Plastic clipper bodies crack when they hit a tiled bathroom floor, and they will hit it eventually. A metal housing is the reason to choose this one over the cheaper shape. It also sinks a little heat away from the motor, which matters more than it sounds on a long clip.
Key Benefits
- Metal housing rather than moulded plastic
- Rechargeable and cordless
- Marketed on low noise for nervous dogs
- Guide combs included for varied lengths
Best For
- Owners who have already broken a plastic clipper
- Long grooming sessions where heat builds
- Dogs put off by a loud, high-pitched motor
- Regular home clipping rather than occasional use
How It Works
The same shearing action as any clipper – a moving blade against a fixed one – but in a housing that conducts heat away and takes a knock. Guide combs clip on to set the cut length, and you work in overlapping passes along the lie of the coat.
Pros and Cons
Pros: The build is the point. Metal survives a drop, and it draws heat out of the head area during a long session. Feels steadier in the hand than a plastic body, which helps when you are working slowly around a face.
Cons: Metal is heavier, and over a forty-minute groom your wrist knows it. The low-noise claim is a claim, not a measurement – no decibel figure is published for it, and quiet is relative to other clippers rather than actually quiet. Same blade rule as any clipper: it dulls, and a dull blade pulls.
Things to Consider
- Heavier in the hand – a consideration if you have wrist or grip problems
- No decibel figure is published, so treat the noise claim as marketing
- Check replacement blade availability before buying
- Let it cool during long clips, metal body or not
- Not a tool for matted coats
- Prices, availability and shipping times are set by the AliExpress seller and can change
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