Lithium Plus Cord/Cordless Clipper

Ordered at the weekend and arrived within a few days. All you need in the pack. Case to carry your cordless clipper, included scissors, comb, cleaning brush, lubricating oil, 8 clipper guards, cape and charger unit. This is a well designed cordless clipper that charges quickly. Easy to use and cuts hair well.

These are great clippers with a good quality blade and long battery life. Unfortunatley they are let down by a power button that has to be pressed with total precision or it does not work. (Turning on or off) A slide or rocker switch would have been much more positive as well as being able to tell if it's switched off before connecting to the charger.

Used once so far and the clipper seems to work well. I saw that this only came with 8 guides and thought that this was a marketing plan to help distinguish from the other models, also as this cost more, so ordered the 2 ear guides as well. Fell into a trap there as this clipper has a longer rounded rear edge that the other must so the ear guides don't fit. Missed that distinction when looking at all the models on the website. The clipper seems well made but all the other accessories are made in China and do have a cheap look and feel about them. The guides seem to be made of a slightly flexible plastic so a couple of the fingers on the #8 (longest) were bent apart a bit rather than them all staying parallel. The cap could have been longer, but it has only 1 velcro point so no size adjustment around your neck to keep it sealed like at the barbers. There seems to be some variance in the instruction for charge times and oiling. The website and instruction leaflet say 100mins charge for 100mins use. The box says 5hrs charge for 100mins use. Also the instruction leaflet shows to oil at 2 locations on the blade (at each end) and another card shows 5 places to oil. These are minor issues, with the main item, the clipper, seeming to be good, but non-the-less, from possibly the worlds most known clipper brand, I would have expected better.

So, just received this and my first impression was that Wahl could learn from Apple and improve the packaging and presentation of the clippers. Also, rather than including a tacky cape, far more useful would be a screwdriver with the correct bit to remove the clipper blades. Otherwise, comfortable to hold a relatively easy to use.