TPOB Play Barber Hair Clippers Trimmer for Men 7000 RPM with Pencil Blade Rubber Green/Black/Pink Grips (Black w/Grips)

To begin, Im NOT a paid reviewer of any kind. Just a regular dude trying to be helpful as I rely on reviews alot myself.That said, BEST hair trimmer Ive ever owned. Its SO QUIET. And it cuts so smooth, with no hair pulls ever. It doesnt come with as many clips as your typical cheap kit, but it is sufficient for most short haircuts. Im about 5months into using this every 3 weeks or so and remain so impressed by this clipper. It charges quickly, holds a charge for a good couple hours, and is so easy to use because of how comfortable and smooth it cuts.Also, I hated having those super loud Wahl units by my ears, which also vibrate like crazy and get hot in your hand. This unit doesnt get hot, is super smooth, lightweight in your hand, easy to clean, etc.In fact, my only regret is not buying it sooner and using those terrible Wahl units for decades. Highly, highly recommend!

The short review:As I write this, Amazon is selling the black/color for $97, and my white/black was $129. It’s worth every penny of the higher cost. My direct and to-the-point recommendation is that if you're looking at these at all, get one. Look at the professional reviews of these and you’ll discover these are exceptionally highly regarded; I trust the guys who use these every day to put food on their table and a roof over their heads. Seriously, 5 of 5 stars and I’d give it bonus points if I could.The long review:If you’re worried about overpaying for something that a $30 clipper can do, I get it. $30 clippers are cheap and tend to break when dropped, aren’t well aligned, and are noisy. The blades dull quickly and you wind up with imprecise and uneven cuts. Do they cut hair? Sure, but it isn’t ever going to be a truly great cut and it’ll take a lot longer to do. How do I know? Because I did that for probably two decades before I finally got a professional quality clipper, an Andis ProAlloy. I think that set me back something like $120 back in 2002, which is more like double that in today’s money. It has paid for itself many, many times over. Recently, I’ve started to note a decline in performance and thought maybe it was time to explore cordless options. I’m sure the Andis would function as good as ever with a new blade and a little tuning, and I plan on doing that, but I figured I’d see how things had changed, and so decided to investigate cordless options.My background in barberism (get it?): On deployment a fellow Airman shoved a clipper at me and asked me to cut his hair. I’d never done it before. The basic buzz was easy as pie. As the deployment went along, I learned to taper and fade. I’m not a pro, and may never be, but I can make good basic cuts and I tend to cut my hair a lot better than barbers who charge quite a bit to ultimately frustrate me. Cuts being anywhere from $25-70 plus a tip make it awfully economical to cut your own hair, and frankly, it’s a lot easier than it might seem. With this as my basis for purchase, it was pretty easy to justify cheap clippers, and frankly, easier every day to justify quite expensive ones. Top of the line clippers are anywhere from $300-500 (very few in that top range). Most of the pros are using ones around $200-300. That’s four to six (or less) cuts worth of money and now you can do it yourself. These are selling for $98-$130 right now, which is even fewer trips to the barber per dollar.I watched a bunch of videos that professionals were making. I literally could not find a bad review of these, and in fact found nothing but glowing reviews. Everything they said about the clipper is precisely what I discovered when I finally got it in my hands. They’re absurdly quiet. The shape seems like it might not be all that ergonomic but as soon as you put it in your hand, you understand entirely; feels amazing. It’s got a metal body with a rubberized grip that isn’t so grippy that hair wants to stick to it; it’s more like slightly more grippy plastic if that makes any sense. The blade is incredibly sharp and you can darned near shave with it; use caution edging/blocking; it didn’t cut me, but you can certainly tell if you’re aggressive that it will (so a trimmer is in order unless you’re doing very light touch). You can zero gap them and comes with a tool to let you do that. For those of you who don’t know, zero-gapping is removing the distance between the stationary blade (the one on the ‘back’ of the clipper) and the cutting blade (the one between the top of the clipper and the stationary blade) which effectively shaves you. You can also adjust this to whatever gap you’d like. And the lever has detents; most clippers that cost less will have a ‘floating’ lever to adjust the closeness of the cut. This makes it MUCH easier to get the correct length since you know exactly how many ‘clicks’ you’ve moved the blade gap. The blade itself is incredibly sharp and precise. It stays cool which greatly extends blade sharpness and life, but also makes the clippers more efficient. There’s very little going over the same spot again; it just cuts.I cannot say enough good things about this clipper. As the pros consistently say, this is every bit as good as MUCH more expensive clippers, and better than a great many that cost much more. If you need a good set, this is it.

I have tried all the clippers out there..and out of all the cordless clippers I have tried there is no comparison at all..this clipper is hands down the best one out there. The clipper is quiet, powerful and also priced at a steal! TPOB is a true people’s man for making these clippers priced so low! On top of getting 4 guards with it you also get a zero gapping tool which zero gaps the clippers perfectly..save your money and don’t buy those other loud expensive clippers and buy this one you won’t regret it..also the trimmers are really great too! I’ll leave my review on those soon..

9/1/24 **Edited to add that the TPOB premium guards do not work well with these clippers. They fit but if you slightly bump them they go flying off really easily. I returned them to Amazon unfortunately and am using some old WAHL guards I had that are pretty good quality and do not fall off. Hopefully TPOB will come out with some premium guards specifically for the Play clippers. Still loving the clippers. Have gave myself probably five cuts so far and battery is still showing fully charged. Great clippers!So I take it these clippers are marketed towards barbers and I can see why. I am just a normal person who cuts his own hair and have been doing so for the last 15 years. Over the years I have purchased a few Wahl's and Oster clippers. All have done the job I needed them to do so no complaints. I decided I wanted to up my game and go cordless. I started looking at Wahl's, YouTube videos etc. And kept seeing/hearing the TPOB name over and over again from different reviewers. I'll be honest, I had never heard of the brand. The more I watched and researched, the easier my decision became. 4.9 rating on Amazon is amazing! Okay so I decided I was getting TPOB clippers but now which one? Back to YouTube for more videos. Again just an amature hair cutter but I wanted the best of the best. So that led me to the PLAY. So I bit the bullet and spent more than I initially intended to do. My clippers in the past, no research or anything were half the price or less so $125 ish I was like wow okay! But anyway, I'm also a firm believer of you get what you pay for! So I ordered them and fast forward a few days, had them in my hand! Very, very nice and amazing quality! I'm not into the bright colors but I can see if you have a chair or shop that might appeal to the younger crowd. I appreciate having the choice to change out the plates and grip. I just blacked mine out, not that it has anything at all to do with the quality of these clippers. These clippers are so smooth and quiet. I usually wait until the weekend to give myself a cut. Not this time, I had to try them out right away and was not disappointed at all! Love the freedom of no cord, 5 hour run time they say, sleek look, amazing high quality blade, charging cord and stand, and also different color plates that came with it. Would have been nice if they would have included the premium guards but not a deal breaker. The ones that came with it are okay but I decided to purchase the TPOB premium guards for $34.99 also on Amazon so I guess I will see if they are worth the upgrade when they arrive. All in all I am super pleased with my purchase. Hopefully they will hold up, I don't see why they wouldn't. Seems to be of very high quality materials.

One of the best clippers I have used in a long time. Quiet , powerful , long lasting. Definitely worth the price!