Oster Professional Cordless 3000i Dog & Animal Clippers – Pet, Livestock & Dog Grooming Clippers – Ergonomic, Heavy Duty Design – Includes Size 10 CryogenX Blade, Battery & Charging Stand

grooming poodles
i have a miniature poodle mix with very sheep-like hair. i tried few clippers and they usually were pulling his hair. THOSE clippers cut awesome. i only have the blade it came with and it does a great job. it does warm up quickly though on full speed. it doesn’t bother me because i only do two areas of a body a day. he was abused before i adopted him and this is a huge deal for him to tolerate clippers. i like the easiness of holding the clippers and 3 speed choices. i maybe will have enough money to get more blades in a future so it would save me time on finishing his paws and face by scissors. i only did cut his hair on his belly and back and his behind, and upper part of legs. this clippers did great job with those parts and #10 blades. i am not a groomer. and for the first time i used it on his body (i do not count the tries of unsuccessful grooming with other brands). i would recommend this clippers. I think having more accessories would be more helpful, but with #10 blades you can do most of the job and just finish with scissors, depending on your budget. It was super easy to use by me.

Best Clippers, one small flaw.
This is my fourth A6 and I have yet to find a better clipper in the 6 years I’ve been grooming. My hands and wrists are very sensitive to high vibration and these have very low vibration, which is most important for me, I have tendinitis in both wrists. I also like that they don’t have any rubber on them, I’ve found that rubber grips get tons of disgusting hair splinters in them over time, yet I’ve never had trouble gripping these. They are very quiet even on the highest setting and very heavy duty, I’ve groomed a lot of matted dogs with them and they hold up every time.My only complaint, and some might find this a major one, is the flaw in the design of the front plate. The screws holding the front plate in screw into plastic and over time after snapping blades in they tend to crack and break off. I still prefer these clippers even with they flaw, I’ve trained myself to carefully snap my blades on so it’ll last longer before cracking, but it would be great if Oster would update these clippers and fix that flaw.

NOT Cool! And it broke during first use!
Bought this A6 Cool Comfort as a replacement for my +25y A5 which recently suffered an accident. I groom my 2 American Cocker Spaniels at home and have for many years now. First off, I ordered the “aqua sky” color and received the yellow-ish orange color. Annoying, but the color doesn’t impact performance.I open the box and am dismayed to see that the power cord is in two pieces – a longer cord with a power adapter at the end and the clipper on the other and the wall outlet plug on a short cord. I can see this possibly being an issue falling apart after frequent use. I plug it in and grab my trusty 7F blade, which sounds *completely* awful once I switch the clipper on. I try the 10 cryo blade that came with the clipper and it’s much smoother and quieter.After only 20 minutes, my dog starts pulling away and cringing when i touch her neck. I test the blade on my arm and was pretty shocked at how hot it was, even after such a short time! (For reference, my old A5 would run for over 45 minutes without needing to be cooled at all). I grabbed the Kool Lube and sprayed it down. After 3 cycles of this (Fast/Med/Slow didn’t matter), I switched to scissors to give the thing a longer chance to cool down. 30 min later, I had my other dog up and after 5 minutes, the front cover cracked and fell off like others have reported. I rigged up a way to hold the cover on long enough to finish what I absolutely had to.These “lightweight” clippers usually rely on smaller motors (which is where the weight is) so that smaller motor just has to work harder which = more heat. You can also see from the design that there are no air vents in the sides of the handle to allow for air flow, so all of the heat generated by the motor just gets trapped which weakens the plastic cover. The combo of more heat with nowhere for it to go means that the metal components heat the plastic and make it break faster. This clipper is a piece of garbage!Lastly, I called Oster directly because I assumed they value customer loyalty and want to do what they can to make things right. I was given the option of either paying out of pocket to ship them something that broke the first time I used it so a technician could repair it (how do they plan to repair something that is just badly designed??) or returning it to Amazon. So it’s being returned and I’m going to spend the money getting my old A5 repaired. Learn from my mistake – don’t waste your money.

Great quality, works well on long haired cats

So my husband purchased this super expensive shaver years ago and wow were we disappointed when it didn’t come with attachments. We used it on our dogs anyways but they would look ridiculous..completely choppy..kinda like mashed potatoes. I finally took the problem into my own hands and found these attachments and HOLY MOLY the difference!! Super easy to use..no worries about hurting our pups although the machine gets hot and we need to take breaks during a big shave. It’s been really great and we are very happy with this purchase.