Ultimate Dog Clipper Test: Grooming a Goldendoodle's Thick Coat - Best Clipper Put to the Test!

0:00 guys today we're going to put some clippers to the test I have all these Clippers these are adjustable blade Clippers this is a detachable blade Clipper this is Old Faithful these adjustable blade Clippers are becoming the thing everybody is gravitating towards in doll groming for full Grooms

0:17 and can they do it yes they can but I'm going to show you that there are limitations there are differences in the work that they produce and the amount of time that it takes this type of clipper to produce pleasing results and the amount of time it takes this type of clipper to produce pleasing results but

0:34 not just that it's ease of use it's what the longevity of each Clipper is you can spend $180 to $200 on one of these Clippers you can spend $245 on a Clipper like this or 200 on the corded version this one's going to last you forever really these they won't you can't replace any of the parts in

0:55 these the reason why I'm doing this is because we're just going to compare the ability to give a thick coated golden doodle a full haircut does this have the ability all three of these The joyy Hornet The keni Flash 5 and the keni Flash doesn't have the ability to produce the same results it may not be

1:14 in the same amount of time this one is probably definitely going to get you there faster this is a test to see does it have the ability I'm going to be using a/4 of an inch guard comb on all of the Clippers today a/4 of an inch guard comb on the A5 Clipper and this same qu qu of inch guard comb it's made

1:32 for adjustable blade Clippers this is the kenchi stainless steel guard comb set made for 51 Clippers this one same guard comb is going to work on the joyy Hornet 5 in1 Clipper it is going to work on the kenchi flash 5 same guard comb this is the kenchi stainless steel 5 in1 blades and is also going to work on the

1:54 kenchi flash the original kenchi Flash the only difference in using it with these you must purch purchase the specific 30 blade made by kenchi for this Clipper only that raises this distance and gives it the ability to be compatible with the keni stainless steel 5 in1 guard comes I'm going to first

2:18 show you how it behaves on a coat that has not been bathed or conditioned yet because that's a true test and typically we do not trim dogs before they're bathed conditioned brushed and dried but I'm going to show you this because I want you to see the struggles that the one Clipper may have versus the other

2:34 I'm just going to test it then I'm going to bathe conditioned dry brush my dog and then we are going to test all those four Clippers with a/ Quin guard comb on this coat clean and prepared and ready for clipping you know as a professional groomer and I always tell you whether you're grooming your dog at home or if

2:52 you're a beginner groomer it's best to never use a Clipper or a guard comb on a coat that hasn't been properly brushed bathed conditioned and dried so that's the prerequisite to clipping but some people like to do a little pre-trimmed if it's matted you're not going to get these guard Combs through the coat at

3:15 all you won't we're going to do the test but before I can test them I do need to brush and comb him out I like to use quicker Slicker y'all know that I love this product I don't like to brush a dry coat this will help me brush him out easier it's going to help me remove the dead coat that needs to come out that

3:33 will cause my Clipper to not produce good work we want to thoroughly brush our dogs before I would try to slide these guard Combs through the coat okay so now he's brushed out this is the reason I pre- brushed Gus especially since we're going to try these Clippers on a dirty coat it's harder for a

3:51 Clipper to get through it the coat's tacky it's it's stuck together but this is all the dead hair he's a non-shedding breed this is the dead hair that was in his that would have caused those Clippers to fail it wouldn't be the Clippers it's my prep work that was failing the clipping we took that out of

4:08 the scenario however we are going to try to be clipping a heavy thick coated doodle with a dirty coat first then I'm going to bathe condition dry them and we're going to see how they perform in a clean coat I can get a comb through I have to be able to get a comb through my dog's coat in order for a stainless

4:25 steel guard comb teeth to be able to get through the coat you know that has to be able to get through it the fur has to travel through here to this cutting blade or it won't be able to cut first one we're going to go for the joyy Hornet this is an adjustable blade Clipper we're going to set it to a tin

