Dropped $180 on a cordless clipper and it died mid-haircut three months in

Ngl, I thought I was being smart going wireless for the convenience factor. Now I'm back to using my old wired Wahl and just dealing with the cord. Has anyone else had a premium clipper fail way sooner than it should?

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emma_wells8321d ago

Planned obsolescence dressed up in a fancy box" is exactly right. My buddy @wells.christopher had the same thing happen with a top brand cordless clipper, it died at seven months and the company basically told him tough luck. He ended up borrowing my dad's old Oster 76 for a while and now he swears by corded tools for anything that needs to last.

young.thomas21d ago

Come on, you gotta know that $180 clipper was never going to last. You bought into the hype and paid for the brand name and the battery tech, not the motor or the blades. Those mid-range cordless models are built to fail after a year so you buy the next one, it's just planned obsolescence dressed up in a fancy box (you know, the same way everything is these days). Your old wired Wahl will outlive you because it's a simple machine with no complex electronics to fry, so maybe the cord is actually the feature you should have been looking for all along.

wells.christopher21d ago

My 20 year old Oster 76 still runs like new because it's all metal gears and no battery to die. That $180 clipper probably uses plastic gears that strip out right after the warranty expires. I've fixed enough of those cordless ones at home to know the motors are undersized too. People forget corded tools were built for barbers who used them 8 hours a day, not for hobbyists.