I have been through many hairclippers (wahl, babyliss, remington, and various older models of philips hair clippers) and this is the one I like the best.
The blades cut cleanly and the clipper itself is pretty lightweight compared to most. Even at full charge, the motor seems to be significantly quieter too. This model does not come with a comb and scissors, which seems to be the default accessories you get with most hair clipper products.
There is a rotating dial from 1 to 23 which allows you to flick through 23 different length settings with the hair trimming attachment. Using this dial on the three beard attachments has no effect. When I initially got it, I didn't understand how they could claim 24 hair lengths, yet offer 23. Apparently, they consider the clipper without any attachment to be the 24th (and closest) cut. Personally I would have liked an additional hair clipper attachment for lengths greater than the current 24 settings, but it's not too big of an issue.
The power on/off button is located right beneath the dial, and a turbo button underneath that. To enable the turbo feature you have to press the power on button first, you cannot just press the turbo button from a cold start.
Now what I really like about this clipper is the charging speed and process. It does charge fully really quickly and retains it's charge for a long time. A lot longer than my experience with the others, which would range from immaediately have a depleted battery after disconnecting the power plug, to a few days of intermittent usage. I've managed to get it to retain it's charge over two months with just one complete hair cut, and an occasional trim on the tasche every two/three days on a single charge and it hasn't died down totally yet.
During charging a green light will slowly blink, and remain on when fully charged. After a certain time of it still being connected, this light will turn itself off. When it needs charging, a yellow blinking light will appear when it's turned on. I find these indicators a real useful feature. Some of philips older models just use a single red light when it's being charged with not way to determine how fully charged they are, and no way of telling you that it's about to run out of steam just as you are about to begin the tedious chore of cutting.
The attachments are a little fragile, but the protective case should prevent any damage to them if you store them away after use. It's a shame the organisation of the attachments in the case is a little haphazard.
Will update this review when and if I encounter anything worth adding or editing.
Paul.F –
This is the first Philips hair clipper I have bought, and the build quality and performance is impressive. I have used a fairly cheap rechargeable hair clipper (from Lidl) to cut my own hair for a couple of years. I also use an old battery powered Remington beard trimmer. Both devices are nearing the end of their useful lives now, with the rechargeable battery declining on the Lidl hair clipper and the Remington beard trimmer becoming noisy and feeling old – well I have used it weekly for over 10 years!The instruction leaflet for the Philips clippers is small, but has clear diagrams, without text, so it is universal in terms of showing how to use the various parts of the kit. All the parts of the set are clearly marked and it was fairly easy to use the beard trimmer, although it was a little heavier and larger than my old Remington trimmer. The beard combs work well, but the 3mm seemed not short enough for my weekly trim and the 1.5mm seemed too short. The sound of the motor was much less than my noisy old trimmer, just a nice smooth hum.The hair clipper comb has a good range of adjustments and was easy to set and was fairly reliable to use without fear of it moving. I did manage to nudge it down one notch by accident, but I felt my thumb move the wheel, so I was able to reset it immediately, before I cut at the wrong length. It took a few minutes to become used to the difference from my old Lidl clippers, but once I did I had no interest in going back to them, because the Philips clippers are much sharper and quieter. Overall the final cut was much easier to do, even though it was my first use of the Philips clippers. Cleaning was also easy.Enough power in the battery out of the box to complete both a beard and hair trim and still not need a recharge. I may add to this review once I have used the recharge.
Mohamed Abbas –
Very good, only if it was water resistance would be great
Cliente de Amazon –
Por el tamaño que tiene y al ser inalambrica no estaba seguro si esta cortadora de cabello tendría la potencia necesaria para realizar mi corte de cabello sin tener que estar recargandola o conectandola a una toma de corriente eléctrica, sin embargo esta recortadora de cabello Philips serie 5000 funciona muy bien en su nivel de corte básico, tiene la opción de corte mas rápido (turbo) pero no es necesario utilizarlo, gracias a sus cuchillas de titanio el pelo lo corta rápido y fácilmente, ademas de incluir los peines guías para ajustar el corte del cabello, así como la rapidez con la que se carga su batería y la duración de la misma al utilizarla hacen de esta maquina una compra a tener en cuenta.Pros:-Es ligera-Es inalambrica pero parece que se puede utilizar alambricamente también.-Su carga de batería es de aproximadamente una hora y rinde bastante con ella.-El peine guía y las cuchillas de titanio que tiene permiten realizar el corte de cabello fácil y rápido.-Tiene varios tamaños/longitudes de corte.-En las características del Producto menciona que no necesita aceitarse o afilarse (después de algún tiempo de uso veré si esto es verdad o no)-Su limpieza es sencilla (solo debe hacerse con calma y cuidado para no dañar el aparato ni sufrir algún accidente).Contras-Falta un interruptor de bloqueo porque hay momentos en que el pelo cortado se atora en el peine guía o las cuchillas de titanio y se tiene que limpiar el aparato, pero para retirar el peine guía o las cuchillas de titanio para limpiarlas se tiene que sujetar la maquina por donde esta su botón de encendido, lo cual puede ser un riesgo para las personas si llegan a oprimir por error el botón de encendido cuando uno este quitando sus piezas.-Su manual o guía de usuario es muy simple, recomiendo ver vídeos en linea sobre el uso de la recortadora de cabello philips para un mejor uso de la misma.-El maletín donde se guarda la maquina queda muy justo, el espacio donde se ponen cada unas de sus piezas no permite acomodarlas rápidamente, tardas un rato en estar acomodándolas para evitar que se dañen al cerrar el maletín.
Amazon Customer –
Good trimmer love having only one adjustment for hair
Peter –
I have been through many hairclippers (wahl, babyliss, remington, and various older models of philips hair clippers) and this is the one I like the best.The blades cut cleanly and the clipper itself is pretty lightweight compared to most. Even at full charge, the motor seems to be significantly quieter too. This model does not come with a comb and scissors, which seems to be the default accessories you get with most hair clipper products.There is a rotating dial from 1 to 23 which allows you to flick through 23 different length settings with the hair trimming attachment. Using this dial on the three beard attachments has no effect. When I initially got it, I didn’t understand how they could claim 24 hair lengths, yet offer 23. Apparently, they consider the clipper without any attachment to be the 24th (and closest) cut. Personally I would have liked an additional hair clipper attachment for lengths greater than the current 24 settings, but it’s not too big of an issue.The power on/off button is located right beneath the dial, and a turbo button underneath that. To enable the turbo feature you have to press the power on button first, you cannot just press the turbo button from a cold start.Now what I really like about this clipper is the charging speed and process. It does charge fully really quickly and retains it’s charge for a long time. A lot longer than my experience with the others, which would range from immaediately have a depleted battery after disconnecting the power plug, to a few days of intermittent usage. I’ve managed to get it to retain it’s charge over two months with just one complete hair cut, and an occasional trim on the tasche every two/three days on a single charge and it hasn’t died down totally yet.During charging a green light will slowly blink, and remain on when fully charged. After a certain time of it still being connected, this light will turn itself off. When it needs charging, a yellow blinking light will appear when it’s turned on. I find these indicators a real useful feature. Some of philips older models just use a single red light when it’s being charged with not way to determine how fully charged they are, and no way of telling you that it’s about to run out of steam just as you are about to begin the tedious chore of cutting.The attachments are a little fragile, but the protective case should prevent any damage to them if you store them away after use. It’s a shame the organisation of the attachments in the case is a little haphazard.Will update this review when and if I encounter anything worth adding or editing.