4:41 all my blades are sharp cleaned and oiled so we're going to slide that guy on there I'm going to do a little area cuz I would like to test him afterwards too when he's clean so I'm going to turn it turn it on high why not goes through a dirty coat pretty nicely I'd say that's a win now let's

5:08 see what the wall km10 does with a quar inch stainless steel guard comb on high dirty coat I will tell you it actually Glides through it real fast with no resistance I'm feeling for resistance I got a little bit of resistance in the Hornet not much not much to complain about so the wall km 10 this is the wall CM

5:35 cord lless it was effortless I would say absolutely effortless we're going to continue on we're going to put the same quarter inch that I used on the Hornet on the Ki flash 5 position it all the way down in place I'm on speed three why don't we go to four

6:00 just it goes to five speeds let's see what happens going to tip my dog's head down so I get a nice smooth clip oh it's snagging right there all right it's not really the Clipper I will clean and oil this blade first I'm going to brush any clippings out of there that may be stuck in

6:26 between the teeth I'm going to oil the blade let it run a minute this blade may be older I don't think it is it seemed like it was sharp deack my guard comb try again sometimes you just have to clean your blade this is still a dirty

6:52 [Music] coat it's been a while since I've changed the blade on the kenchi flash 5 so I'm going to try to keep this fair and I'm going to put a brand new fresh blade on here so this is a brand new keni Flash 5 blade I'm going to set it to a

7:17 10 but I am going to oil it just to be safe little drop there little drop there let it run wipe off all the excess Oil we're going to grab that same/ quinch guard conom that we used on the joy Z Hornet slide it on the kenchi flash 5 see what happens we're on speed four

7:44 it's getting through a dirty coat just fine these Clippers are very lightweight the end of this video I'm going to explain to you if they all perform well I'm still going to explain to you the downside of putting all your faith and an adjustable blade Clipper instead of just out of the gate going

8:06 for the A5 style Clipper so stick around for that now let's move on to the Kenji flash original purchased additionally is this 30 blade that is specific to the flash you must have it to use these guard Combs seat that on there we'll go on speed four like The kenchi Flash and as you can see

8:31 see this Clipper can handle it as well now I don't want to clip all of him I want to save a good bit of this test it's struggling back here he's real thick right here so I am getting some resistance so I need to slow down and allow the hair to be fed into the Clipper blade so it can properly cut it

8:48 so the Ki flash original doing okay coat's thick this is a dirty coat so this is a true test [Music] so they all pass the test they were all able to trim the dirty coat I'm going to go back to the wall I'm just going to keep switching between them I'm going to

9:14 do this side of Gus this goes through though differently this goes through like butter that's even on low speed this literally goes through like butter do all the Clippers produce smooth results yes and I'm going to show you that at the end of the video when I'm trimming a prepared coat this is

9:33 great I am keeping his legs full so I'm only coming up to about here I will be S scissoring and blending that into the body trim I'm just taking them down a little bit to cool them off in the summer on his body so the W km10 it's it just it goes through like

9:58 butter let's go back to the joyy Hornet on high speed it's two speeds this is a dirty coat I'm going to keep reminding you guys that we will be doing a clean coat I'm doing half of him while he's not bathed conditioned and dry and the other half I'll do afterwards testing the same

10:23 Clippers so I do have a style that I put on Gest that's why I'm dropping off a above the shoulder I'm keeping these full legs I'll be scissoring that I'll be scissoring this so his chest looks nice and it doesn't have these holes in so I'm leaving this coat so I can scissor it we're just testing Clippers

10:41 right now so the Hornet absolutely can do it let's go back to the flash five yep no problem [Applause] [Music] the

11:08 km10 detachable blade Clipper definitely gives me no resistance I feel a little bit of resistance but this is a dirty coat let's see what happens when he's prepped right so in all fairness yeah the A5 probably shined heavily on a dirty coat which means it will definitely Excel when the

