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Originally Posted by Reaper
Wow, you get regular consumer grade clippers to last for 10 years? I buzz my hair with a #1 every 10 days and I'm lucky if I can get a set of clippers to last a year before they go south on me. I'm thinking of getting clippers from a barber supply house.
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Yes. I actually don't remember the cost, but I bought the clippers from Canadian Tire, so I just looked up the recent cost at Canadian Tire. Maybe they had a better model at the time I bought mine. I thought I spent closer to $60 but I could have been mistaken. I buzz my hair every two to three weeks with a #1. I've also done my son's hair a couple of times and my cousin used to borrow them as well. So the clippers have had good usage. I can't complain, they've done me well. Even if you have to replace them every year, you're getting your money's worth, not just on the cost of all the haircuts but, also on time and convenience saved. Time is a huge savings on buzzing your own hair.
And now that I think of it, I've been buzzing since January 1, 1999. My sister-in-law used to do it for me every couple of weeks, but I don't like her so I bought my own clippers after several months. I've probably hit the 10 year mark about two months ago.