Rusted within 48 hours
I used the small, black five star g-whiz twice in 48 hours. I rinsed the blades off with tap water. Next morning, the blades had rust on them. I got a full refund by Amazon since I bought it directly from them. End of story.<br /><br />Wahl customer support, I want to buy and like your products, but now I've got to ask which of your products do not have this problem. I just want a cordless battery powered trimmer that won't rust. As sales and business owners, it really doesn't make economic sense to sell something with metal in it guaranteed to rust as soon as it hits water, since people are going to do a 180 and get a refund.<br /><br />Maybe the metal does have the benefit of being easier to machine and result in higher quality blades, but it's really not an option to have easily oxidized metal in a product that gets washed frequently.<br /><br />I'm open to buying Wahl trimmers again, but I need recommendations for which models won't have fundamental engineering design flaws. I'll spend the money, just tell me what actually works.<br /><br />P.S. the trimmer works fine otherwise. Maybe a little wimpy in terms of power output, but no hair pulling. Pretty noisy, but who cares. Just lubricate it properly. It's smaller than the Remington MB4900, but the blade width is almost as long. It's lightweight and very small, so I guess if you have gigantic man-hands it might not offer the best ergonomics. I actually prefer non-permanent batteries, so that was a plus for me. The trimmer heads aren't easily removable for cleaning. I don't think the body is very waterproof (aside from the obvious aforementioned blade rusting), so be wary about using it in the shower.
Rating: 1 stars