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I bought a cheap knockoff trimmer set and it cost me $120 in repairs | Barbers - Librear

I bought a cheap knockoff trimmer set and it cost me $120 in repairs

Last month I saw a 'professional' trimmer kit online for only $60, which was way less than the usual $200 for a good brand. I thought I was getting a steal for my second station at the shop. The thing showed up looking okay, but after just two weeks of light use, the motor started making a grinding noise and the blades went dull super fast. I tried to fix it myself, but the parts inside were so poorly made that I ended up stripping a screw and messing up the housing. Had to take it to a repair guy who charged me $60 just to tell me it wasn't worth fixing. So I was out the original $60 plus the repair fee, and I still needed a new trimmer. Has anyone else had a bad experience with off-brand tools and found a decent budget option that actually lasts?

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3 Comments

piper4706mo ago

Sometimes you just get a bad unit, it happens even with the expensive brands. A lot of those off-brand tools are just the same parts from a factory sold under a different name. The real issue might have been that repair guy, sixty bucks just to say it's junk is a rip-off itself.