11:30 coat's clean too so but the question is can these guys do it and do a good job so let's get him in the tub let me wash him condition him dry him brush him and get him ready and we're going to do the same test on the other side Gus is bathed conditioned brushed and dried now we're going to see

11:50 how the Clippers truly do perform you have to be able to slide a comb all the way from the skin out if you can slide the comb all the way way through your dog and as you can see even in these long areas I can do that I'm going to be using a little technique called skimming here on his legs because I want to keep

12:09 him in full legs I can do a lot of the cheating work and save myself some scissor work with my Clipper using a technique called skimming with my Clipper we'll start with the wall km10 and the 1/4 inch on a clean coat on high [Applause] this is a 10 blade underneath here as you can see it's it's effortless

12:36 honestly there's no resistance in the coat very much effortless all right now we're going to switch over to the joyy Hornet which is a 501 Clipper set to a 10 Blade with a/ quinch guard comb on it on high

13:02 again it's nice I'm not feeling resistance but I'm feeling the need to go back and clean up areas I feel like it's just not as smooth it is not hesitating to go through the coat but I'm feeling like I have to go back over it more often than I would with the wall

13:30 km10 which is a detachable blade Clipper to make this nice and smooth but it it can do it it can do it and the coat has to be ready as I explained earlier now let's go to the kenchi flash five this is set to four speed has five four is fine kind of comparable to the joisy

13:57 Hornet and there is a slight difference in the blades between the Hornet and this let's take a look at these blades up close this is The kenchi Flash 5 this is the joyy Hornet there is slightly differences in the angle of the blade too I know it's hard to see on camera but if you look at it

14:19 yourself on yours you would see that angle is slightly different than this that can make differences all these things can make differences that's the difference of the te they're similar here is The kenchi Flash looks like the teeth are actually possibly closer together no it must be the angle this

14:46 one is hardly angled as compared to the kenchi flash it looks like there's more of an angle here on this Clipper this is The Flash this is our detachable blade Clippers there's definitely a difference in the spacing of the teeth with them the

15:11 Hornet and the Flash so those little things could be what's making the difference of how I feel about the way they perform on my big doodle coat there is a slight difference in the blades between the Hornet and this and I feel like the kenchi flash five produces a little bit more of a

15:37 smooth finish quicker than the Hornet so in other words I don't seem to have to go over it as many times with the flash as I felt like I did with the [Music] Hornet but I still do it is still kind of I do have to go over it I'd say they're kind of

16:02 comparable let's try the skimming technique and finally The kenchi Flash which is the original 4 in one Clipper before the flash five existed we're going to put that quarter inch on there come here Gus that's set to a four [Applause] speed I almost feel

16:29 like of the Hornet The Flash five and the Flash I feel like the flash is a little smoother maybe I'm delusional I I'm not I'm not having to go over it as many times to make it smooth in fact I'm going to go over the

16:57 areas I clipped with the flash five and the [Music] Hornet it must be the blade on the keni flash they all three have slightly different blades maybe the teeth spacing is is is a little different and it's giving us slightly different results all of them are capable as you

17:22 can see but this kenchi flash is actually cleaning up the work from The Flash five and the Hornet you can hear it right now this one is winning as far as these three Clippers go but back to

17:48 our detachable blade Clipper which is a Powerhouse I'm just skimming a little bit here I love this Clipper for that so in other words I'm not going all the way against his skin I'm coming down I'm creating a shape this is called skimming this does a nice job for that we're going to try skimming with all of

18:10 them we're also going to shave a PW pad with each one and I know each one is capable but we're just going to compare so wow that's tough it seems that the kenchi

18:37 flash is the white Clipper and our detachable blade Clipper if we had to say which one absolutely produces the best results I would have to say it's these two which one's better let's do some skimming with

