Review (3/5): A Necessity for Home Hair Cutting
Back in the golden oldie days B.C. (Before COVID-19), I wouldn’t have known the difference between a barber’s cape and a bullfighter’s cape. But today, home hair cutting is now the norm, and a barber’s cape is practically a necessity.
This SmoTecQ one does the job with little drama. Measuring an adult-sized 57 by 63 inches, it has an elasticized neckband with two thin but sturdy metal clasps that can adjust to fit tightly around any size neck. The fabric in the back tended to gape open a little when I tested it, and it’s much shorter in the back than in the front, but overall it does a good job at what it’s intended to do. Hair doesn’t stick to it too badly, so it’s relatively easy to wipe clean after use. Folding it up to try to put it neatly back into its plastic storage bag was a challenge.
That’s not to say that hair still doesn’t go all over the floor, though, and that’s why my amateur haircuts, whether I’m getting them or giving them, take place on one of my outdoor patios.
Based on my zero knowledge of what makes a good one or a bad one, I have to rate this barber’s cape at a middle-of-the-road three stars. I wish I didn’t need one at all, but in the current reality, it’s a must-have item, and this one seems to do the job.