Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The trimmer comes in a cardboard box that is well-padded to prevent damage during shipping. Inside the cardboard box is a carry pouch with the trimmer and accessories. The trimmer comes with a charger cord, several combs, a small vial of lubricating oil, a nose-hair clipper attachment and user manuals. As instructed by the manual, I fully charged the trimmer first before using it. While it was charging, I read the user manuals. Some of the pictures in the manual are of low quality, but I was able to understand the basics without any problems. The manual is for several different models, so, some of the accessories pictured and described in the manual are not present in the package. Once the trimmer was fully charged, I attached a comb with the appropriate length to it, and started using it. The trimmer is somewhat loud because of the vacuum motor. However, the trimmer is quite sharp and cuts hair smoothly and evenly. The vacuum was quite effective and collected most of the hair clippings. There was a little bit of spillage, but I figured out that most of the spillage happened after the vacuum receptacle was completely filled with hair, and there was no room for any more hair there. I then emptied the receptacle before continuing to use the product, and the vacuum worked well again. The trimmer is quite light, but the size is somewhat bulky. This can make it difficult to hold it and/or manipulate it for someone with small hands. Also, the vacuum outlets are located such that your hands tend to fully or partially cover them when holding the trimmer. That did not seem to affect the effectiveness of the vacuum though. After trimming the overall length of hair, you can remove the comb attachment and use the trimmer blades to shape the outline of your beard or scalp in fine detail. I use the trimmer on my scalp, and I was able to use the combless trimmer on my neck and around my ears to clear away excess hair. Cleanup was also very easy. In most cases, there is no cleanup required for the area where you used the trimmer because the vacuum works quite well. The vacuum chamber is easy to clean up and empty out. The trimmer comes with a stiff brush that can be used to clean the vacuum chamber as well as the cutting blade and comb. Unfortunately, the trimmer is not waterproof, so it can't be cleaned under the tap. But you can clean the combs and the cleaning brush under running water after you are done using the trimmer. Because of the ease of use and maintenance, you can easily use this trimmer every day or every couple of days. The battery is quite powerful, and can last several trimming sessions before needing to be recharged. There is no danger of overcharging the battery, so you can also charge it after every use just to be sure that there is always enough juice left for the next trim. The trimmer can also be used while charging, though the cord makes its use more inconvenient that way. Overall, this trimmer provides very good value for the money. I was more interested in the trimming than in the vacuum feature initially, but after seeing how well the vacuum works, and how much more convenient it makes the use of the trimmer, I can't imagine going back to a trimmer without such a feature. Based on my experience with the trimmer so far, I would definitely recommend it to anybody who needs a hair trimmer. Update on 2/15/2020: This trimmer has become a white elephant. The trimmer head is held in place by cheap plastic tabs and one of them broke off for no reason except that it is cheap and of very poor quality. I have not even removed the head from the trimmer, so it should not have been stressed by removal and reattachment, etc. Now the head wobbles and does not deliver a clean trim any more. Sometimes, it pops out of the trimmer entirely. Please see attached photos for the broken tabs of the trimming head. Anyways, I contact Wahl by email about it, and after more than a week, no response whatsoever. Not even an acknowledgement that they received my email. This company DOES NOT PRODUCE QUALITY PRODUCTS or STAND BEHIND ITS PRODUCTS. This one is past the return window, so I can't do anything about it, but I will not buy any other Wahl products ever again.