{Photograph}: Matthew Korfhage
Wahl
Black Peanut Clipper/Trimmer
Half the barbers I do know inform me the identical factor, once I ask them for his or her favourite beard trimmers: Simply cease considering so exhausting, and get a Wahl Peanut. The basic Peanut, from Wahl’s Professional line, is a basic for a motive. It shaves shut however not too shut. Its rotary motor is a bit tank that lasts ceaselessly. It’s corded, which suggests no battery to slowly cease taking cost. There aren’t any doo-dads, no dials, no added failure factors. Only a high-quality blade and 4 trimmer guards, on a wee light-weight trimmer you may wield along with your fingers as a substitute of in your palm.
It’ll final you for years in case you maintain it oiled. It’d pull on some wispy hairs once in a while, in case you’re a merely occasional shaver. However it gained’t nick or minimize you. And it’ll carry on plugging. It’s not overpriced even on a nasty day—however proper now it’s 20 p.c off.
Notice you may get a brand new travel-ready, cordless model of Peanut Li (7/10, WIRED Recommends) with nice battery life, extra juice in its motor, and the identical basic blade. It’s not on sale as of Tuesday night, however not like the pleasantly goofy-looking basic, the brand new Li seems to be… virtually modern?