19:02 this so with skimming my coat has to be standing out as it would if I was going to scissor him because I'm just grazing a shape I'm not really coming down against him I'm kind of blending the kenchi flash does a nice job of skimming which is kind of blending and creating a shape

19:33 I'm going to do a little skimming here so I'm leaving a little hair at it's tuck up cuz I don't want him to look so like he has a huge tuckup and then I will have to do some scissor work to blend this in but I can start it with a Clipper coming straight down as if I was scissoring this does a

19:56 really nice job with skimming [Music] as you can see stay [Music] Bud very nice all right let's skim with the

20:21 Hornet on high [Music] does a good job skimming is fine with the Hornet I feel like I liked the kenchi flash better for skimming which is just almost doing scissor work with my Clipper so this is

20:48 stuff I would be doing to scissor gust I'm creating the shape good boy guys very nice stay still [Music] and your dog has to be perfectly prepared for any skimming the coat you have to be able it has to be clean

21:15 condition blow dried in perfect shape slide a comb through it now you can go ahead and use a Clipper on the coat okay that did a good job the one thing I I do not like so much about the hornet versus say the flash even when I turn the Hornet

21:40 on I have to press and hold it to turn it off I have to press and hold it the flash I just hit the button turn off I hit the button I'm not I don't like that it's a new technology it's not my preference I kind of like that you when you turn a Clipper on it's on when you turn it off

22:03 it's off I mean time is valuable when you're standing here for 2 seconds to wait for a Clipper to shut off sometimes you're like I don't have two seconds I guess we do but sometimes we feel like we don't so we'll do some [Music] skimming with the Flash [Applause]

22:29 I feel like I like the kenchi flash 5 best for skimming of the adjustable blade Clippers it feels like it it really gives me the ability to be more accurate I can do it just fine with with these other Clippers

22:54 [Music] um they're all capable of all of these tasks that I'm showing you it's a matter of which one I feel I like better which one I would prefer especially on a a heavier doodle coat which is what we're dealing with here today let's go back to skimming hair with this is the wal K

23:20 M10 now this Clipper is a little heavier that may bother some people it doesn't bother me cuz it's well balanced I like skimming with this actually best I feel like I have the most control cuz with skining you need a lot of control let's turn Gus around come here bud come on over here good job all right

23:47 stand over here where we can see before I can skim I got to make sure I comb the coat out as if I was going to scissor it there's a little tangle in there see that guys woohoo because he's bathed and conditioned I can get that out easily and I'm going to be skimming

24:13 there so I need it to be perfectly combed out there's some snags okay buddy you don't like that I'm sorry I do my best for you buddy and your Slicker brushes is going to get through them and break them apart really easily in a clean coat clean and

24:40 conditioned good Gus it's much better let's go back to that kenchi flash cuz I keep feeling like I like it right we're going to put the quarter inch guard comb back on that every now and then you do have to deack your blade which means to remove the hair clippings that get stuck in there

25:01 it'll affect your Clipper work that's normal we have to do that periodically many times throughout the same groom okay let do a little skimming nice steady arm just like I'm scissoring I feel honestly it must be the blade on the kenchi flash it is slightly different there must be a little bit more spacing

25:26 between the teeth just like on a A5 blade but I feel like boy I really like this for skimming and ultimately I would say it's between this and the wall km for both for skimming for performing Clipper work it gets it grabs it quicker I don't know what it is it's a little bit hard for me

25:50 to explain let's go back to the km10 [Music] yeah it's definitely the km10 and the kenchi Flash when using guard Combs you can be using whatever size guard comb you want because of the

26:16 length that I want for Gus I'm choosing the/ qu of an inch saves me so much scissor time but I have to comb it out nicely first that's really

26:46 important let's go back to the joisy kind to give them all the same chance right there again I push the button nothing happened I got to hold the button okay not my favorite part of this Clipper skimming is fine I can do it nice and Steady

27:15 Hand nice and steady dog too thank you guys that's always important for having success doing a method like this now this is the side that we did pre- bath so so it's it's a little it needs touched up cuz after you blow out a dog when they're dry and clean the hair is going to straighten

