Many longtime owners consistently give the Color Pro Plus high ratings and agree that this clipper is a great value overall. Razor cutting provides the best results on wet hair and if the technique is used on dry hair, it can lead to split ends.

It has the most reliable and easy-to-use guide combs of any clipper we’ve tried; in our tests, this turned out to be a key differentiator between an okay hair clipper and a great one. If they are too rigid or sharp, they can chip or break or may be uncomfortable to scrape across a scalp. It comes with eight guide combs (double the number that come with our corded upgrade pick, the Oster Fast Feed). Experts state that the best way to hold a hair cutting razor is at a slight angle to the hair shaft.And thanks to a metal retaining clip on the back of the combs, they stay seated and straight on the blade better than any other set we tried. They’re currently working on a nonfiction book about the beauty industry, The House of Beauty, to be published by Norton. In his 2016 test run with the Wahl Elite Pro, barber Eric Aleman noted its heft and bulk but also the taper lever’s ease of use and the ability to cut precise fades. Razor hair cutting emphasizes texture, movement, and a softer finish, lending itself to styles that require a more natural and relaxed appearance.

Razor Cutting is a modern haircutting technique that uses hair cutting razors instead of traditional shears.Second to technique, they play a large part in deciding the outcome of a haircut, but they are often confusing to non-professionals. Our pick comes with a useful assortment of 10 combs that are clearly labeled and easier to sort than those of most competing models; most have combs with impossible-to-read, raised black-plastic numbers on black plastic. Its sharp steel blades easily slice through fine, thick, smooth, and coarse hair without slowing down or clogging. One of our at-home testers questioned its effectiveness solely for that reason: “It’s too quiet to really be cutting hair, right? We believe that the hair razor is a must for any hairdresser or barber that love to provide intricate detailed work whilst also bringing out their creative side.

For our 2021 update to this guide, we also consulted freelance hairstylist Topher Gross and, separately, Simon He of Techni Salon NY. The Fast Feed’s motor is extremely powerful yet pleasingly quiet, and this clipper can run all day without heating up (which is not true of our other picks).Compared with the Remington Virtually Indestructible (a smaller and quieter model we like), the Elite Pro has a slightly louder magnetic motor, but it isn’t obnoxiously loud. The long side pieces and spiky layered short hair at the crown give this hairstyle unisex vibes that are cool and avant-garde. A prime example of the characteristic panache razors give — it incorporates lots of layers, and long razor cut bangs.