Effective for the job, may still be scary to young children though
This arrived packaged as another reviewer depicted in a picture.<br />I was able to use the trimmer immediately after opening it. I watched a few YouTube videos on how to give a buzz cut and set off. My son was not in a mood for a haircut at the time after having just got back from out of state so it was a bit of a challenge. It was as if he was hula hooping with his upper body without the hoola hoop.<br /><br />Halfway through the cut I felt the need to plug in the trimmer to see if it would have more power. I know the lower noise is supposed to make it not as unit imitating toward young children but it just didn't seem as powerful as a more professional trimmer.  I couldn't exactly just buzz off my son's long hair in one swoop. I had to pull out some scissors and trim off the length before I could really start trimming toward the base of his head. It took awhile to get the look I desired. I used the 12 mm attachment since his hair is still very fine and I wanted some room for error in case I had to get any mistakes cleaned up by a hair stylist later.  I did cut a line is his hair without the attachments on while attempting to trim behind his ear so that could illustrate that the base trimmer is effective in cleaning up hairlines. I did actually clean up his neck hairline but the way I used it kind of scratched the surface of his neck.<br /><br />The design of the trimmer is simple. There's a basic indicator light that is green when turned on with a side button and it is red while charging.<br /><br />Overall, I feel the trimmer is effective in doing its job. I believe for some little kids that a trimmer is scary regardless of how you design it.  My son's first haircut was with scissors for that reason.  It can be especially scary if you don't know what you're doing and have to take longer trying to figure it out with a new trimmer.  I will give it another try when my son is in a better mood and my distraction methods work better.<br /><br />I received this product at a discount in exchange for an honest review.
Rating: 3 stars