27:37 out more so you're always going to have to go back over your work if you do pre- clipping you have to go back over it after the bath joyy Hornet is doing a fine job so if you have one of these Clippers guys you can groom a golden doodle completely with guard Combs and sanitary trimming with any one of

28:02 these it's a matter of I'm saying which one I like best putting them to the test ultimate dog Clipper test that's what we're doing today it's nice to do these test so when it comes down to go time someday I can say you know what I've got this dog in here I really liked the kchi flash when I set the length with a/

28:25 quinch guard comb I liked it for the skimming work I'm going to go for that one you know it's nice to do these tests so we'll do the kenchi flash five one more time just to be polite I liked all of them but you can see there are slight differences in the blades on each one of

28:50 these Clippers and that can make the difference of how the hair has been fed Into The Cutting Edge of the Clipper blade that can make the difference that could be the difference that I'm feeling yeah they're all capable they're all good Clippers if he were matted I would prefer to just use my wall km10 with a

29:15 seven Blade no guard comb cuz the guard comb is not going to get through a matted coat so I would have no choice when I say matted I mean really matted stuff that I can't just brush out that's what I call matted a matte here and there I can brush out and I can have a nice coat to work

29:31 [Music] with yeah so they're all capable they're all capable of doing this and we are going to shave a paw pad with each one just to show you so you can get a a visual but I can tell you right now they're all going to be capable some of them are more comfortable to the dog usually these

29:57 adjustable blade Clippers types all three of them other than the walcum I tend to like using the walcum 10 for Paul pads and I'm going to show you why and it doesn't seem to bother the dogs but if you're not careful and you're applying too much pressure it can be a little uncomfortable to the dog

30:17 we're going to use the wall km first to do this pul pad and like I said earlier guys you have to brush the hair clippings from the teeth of the blade 10 blade on all of them I feel sometimes that this detachable blade type Clipper like the wall can moves the pad around a lot easier

30:42 for me to just get right in there and clip that in a vshape this way and this way I feel it's faster let's try the keni flash five with a 10 setting now with these types I feel like I got to push but I know they're a little more gentle to the skin but I

31:08 really feel like I got to almost dig in there a little bit whereas with the km10 I felt like it just naturally went right into that vshape for me and cleaned that pad out licky split which was nice did a better job than this and the front pads we're going to go for the joyy hornet

31:29 on a 10 blade setting on [Music] high it's a nice safe choice and yes it can do it but I feel like I got to pick away at it a lot more he is a little sensitive with his front feet just so you know I just feel like the km still did better than those two so now for the

31:55 Flash and again this one seems to remind me of the other two adjustable blade Clippers I kind of got to dig in there a little bit I mean it does a good job the dogs don't seem to mind it but I feel like I got to dig in there a little bit one more thing I want to do is I'm going to set the length on the top of his head

32:19 I am not using a qu of an inch to set this I like his head to have some nice little fluff on the top knot I'm choosing to use a 3/4 of an inch this is for the adust adustable blade Clippers this is for the km10 so we'll start with the km10 with a 10 [Music]

32:44 blade very nice now we're going to go over to the keni flash with a 3/4 of an inch guard comb [Music] does a nice [Music] job does a very nice

33:12 job all right liked it liked it let's let's go ahead and do the Hornet going to deack that blade a little give this a true test right take care of our equipment this one does a really nice job on the longer lengths very nice so far all three are perfectly capable with these

33:39 longer lengths of guard Combs and the keni Flash deack that blade slide her on [Music] there yeah none of I'd say there's setting the length on the top of his head so if if your dog Minds Clipper work around the face having an adjustable blade Clipper may be the

34:05 answer cuz there's less vibration and there's less noise so I'd say these guys do great for face work all three of these did a great job setting some length there on the top of his head and so did our W km1 to be honest more of the story is could you do a full groom with a dog good boy guys

