Busy times coming up here.
We got a lot of videos we need to make.
For a start, we've got the new all metal Wahl
cordless Senior, this is going to need its own video.
Then, we have our issues with the cordless Fast Feed from Oster.
They kindly sent out a new one in black and silver,
plus the matching cordless 76 and cordless T Finisher.
So these are going to need a video as well.
We also recently posted about the new Andis wireless
charging clipper that's coming, that's going to need its own video.
That was all going to get set up.
But then we went out to Cosmoprof in Bologna
and managed to get our hands on this.
The Instinct from StyleCraft and this, judging
by all the interest we've had about it when we posted about it, has now jumped
the queue and this video is all about this Clipper.
So we spent some time with StyleCraft while we were in Italy
and they were really excited to get the word out about this clipper,
particularly with the new vector motor technology that's in here.
But more on that later.
We don't have any hard or fast specs for this clipper,
and this might not be the finished article.
It's certainly
a step or two beyond prototype, but I don't think it's quite finished.
There may be a couple of little adjustments,
maybe a different color way as well.
Also, the clipper may be released in September
so there's a lot of time between now and then for things change on this.
So what we can tell you about it is how we felt using it,
because we've been using it for a solid week since we came back.
And we've we've got a rough idea how we feel about it.
So a lot of the pros that make this Clipper so good
kind of contribute to the cons that take away from it.
Little bit of a contradiction about try my best to explain.
So for a start, the new vector
motor technology in here makes this clipper extremely powerful.
But because of the power of that clipper,
I feel like it's a a detriment to the battery in here.
Now, I'll try to explain here with the golden gun from Gamma.
Now, these clippers are about the same size, but battery life in
the golden gun is really good because the battery is all in the handle.
So you've got a decent runtime on this Clipper now with the instinct
it doesn't have a handle, so you can't have as big a battery on it.
So this Clipper is going to have a much smaller battery in here.
And with such a small battery in such a powerful motor,
I feel like that's quite a drain on the battery because I have noticed myself
maybe charging this clipper more than I would charge other clippers in the shop.
So let's talk about this vector motor now.
Again, I don't have any
hard specs for the Clipper, but looking at it,
it looks fairly similar to a magnetic motor,
but it has all the power and torque of a DC motor.
And so the idea of this clipper is that once it meets any resistance,
the motor power is up even more to get through that resistance.
I'll show you.
I'll turn it on. That's it running normally.
I'm going to try and pinch the blades, stop the motor from running.
There
you go,
you can hear that motor power up so that when you meet any bulk,
that may be a bit challenging with it, It just burns right through.
The power in this clipper is so great that when you're removing
bulk with it, it genuinely feels like you're using a detachable clipper.
It just burns right through it.
But like I said, the pros
contribute towards the cons because the clipper is that powerful.
It vibrates very, very heavily,
probably vibrates more than any other clipper in here and here.
I'll show you when you run something like Style
Craft Rebel and leave it running on a hard surface.
It doesn't really move around all that much.
You turn the Instinct on, you leave on a hard surface.
It's moving around so much just from the vibrations alone.
So the vibrations of this thing are again,
I think it might as well be because, it's a smaller clipper as well.
And there's maybe just not as much body to take all that vibration.
And I don't know what it's like.
I haven't had my haircut with this thing yet, but I can imagine those vibrations
right against your head might be a little bit off putting to your clients.
I've got no idea about that yet.
No one said anything to me.
But just putting it out there.
So again, the pros contributing to the coins really great power,
but incredible vibrations that come with it.
And another con that comes from the pro of this
being so powerful is the heat that it generates
not only in the blade itself, the blade does get hot,
but the body feels like it gets really, really hot.
I've not been able to make it through a single No one in here
has made it through a single hair cut yet without this thing heating up.
So again,
so much power in such
a small clipper might be making it really, really hot.
So the size and the form factor of the clipper are really, really good.
Paul and Gregor in the shop love it.
I like it as well.
Again, I didn't think I was going to love it just because it's a small clipper, but
it is really, really good and the power in it is incredible.
I really do think that this clipper is going to be.
It's got so much potential, this clipper with the power and everything
that's in it.
I do think it's going to be one to watch and I just hope that by the time
it comes out, some of these little issues we're having with the heat
and the vibrations and so forth can be ironed out before mass release.
Now, if you want to stick around to the end of my bit of this video.
Hopefully we've got a little bit about Paul
using the clipper and talking about his feelings about it.
It should be there.
If it's not there, it's because the recording didn't work.
We only filmed it this morning before we opened up.
So if it's not there, sorry, we tried and if it is there, enjoy.
Again, I don't have any hard specs for this,
so I can't tell you about the battery life or the blade speed or any of that.
We'll do our best to find that information out for you
and get back to you about that.
But in the meantime, if you've got any other questions
about this clipper at all, you know what to do.
Get in the comments section below.
Get asking in there.
We will do our best to answer every question we can
and don't forget the Rum Barber network isn't just us.
It's you guys as well.
So thank you guys so much for all your questions.
Thank you so much for watching and we'll see you next time.
All right.
So number 3 guard.
Just pop your head forward, that's it.
So it
is mowing
effortlessly through the bulk however,
I can see that there's that can be the blade
that's missing some hairs, but some hairs are being missed.
But in terms of going through the bulk,
it's just powering through it.
That's on a 3 guard.
but it does, it does miss a couple of hairs.
So you do have to go in at a cross angle to catch everything.
But again, that could just be the blade. So
this is a 2 guard now.
And again,
it's just
it's just going through this really smoothly.
I've like being really impressed this week.
Just with the power.
And on a couple of occasions,
I've felt the motor kick in.
And what I mean by that is that when this motor
comes up against resistance like this,
you can hear that it powers up to go through it.
So if you're working up on a dense area such as here at the occipital,
and it gets against some
thicker, coarser hair or more resistant hair, the motor will power up
and it will just smoothly go through it.
And we have to try and remove
this V-shape for this taper.
So setting the bald line,
I have zero gapped these and it is the fade blade.
So it does get fairly close.
Next guideline,
lever fully open.
It is an absolutely fantastic size.
It's the same size as the golden gun without the handle, the ridiculous handle.
But the actual form factor of this clipper is really,
really, really nice to use.
But you can feel the vibration in your hand.
Just holding it.
You can feel how powerful
the motor is.
And I don't know, like using this, which I have done for about three days
solidly, you can actually start to feel it in your hands.
I just really enjoy, how.
I like a light clipper and this is taking it to another level
because this is probably one of the lightest clippers
I think I've ever held
even though the motor actually feels
quite heavy and the balance does dip towards the front.
Just the shape of it I think is really good.
Now already
throughout this taper.
This clipper is starting to get hot and that's something I've noticed a lot
using it.
The body of the clipper gets really hot.
The blade gets hot too.
I mean, just I think just the sheer power and speed that this is moving at
in it's small form, it's going to end up getting hot.
But already this is noticeably warm.
This clipper does feel like it has so much potential.
But I think a lot, like the heat
and the vibration, as good as the motor is, I think it also creates
these problems.
So a lot of the a lot of the positives of this clipper
are kind of creating some problems with this clipper, too, as you're using it.
But definite potential here
due to the form factor and just the power.