There are many different brands and qualities on the market. But ask any serious hairdresser and they will always come up with the same names namely Wahl, Moser and Andis. Why is it that these brands are so much more and fame than other brands such as Babyliss, Philips, Braun, Remington?

The best steel
You can make hair clippers super strong, but if the blades are not good it will not be a pleasure to shave. And there is a big difference. A good cutting blade can be sharpened sharp and stays that way. That is possible only if you use high quality steel.

The knives of these major brands are made of good steel reinforced with carbon. This gives the knives a higher hardness and thus they stay sharp longer.

After this, the knives are sharpened. They are sharpened in triangles and get cutouts at the bottom that guide the hair to the blades.

How the cheaper brands do it
The other brands use significantly lower quality steel. In fact, this saves a lot of money.

Titanium, Ceramic and other marketing terms
Great marketing terms are often used to make the quality seem more than it is. For example, you often read about titanium knives. Sounds nice but it is nothing more than a coating over the knife that quickly peels off and disappears.

Some brands have hair clippers with ceramic cutting blades. Ceramic is much harder than steel. The blades would theoretically stay sharp much longer, but the high hardness also makes them much more brittle. In practice this therefore often means that pieces of the blades break off.

Sharpening
Sharpening is also saved on. In most cases, the teeth are punched in. This is of course not a true sharpening method and will never shave as sharp and smooth as sharpened knives.