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A place to share practical, durable and quality made products that are made to last, with an emphasis on upcycled and sustainable products!

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Recommendations: BifL Home hair clipper/trimmer (self.buyitforlife)

submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by braindamagebuddy to c/[email protected]

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Had an old Wahl just die after probably a good 20+ years, kind of looks like the cable is frayed and splitting where it connects to the trimmer. Did a quick check online and the new products don't even look remotely similar.

Just using it for normal hair cuts at home, any recommendations?

Edit: Preferably on the budget side.

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[–] jacksilver 2 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, I just checked their site and most of the stuff looks like it would break if you looked at it wrong.

I think I have some iteration of this model https://wahlusa.com/shop/clip-n-trim-corded-hair-clipper-with-built-in-trimmer-79900-1501p though, and it's held up pretty well (plus they have replacement blades on their site for it).

Not sure if it's buy it for life, but it's lasted 5 years so far for me.