Toenail Clippers Worked Great, Fingernail Clippers Did Not
This set consists of a pair of toenail clippers and a set of fingernail clippers. They come in a nice tin box. Inside, there is a form-fitting piece of hard foam with nice cutouts to allow me to easily pick up each pair of clippers. I used the toenail clippers first, and was very pleased with them. The action is smooth, the blade is nice and sharp, and the clippers are very heavy duty. There is a nice ridged area on the end of the handle to allow for a sure grip when using the clippers. The upper half of the handle contains a built-in nail file which does an excellent job of filing. The blades are nicely aligned. Normally I clip my fingernails and toenails right after I get out of the shower, because that's when they are the softest. This time I cut my nails when they were dry and hard, and the toenail clippers had no difficulty whatsoever. Then I switched to the fingernail clippers. The fingernail clippers are just a smaller version of the toenail clippers, same design. Unlike the toenail clippers, however, the fingernail clippers were extremely stiff and hard to press. It took me two hands to close the blade the first time. I figured it was just because they were new, so I kept pressing the handle repeatedly until they loosened up a little. They were still so stiff that I could not use the fingers of my left hand to clip the fingernails on my right hand--the clippers were simply too hard to push down. The only way I could use my left hand to cut my fingernails was if I curled my hand in such a way that I was using the palm of my hand to push the handle down on the clippers. Very awkward at best. I will keep working with the fingernail clippers in the hope that the tension on them will loosen up a bit with repeated use, but they are certainly not my favorite pair at the moment. The toenail clippers rate an easy 5 stars, but the fingernail clippers bring my rating for the entire set down to 3 stars.
Rating: 3 stars