Hi All,

On the subject of power tools. ;-)

Since all my hair fell through my head and came out of my face I've
been using a Remington HC-200 mains-rechargeable trimmer (mainly on
mains) and it's been very good indeed. In fact I didn't realise how
good until it fizzled out the other day and rather than look at it I
got out the Whal trimmer I was bought as a present a few years back
and gave it a go.

I would have to say it's either faulty or pathetic (which I didn't
think it would be given it's size and weight), stalling when given
some actual work to do on say a slightly-left-too-long beard. ;-(

I think the 'difference' between the two products is that the
Remington uses positive movement on the blades via an eccentric on the
motor spindle (like a mobile phone vibrate) whereas the Wahl feels
like it's induction vibration (like on a fish tank pair pump).

Soo, liking the Remington I was looking at this, the 'Remington Barba
Beard Trimmer':

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ye4zwbw
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yesdtxr

And wondered if anyone had one, what they thought of it and (out of
interest) does it use the eccentric or vibrate process please?

FWIW it seems to have some pretty positive reviews on the Argos site.

Cheers, T i m

p.s. Because the fine depth guide on the HC-200 is a manual slide
affair, on a couple of occasions I've left it set to '0' (rather than
my more typical 3) and ended up giving myself a reverse Mohican! ;-(