Andis 23745 Promotor 20-Piece Home Hair Cutting Kit
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Customer Reviews of Andis 23745 Promotor 20-Piece Home Hair Cutting Kit
Customer Review: MUST READ for your own SAFETY!
Summary: 2 Stars
PROLOGUE:
Before I begin my review of the Andis 23745 Promotor hair cutting kit, let me first give you a background on myself when it comes to cutting hair. I've been cutting my hair since I was 16 years old and I'm 34 now (I cut my hair about twice per month) so I've gone through a lot of different hair clippers over the years. Because I cut my own hair and am pretty anal about perfection, my haircuts usually take about 30-40 minutes. My hair is on the thinner side (born with thin hair) so most clippers usually work fairly well with my hair in the beginning.
My previous clipper was a consumer-level clipper made by Wahl which I purchased from a Target retail store for about [...]. It served its purpose for the last 3 years but it was time for me to replace it because during recent times, I often found myself having to go over the same hair section several times to get all the hair strands.
PRE-USAGE:
I started looking at all the options available on Amazon because nowadays, Amazon is always the first place I search for consumer goods in order to maximize my Amazon Prime membership. I read the description and reviews for a bunch of different models. I ended up going with this Andis 23745 Promotor for several reasons... 1. It seemed to have a decent amount of good user reviews. 2. The Amazon description (as well as the description of this product on Andis' website) claims the motor produces 4x the power of a traditional magnetic motor. 3. It comes with a good number of accessories.
Taking it out of the box, I was rather impressed with the clipper's look and feel -- and the combs/guards fit the clipper blade nice and snug. The wooden brush felt pretty solid as well -- much nicer than the cheap plastic flat cleaning brushes you normally see in other clipper sets.
USAGE:
I applied some clipper oil (small plastic jar of clipper oil included in the set) to the blades to prepare it for my hair cut and attached the number 2 comb-guard. I started trimming my hair starting with the sides and then towards the back. I initially was expecting/hoping to be amazed at how much cleaner and faster it would be to only have to go through each section of hair in one pass. Unfortunately, I did have to make a couple passes in various sections of my hair to get the strands that the 23745 missed. That was quite disappointing considering this thing is supposed to have 4x the cutting power of a traditional magnetic-motor-based clipper (which I believe my Wahl is since I only paid $[...] for the kit from Target 3 years ago). However, this is not why I'm giving this clipper 2 stars. Read on. After about 10 minutes of trimming, I decided to remove the plastic comb-guard so I could neatly trim the "fuzzy peach-fuzz hair" near the base of where my hair meets my neck and ear area. Yooowwwzzeeerrrsss!!!! That exposed metal blade was soooooo hot, it burned my skin!! This is completely unacceptible for a hair clipper to get THAT HOT. I've used both Wahl and Oster clippers in the past (as these are the two brands I find at my local drugstores such as Target or Walmart) and I've never experienced clippers that got hot enough to burn my skin -- not even after a 45 minute continuous hair cut, let alone 10 minutes. Moreover, I did attach the plastic comb-guard back over the blade so I could finish my haircut but be warned, the hot metal blade can still touch and burn the top of your ear (which I experienced firsthand) where the plastic guard ends and the metal is exposed.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
If you do choose to go with this clipper, just make sure you keep your haircut time under ten minutes, always use a plastic comb-guard (which, in my honest opinion, defeats the purpose of the adjustable lever), and make sure you touch the blade from time to time to check its temperature if you're cutting someone else's hair.
Customer Review: Nice features, but it gets too hot.
Summary: 2 Stars
The assortment of attachments (including a 1" comb attachment) and extra long cord are nice features of these clippers; however, they got very hot in just a few minutes' time. The clippers were hot enough to burn skin before I could complete my son's haircut. Same thing happened when I cut my husband's hair several hours later after the clippers had cooled off. I returned these clippers to Amazon and bought a different brand.Customer Review: highly disappointing
Summary: 1 Stars
It blew a fuse on my first use. It got really really hot in the first 5 minutes into the cut. The set with the accessories are attractive but completely useless when the shaver breaks down. Only option left is to return it.
Will not buy this brand again.
Customer Review: Gets burning hot
Summary: 1 Stars
Had to return it, not sure if its defective or its just the way it works but within 5 minutes I kid you not, this thing could scorch your skin it was so hot. So i can't really use it if I have to wait 20 minutes between operation of 5 minutes for it to cool down.Customer Review: Terrible
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this to cut my husband's thick hair and it did not work at all. His hair kept getting caught in the blades and I had to return this item. I am very disappointed.