Hair clippers
Every clipper here cuts. What separates them is the step between lengths — the specification that decides whether you can blend — and whether the box contains the cape and the brush that decide where the hair ends up.
Not the motor. Two clippers with identical motors are different machines if one steps three millimetres at a time and the other half a millimetre, because the step is what lets you blend one length into the next.
The Remington HC5811 is first for a first haircut: ten guards from 3 to 40 mm, a 0.8–2 mm lever on the head for the neckline, and — the part that matters more than any specification — an aluminium case containing scissors, a comb, a neck brush and a cutting cape. That is the difference between a haircut and an afternoon of cleaning.
The Philips HC5630 is second, and first if you already own a cape. Its zoom wheel sets 28 lengths from 0.5 to 28 mm without changing anything on the head, which is what makes blending possible in one pass. Philips also states the whole clipper is washable.
The Philips HC7650 has the same wheel and adds a two-sided DualCut blade and the Trim-n-Flow comb, which clears cut hair rather than packing it against the blade. Both address one failure: a clipper that stalls or leaves an uneven line in thick hair. On fine hair they change nothing, and the Series 5000 is the better buy.
We would not buy a clipper on its motor figure without reading the guard list. It is the one specification that decides the result and the one listings bury.
Ceramic blades · 10 guards, 3–40 mm · 50 min · case, cape, scissors
The clipper with the longest accessory list of this lot: ten guards covering 3 to 40 mm, an aluminium case, scissors, a comb, a neck brush and a cutting cape, around self-sharpening ceramic blades and a stated 50 minutes of cordless runtime.
Best for: A first clipper for cutting at home, where the cape and the case matter as much as the motor.
≈ 33 €
28 lengths, 0.5–28 mm · zoom wheel · 90 min · fully washable
A zoom wheel that sets 28 lengths between 0.5 and 28 mm without changing anything on the head, a comb designed so cut hair does not clog it, and a body Philips describes as completely washable.
Best for: Home haircuts where the length changes as you go, rather than one length all over.
≈ £44 / 35 €
Trim-n-Flow Pro · DualCut blade · 28 lengths · 90 min · 6 markets
The Series 7000 adds a two-sided DualCut blade that Philips says cuts twice as fast as a single-sided one, and the Trim-n-Flow comb that clears cut hair as it goes. One hour to charge, 90 minutes of use.
Best for: Thick or fast-growing hair, where a clipper that stalls mid-pass is the actual complaint.
≈ $97 / £89 / 60 €
A clipper whose lengths step finely enough to blend, and something to catch the clippings. Those two together matter more than motor power, which is why the first pick here is the one with ten guards and a cape rather than the most expensive machine.
Only for a very short neckline. Both Philips machines here start at 0.5 mm on the wheel; the Remington reaches 0.8 mm with the combs off. All three cover the ordinary range of a home cut.
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