34:31 with any one of these Clippers yes especially after you've bathed conditioned dried and brushed your dog thoroughly yes full groom paw pads because remember these are adjustable blades they can adjust to a 10 for the sanitary areas the pul pads and you can put guard Combs over them for the

34:51 flash this guy is a little different you have to use a specific 30 blade to use guard homes with this Clipper and this is only a 30 blade you cannot change it when the 30 blade is on however our flash Clippers come with an adjustable blade it's this that's an addition so you have to purchase the additional 30

35:14 blade to use it for guard cone work so I want to change the setting on this I have to go back to the original blade on the flash and now I can change that blade length setting with this original blade that comes with it I cannot use guard Combs on that blade they do not fit see they don't work they don't work this has

35:37 to slide all the way down but what I can do is purchase the optional 30 blade to give me the option to use guard Combs with the kenchi flash Clipper now I can use guard Combs cuz see what that does is it gives you this space so that the guard Combs actually fit see this spacer this one doesn't have it that's why they

36:00 don't fit but they do with the optional 30 blade I will link everything for you guys per Clipper below okay so no worries because I get a lot of questions of people saying can I do that with the keni flash can I do that with the joisy Hornet which one do you recommend I recommend these two one of these two if

36:17 not both if you had to buy just one Clipper I'm usually always going to tell you a detachable blade Clipper cuz when it comes down to grooming matted heavy coats that are more of a challenge we weren't looking at a real challenging matted coat today this may not be my choice I may be able to get it done but

36:34 I probably will not like the look of my results I will with a detachable blade Clipper so if you're a pet grimer you you need this you need this first before you ever go and buy an adjustable blade Clipper you need this one and you can do everything with this Clipper sanitary paw pads guard comb work and switching

36:53 out your blades for different lengths these are a little more limited now I told you one thing that I was going to explain at the end of this video is what is the longevity on these Clippers these three Clippers the only thing that you can replace on these three Clippers is the blade when it goes dull and all

37:11 blades go dull eventually from use people say how often when will that happen when does it go dull a Clipper blade goes dull depend on how much you use it and what is the coat type that you're clipping is it dirty is it not cleaned is it matted is it a heavy harsh coat and you're clipping a lot of those

37:27 your Blade's going to going to doll faster than it would if you were clipping nice prepared clean coats and even then if you're only clipping nice prepared clean coats your blades will still dull after time because of use just like a steak Knife you can use it to eat 100 steaks but after that 100

37:44 steak it's going to start to dull okay it's the same with clipper blades there's no time frame as when they dull when they start to dull they don't want to glide through the coat like butter that's an indication cuz you never want to be in the middle of a haircut and your blade go all and it can happen like

37:59 that so you always want to have a spare if you have a kenchi flash have a spare blade joyy Hornet have a spare blade 10 blade on a km1 have a spare blade when it goes dll you have the spare and when you grab the spare at the end of your day you order another 10 blade because you need that backup I've used many

38:15 Clippers as a professional over 20 years once I put this Clipper in my hand and the corded version which is my turquoise W CM10 I finally said I have the right Clipper this is the Clipper for me the longevity of these Clippers these guys things can be replaced on these Clippers and the motor is made for longevity

38:36 that's the differences of choosing a Clipper like this an adjustable blade Clipper or even the wall braa which is in the class of these three nothing can be replaced on those Clippers I will say that the joyy Clippers the kenchi Clippers their battery life is outstanding and it holds the charge so

38:56 if you don't use it for a month it's going to hold that same charge as the last time he used it that's pretty impressive but that's technology it's Advanced it has evolved the construction of this is a diesel truck it's heavy duty and the construction of this this is a little pin that moves the Clipper

39:14 blade so there's differences that doesn't mean that this guy isn't impressive cuz he is there you have it that's my test Gus says peace out and we'll see you in the next video [Music]