Wahl 5 Star Balding Clippers

Best clippers I have owed if you cut your hair bald or short it’s the best at what it does great value for money highly recommended whal clippers have always been best at cutting black Afro hair.

Great clippers

I gave this 4 stars cos there's no case or nothing with it. You don't want dust getting in these things so they need to be covered and you get nothing. The quality is good and you get a good close cut. If you want closer than this you need a razor and soap. It's easy on the skin for such a close cut. People say it's heavy, but that shows the quality. What do they want, light plastic feel. This feels good and does the job well. You get a good long cable. This is as good as you,l get for the money.

I'm very pleased with the WAHL Balding hair clipper. It is a very close cut which is exactly what I need and on reflection, I wonder why I have only just discovered it given I've been shaving my head for the past 30 years. It is light weight and very ergonomic to handle compared to my previous WAHL clipper. The only downside is that I've noticed a hairline crack on the case but have decided to keep it as it works perfectly.

I bought my first set of balding clippers over 20yrs ago and they were great, gave a very close shave with no damage, when the motor finally gave up it was a no brainer to buy another set, but these newer versions are terrible the blades don’t line up so you have one side that doesn’t cut as short and the other side the blade hangs over so cuts the skin and causes massive irritation, I thought it might have just been the blades so bought new blades but it’s exactly the same, with no way of adjusting them it makes it impossible to line them up properly. I then decided to buy some top of the range expensive Whal professional cordless clippers for doing my face and they are terrible too they catch all the time and pull the hair. What has happened to whal they used to be the professionals choice but their quality has gone right down hill, I will never buy any of their products again.

Perfect as described

I find this really effective when used without the guards for getting a very close cut. Used without guards it will not shave you completely bald and will leave some growth. If you want closer to the skin you will probably need to use a manual razor. Maybe I was lucky in that my set of these clippers came with the blades aligned but I have had no issues with skin getting cut and have not needed to adjust anything. I do oil the blades regularly though. I was initially going to take a star off as the clipper is heavy and you can feel the vibration through it so cutting your own hair with it takes a little bit of effort in terms of manoeuvring the clipper around your head. But it does feel powerful and does the job pretty well so I'm giving it 5 stars. Probably not a good idea though to use it on your face like a previous reviewer. By way of comparison I recently bought Wahl's cordless Lithium Power Clipper for a similar price which came with all sorts of dubious extras but which is totally inferior to the balding clipper in terms of actually cutting hair and also feels like a much cheaper clipper. So best to stick to the Wahl professional series as opposed to the home/domestic series (which have the cunning slogan "The Brand Used By Professionals" on the box).

I don't like the look or feel of a completely bald head. It's too shiny, hats slip off and you feel the cold more easily. And I get a nasty, itchy scalp when the hairs start to push back through the skin, leaving bumps that can't be shaved again for another week in case I get cuts. Over the past few years, I have bought several clippers and none of them cut shorter than 0.5mm. Now that's pretty short but when you are balding, you want to get it as short as you can but in my case, without shaving it all off. I resorted to using the Babyliss I-Trimmer, which is supposed to be for stubble but at 0.4mm (supposedly) was the best thing I could find. I then discovered that using the beard trimmer on my Panasonic shaver, gave me the closeness I desired. However, using a small, flimsy and poorly positioned beard trimmer to shave your head, is a cumbersome and time-consuming operation! The Wahl Balding Clipper gives the same closeness as the trimmer but with none of the hassle. Some reviewers complain of cuts - this is virtually impossible if you set the blades up correctly. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! My clipper was actually not cutting short enough for my liking when I first tried it. So I loosened the two screws behind the blades and re-aligned them so that it was almost at 0.0. It was a bit fiddly re-positioning the blades but I won't ever have to do it again, as I now have the perfect close shave. Literally less than 5 mins to do my whole head - no mess, no cuts, no rash, very little noise and as close as you can get without a wet shave. I cannot recommend this highly enough, only wish I'd known about it years ago. Got mine from Sahara Beauty - said would take 3-5 days, got it NEXT DAY! Also recommended!