I’m debating buying some new clippers and I’m fascinated by people using some of the smaller ones for body clipping. I’ve always had larger ones for that, such as my Lister Star clippers.
I think going cordless might be nice too. I don’t do a full body clip, but it can be anywhere from 25-75% of the horse. The Lister Stars are near deafening it feels like, so something quieter would be attractive.
What are you all using and loving for cordless clippers?
Andis with the T84 blade.
A few threads, mainly older ones, came up in my search but that one did not. Thank you!
Wahl Chromados. Cordless with an adjustable blade. I clip 2 horses a year max and never a full clip, my mare gets a blanket clip and I’ve also done a trace on a few client horses. My mare isn’t big (15.2) but it only takes me 2ish hours total to do her. I go back the next day and clean up lines. They’re light, quiet, and can be used unplugged or plugged in. I love them.
I have several pairs of the Andis AGC clippers. They do a nice job for the most part, I will say I have bought a few pairs that out of the box, did not clip as well as others.
A friend of mine recently purchased a ‘very purple’ pair of Andis that is cordless and she really likes them, even for bodyclipping. I don’t know any more than that. Lol
See, I would never think to use these for a body clip, nor would I think that they’d be useful for that. Good to know. I’ve only ever used “big” clippers for body clips. The cordless feature really appeals to me though.
I only started body clipping when I moved to CA, I already had the chromados for trimming, and I knew I wasn’t going to be clipping professionally so I figured why not give it a shot. 
I also have the arcos but don’t use those anymore. IIRC, those would get a little hot and I would have to swap the blades out so they weren’t hot on the horse but they were never too hot in my hand.
To be honest I’ve never clipped with larger clippers so maybe you will try them and absolutely hate them because they are so small but I’m kind of used to how long it takes so it doesn’t bother me. My girl is also a saint to be clipped. 
What a timely post as someone was just suggesting a cordless clipper that they love and they use it for body clipping! I was thinking of getting a new set of clippers (I have a Whal 2 speed which are great, but I was looking for cordless) and a pro braider and clipper suggested these to me as she loves them. She says she can get a body clip out of 1 battery (lasts about 1.5hr) but this package comes with 2 batteries so it has a spare. They charge in 1hr and are very quiet and light. I went to look at them in person and they are a nice, quiet clipper. You can get the wide blades for them as well (they are compatible with the wide Whal blades or Andis blades).
They are not cheap and for me just clipping 1-2 ponies a year, I decided to stick with my corded Whals for now. But if I was serious, I would purchase these since they have such great reviews and I know a pro who uses them all the time.
Does anyone have the Liveryman Black Beauty bodyclippers? They are a UK clipper
I have Andis AGC two speed clippers that I use to trace clip and body clip with no problems. I’ve got both corded and cordless models, but if I’m doing a full body clip I use a corded one, the batteries on the cordless can get heavy.
I’ve used my Lister stars for over 20 years now, they are my trusty, loud warhorse. These days I have a fjord, and that’s a whole other level of hair and silken fluff that defeats a lot of clippers (but not the listers lol). I have andis super agr+ and there’s just no way they handle the job, even on the battery pass through. I’ve also hated body clipping with small clippers even back in the day when it was my clipmasters and A5s, so while andis hatred is white hot, I’m just not a small clipper fan for body clipping.
But I hate those clippers so much even before owning a fjord (@PNWjumper and I have waxed on for days about our hatred for andis and especially their batteries). But I finally had them long enough to justify replacing them and bought a pair of Heiniger Opals.
THEY ARE THE BEST THINGS EVER
It’s been a year and the clippers I thought were going to be for daily use and head/legs have turned into my body clippers too. The only thing I don’t use them for is when I roach the mane right before blanket season, he has the thickest make over ever encountered and fjord mane is a courser hair than normal mane, so that huge blade is best. The battery lasts forever. I’ve taken my sweet time clipping 3/4 of a fjord and the indicator hasn’t moved off the full charge light. So far my only disappointment is that the deal I found that gave me a second battery for free has been wasted time
The swiss have this figured out, just sayin’…
How heavy/big are the Heinigers in the hand? Are they easy to clean? I’ve been clipping for years with Lister Stars, which have always done a superb job on my horses with their thick winter coats (like plush animal with guard hairs).
I saw the Heinigers online, and have since read a couple of recommendations for them on CoTH. If my life is going to be clipping my PPID horse every six weeks (what I’m currently doing), I might want to go cordless. But only if they can handle dense hair, and aren’t too large or heavy for my small hands. At their price point, the Heinigers need to be perfect (and my Christmas present!).
We have used these for doing multiple horses for 20 years.
They are slenderer and lighter than most A5 style clippers. That said, I’ve found the “greasiness” that shows up in a lot of PPID coats almost defeats the big clippers
His coat is not greasy, at all, but it’s thickened up so much, as far as number of hairs per square inch. It doesn’t look like those photos of PPID horses with long, greasy and wavy hair, more just unbelievably dense.
That’s a lot of why I’m clipping him so frequently – that, and the fact that it was still almost 100F a couple days ago. I can’t do anything about the greatly increased density, but I can keep the length short.
The Andis eMERGE seemed somewhat attractive, but now I’m not sure sure. I’ve looked at the Heinigers a few times too. I’m rather indecisive!
The Double K would be my go to if I were clipping multiple. I’m just clipping the one a few times a year, and I really like the idea of cordless.
I use a 2 speed Andis with T-84 blade but I only clip 1 horse twice a year. The farm I work at has 2 professional clippers come. They will clip 5-7 horses and ponies each visit.m Both use the 2 speed Andis. It seems to be the clipper of choice in my area. I have not seen a professional use the large body clippers in over 10 years maybe even 15.
I am behind the times I’ve been using large and noisy units for such a long time. They’ve worked though and will clip through anything.
I’m thinking about the Andis eMERGE with the T-84 blade. The main con to that one is there isn’t a removable battery.
Debating on the Heinigers too. Looking at the Opal and Sapphire.
Matching oil etc. brand with clipper brand?
Debated starting a new thread…
Just got my new Wahl KMC+ clippers. Instructions say to use only Wahl-branded oil, cooling spray etc. How critical is this? I have a LOT of Andis and Oster oils, spays, and blade wash.
#wahl #clippers
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