Getting awfully good at this aren't I
First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who subscribed to the channel.
We've now hit over 2,000 subscribers, every subscriber helps so again thank
you so much for doing that. So, we did our cordless trimmer video last week and we
thought we were done altogether, but now we've been recommended by several people
the Wahl Retro T-cut. So, we're going to give these a shot in the shop today I'm going to
get these charged up and we're going to spend the whole day using them and see
how they go.
So, this isn't the end of the day, this is three days later. I honestly didn't get
that much chance to use them on Thursday, so we put off filming the verdict on
these until now so that I would actually get a chance over the weekend to use
them and get idea what they're about. We also wanted to zero gap them to see how
they go once you have zero gapped them, and we'll also probably make a video about that
which will follow on from this. So, first impressions are I really like them,
they're probably comparable to the Andis Slimline Pro probably Wahls
comparable version of the Slimline Pro. So, one thing I like about the Retro
T-cut is it's nice and light and they're also very comfortable to hold so
they don't start to annoy you at all during the day being too heavy or too big, they
don't need an extra grip section, they just overall work quite well as they are.
And as for the T Blade that comes on them I really like a good wide T
Blade there, but if you don't like them you could use the blade that comes on
the corded Hero, take that off, put it on the Retro T-cut and have yourself a
cordless Hero basically. The factory setting on them before we zero gapped them
was nice and close, you get a good close finish on them and you can get a nice
sharp line with them. As for the cons, while they are nice and light and
comfortable to hold, not quite as comfortable to hold as the Andis
Slimline Pros because you don't have that same economic design, they're just
quite flat. Also as well, the teeth aren't quite as deep as on the end the Slimline
Pro, they are a little bit more shallow so that means that although you do get a
sharp line and a close finish, I felt like you were having to work for it a
little bit more, you're just having a press in a little bit more when you're
tapering or you're trying to outline a beard or you're just having to go over
everything just a little bit more, maybe just missing something every now and then.
Quite noisy as well, again that doesn't seem like much but once you put it right
in your ear, imagine that in every clients ear. It's quite
noisy. Now the charge stand, you can't take the wire out which as they're not
freely available here they don't have a UK plug, so you're going to need a U.S.
adapter to charge them. And also because the wire doesn't come out you can't use
them corded, so you can't use them while they're charging, that's not gonna happen.
Which, leads me on to my biggest con with these, so how are you gonna know when
they're fully charged because neither the stand nor the trimmers themselves
have any indicator light to tell you when they're fully charged. On the
instructions you'll usually get a minimum charge time for the initial use.
So, it'll say something like charge for at least 3-4 hours before using initially,
but there's no minimum time with these that you know of,
it just says for a full use out of these, you got to charge them for 16 hours. Now
I didn't charge them for 16 hours when I used them, I charged them for maybe 4,
4 and a half hours before I started using them, because I actually wanted to
get this review done at some point soon. Now again, 16 hours would be fine if you
had a charge light there that would let you know when they're fully done, but you
don't have one and I don't know about you but I don't like to leave things
charging overnight when I'm not in the shop, so I'm unlikely to do that as well.
So, really at 16 hours for the full use out of these, I don't think I'm ever
going to get them at full use, I mean is that even good for the battery if you're
using them all the time and not charging them properly. So, over all I really do
like them, but with the 16 hour charge time I don't know if I'm actually
getting the full benefit of them, because I'm unlikely to get them charged for a
full 16 hours and I'll never know when they're actually about to run out
because there's no indicator. But they are a good cordless trimmer,
they're nice and sharp, the T Blades really good to take a nice close finish
on them as well, but for me I still prefer the Slimline Pro, so I'm gonna
stick with that. So, thanks again for watching everybody and we'll see you
next time.