The clipper I ordered arrived today and I gave myself a haircut. I followed the video guide above and I'd say I got around 95% of the undercut haircut in the video above. From 6 ft or further, the haircut is respectable. If you get closer than that you'll notice stray hairs and slight crookedness of the hair lines between the short and long hair etc. of a typical DIY haircut. Definitely nothing close to qualifying for the worst pandemic hair fails though.
The clipper is pretty comfy to hold and learning curve wasn't too bad at all. Definitely room for improvement though and the next time I use the clipper I'll be much better and confident at it. If I were going for a buzz cut rather than the under cut, I think I'd have a perfect buzz cut in around 10 minutes on the first try.
I feel like what I accomplished today is a pretty darn good base to have for someone else to get a trimmer/scissors and finish it off proper (hard to see my own head). My wife grabbed a pair of scissors and tried to finish the haircut off proper, but I feel like I am now at 97% and my wife is scared she's going to accidentally screw up what I have now and make it look bad and refuses to keep going.
For $30 and about 15-20 minutes of tinkering around plus another 5-10 minutes of my wife daintily taking out a few mm/cm in random spots, I'm pretty darn happy with the result I have right now. Easily much better than the Koala/Lemur look I had going on.
The clipper is not on the Costco website anymore and other sites are selling it for $60 ish. Even after hair salons re-open, I think I'll continue to use this to touch up the sides to extend the duration between hairstylist visits. $60 for what this thing does and how easy it isn't bad though and I'll happily pony up $60 to replace this clipper later on if it stops working.
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