Blew my mind when I found out how much barbers actually spend on clippers per year

I was looking at some industry stats from the Professional Beauty Association and saw the average barber drops like $1,200 a year just on clippers and trimmers. That's wild to me because I've been using the same Wahl Senior for 4 years and just replace blades. Am I the only one who's cheap with equipment or do you guys actually go through that many tools?

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hart.sage2h ago

Wahl's been making the same basic clipper shell for 50 years because people don't actually need to replace stuff that often.

roberts951h ago

Is it true they still use the same tooling from the 1960s for those shells? I remember reading somewhere that some of the molds are original, which explains why replacement parts still fit. In my experience, the older Wahl clippers just keep working if you oil them and replace the blades now and then. Your mileage may vary, but my dad's set from the 80s still runs without any issues.