My sideys are coming in nicely now, so instead of shaving them off completely I want to neaten them up. I do own a set of hair clippers that have a beard trimmer attachement, though I haven't tried them yet. But I was wondering - does anyone have any recommendations about beard trimmers? My current clippers need to be plugged in, which is a bit of a disadvantage in terms of ease of use - are battery operated ones as good, or are there rechargeable ones available that work well? What brands are best, are there any that should definitely be avoided, or does it really not matter at all? And how much might I expect to spend on a decent set - I intend to grow facial hair when I can, so will want to be able to trim it regularly!

Dave

I have a set of Remington hair clippers that I suppose can be used for beard trimming (I haven't had any need to try yet! ), however after they had been used a couple of times, they stopped cutting anything. The blades still move, but rather than trimming my hair it just yanks out half a dozen at a time - not very useful.
Actually I should have said I have 2 sets, and I've already taken a third one back. I'm not sure if it's something I'm doing wrong, but they keep packing up. I've opened them up and they're not jammed up with hair, so I'm at a total loss as to why it's happened.
So that's my sort of anti-recommendation, lol!

I have a Brun it too has a beard and side burn trimmer, [just waiting for the day ] It's recharge able, and lasts about5 30 minutes of shaving.

Any way I have used it to straighten out the hair and it works.

So Yes I would get your self a decent eletrice shaver with trmmers, what you get is what ever takes your fancy.

So if you wish to keep your sides trim then go for it.

On the other hand, you can go to a barber and get his/her advice, they will see you good.

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I've had a number of electrical devices that will trim the fur, but never found the sensation tolerable. Much better is the wet shave and a blade of good quality. Grandad used a cut-throat razor as did most of his generation and he was always smooth of face.

The first time that I cut myself shaving was when I was about eighteen months old. My earliest memory has a lot of blood in it. I didn't tighten the blade in the head of the device by the screw at it's base. I'd been watching Daddy, but not paid enough attention. I still have the scar.

Those devices where you insert the blade into the clamp at the top and tighten the screw are beyond compare. Us girls wouldn't steal them from you for our legs otherwise. Wilkinson Sword was my preferred choice but you can't these things any more. Everything's disposable, sadly.

Sidies, Dave? They're cool, but I might suggest you pay heed to the words of my ex-missus.

"I love a man who can grow a beard. And doesn't..."

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This is what I use

http://www.boots.com/images/product/1040075/hero.jpg and it does the job.

It's rechargeable on the stand thing (no buying batteries, but no cables attached either), with different attachements. Plus, it's under 20 quid.

It's called the babyliss for men, model 7046, if you're interested, type that into google.

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I seem to be growing a great goatee, less so with the sidees. Tach not bad and I am now getting some reasonable stubble at the right sideburn but much less on the left. I agree with what you say, Dave about loving wet shaving, looked forward to doing that for years. I never thought I would ever say that I love the feel of a smooth skin but even though i love the fact i have this stubble (which is now coming up overnight) as Reenie said women aren't that keen on it.

My beard is growing more to the left and right but I have a line up the middle where there is not much hair growth so I would rather trim the thicker growth than keep wet shaving the whole lot off so could do with a good trimmer/shaver also.

Since my chest op I had a good look at my chest under the sun outside today and found that I had short dark stubble growing all over the right side but bugger all over the left side which was news to me.