Anybody have cordless clipper recommendations? Bonus points if you’ve had them for more than a year. Double bonus points if they have an interchangeable battery system or are up to the task of body clipping.
My boarding situation is about to become more rustic (no power), but I’ll be hunting this winter and will probably need to trace clip. Also need to trim to show. Thanks in advance!
Not sure if there are any cordless clippers heavy duty enough to tackle a winter coat. One idea might be to use a 12V deep cycle marine battery and an inverter to power the clippers.
I’m completely ignorant of how that works. Any good references I could check out? Is this something I could run using my truck as a power supply?
Heigiger. I have both the big body clippers and the small Saphir. They are work horses. Mine came with 2 batteries each so I never run out of juice. Bonus, they are both several (6? 8?) years old and still going strong clipping cows and horses. Both will do full body clips (the Saphirs take a T-84 blade) but the big guys are obviously quicker. I use the small ones for nervous animals. The big ones are not near as noisy as plug-in body clippers but can still be a bit much for those that lose their minds about clipping.
You will LOVE not having hair blown in your face. Love it. I will not use corded clippers again any time soon.
Also, you don’t have to wait/pay for Heiniger brand blades. I’ve been using Oster/Clipmaster for the big guys and Andis for the Saphirs.
All these wonderful things said - please sit down before you investigate the price. They are not cheap.
There sure are! I’ve been doing cows and horses for years with Heinigers.
They do. Swearsies! They clip a lot of animals and just keep on going.
I have the Wahl Arcos and I’ve been happy with them. Multiple batteries. I’ve had them now for 3 years or more with no issues. They are just for smaller jobs though. Great touch up and/or detail clippers.
The place I kept my horse for years has limited access to power. I find a Car DC to AC inverter works just fine. Kind of annoying keeping the car running the whole time, but the inverters are inexpensive and you can keep using the clippers you have. I tried cordless ones, and generally didn’t like them. Within a year the batteries had gone bad, even with careful care/storage. You should be able to pick one up for about $30.
I still have my original batteries in my now probably 8yo Heinigers. I think it depends on whether you buy crappy battery clippers or battery clippers that were designed for use and abuse.
Premier1 doesn’t sell junk so I’d say the Heinigers would be well worth a try, and a lot nicer than trying to run off a generator or running car. The reviews there suggest people are using them heavily for livestock, which is probably much harder use than you intend for your horse. It’s a bummer they’re so pricey but if you don’t already have body clippers, not that much worse…
Many people use this set up to power fans, small refrigerators, etc. when camping. An inverter is something you buy and attach via cables to a deep cycle battery. The inverter has outlets on it whereby you plug in your devices. The reason for a deep cycle battery is that they can be drained and recharged many times over unlike a regular car battery.
That’s pretty cool!
Premier’s site states they use the A5 blade, so not really comparable to my Lister Star clippers. My horse is such a yak, there’s no way I can body clip with anything smaller.
LOL, if anyone uses these clippers on an actual yak, Premier would know… :lol:
true!! I love Premier and send my blades to them for sharpening. Great company!
They were Osters, and not inexpensive. One would have expected them to handle a bit of use. And honestly, they did handle the use, I think it was the disuse over the summer months that did in the batteries. My meh corded clippers and a DC/AC inverter has held up far better than the osters did.
You would want the big boys that take the regular body clipping blades, not the Saphirs. These are the ones I use for most body clipping: https://www.ukalcanada.com/products-search?qs=heiniger+cordless The big ones that I have are now called Xplorer, the smaller ones are still called Saphir.
I would not buy Osters and expect their batteries to last. They are toss aways imo. Complete junk after using Heiniger clippers.
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