Mechanical nose/ear trimmer

[Drew]

Bought this about a year ago and it has been excellent. Previously used various types of battery powered trimmers, none of which seemed to work well or last long. Got this one maybe based on a recommendation here. Just wanted to pass along that after nearly a year, still works great.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DZK...ge?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Buzz]

I had an old Panasonic battery powered trimmer that was awesome, but after many years of use it finally upped and croaked. What I found out awhile back trying to replace it, was that somehow the old style blades that cut really close, were essentially outlawed, and that the angles for the cutting blades and surfaces had to be modified within certain specifications. I think manual powered devices may be exempt from the mandated modifications. In the mean time, I haven't found any powered models that work anywhere near as good as the old school trimmers. The old style, when improperly used, evidently led to some poor/painful results, hence new regs to protect the dummies.

Those manual trimmers always peaked my interest, but I haven't been able to use them for close to thirty years, which is just about the time those unsightly hairs started to sprout in earnest, Glad to hear they actually work as hyped.
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[davester]

An alternative to expensive plastic surgery?

[SteveG]

One of these will do finishing jobs that the circular ones don't. The blade configuration makes the difference. Get both. (This particular one is $10 at Target, not necessarily an individual endorsement)

[Speedy]

Just one more thing you have to worry about as you get old.

[Onamuji]

My beard trimmers always come with serviceable ear/nose hair trimmer heads. Have not felt any need to go for another solution. Since I end up replacing my beard trimmer every 3-5 years, I end up with a nice new (sharp) ear/nose hair trimmer every few years as well.

So, aside from not needing to charge batteries (which I seldom have to do since Lithium batteries started appearing in beard trimmers), any great advantage to a mechanical trimmer?

[Drew]

Onamuji wrote:
So, aside from not needing to charge batteries (which I seldom have to do since Lithium batteries started appearing in beard trimmers), any great advantage to a mechanical trimmer?

As Buzz noted above, dedicated small trimmers seemed to have changed recently, not so sharp any more. I had one that worked real well for a few years. After it broke, I tried replacing but nothing I tried seem to cut well, pulling the hairs out rather than cutting them or doing not much at all. Then somewhere I discovered this mechanical one and found that it works quite well.

Don't have a beard trimmer with that kind of attachment, so can't comment on that.

[NewtonMP2100]

....can't you just get a brazilian wax there [ Kelly Clarkson!! ]....???

[Buzz]

Doc- I'm curious as to what "serviceable" means in real life... ditto w/ periodic beard trimmer replacement, but have yet to find one who's nose/ear hair trimmer is as good as a standalone. I've tried a couple of Amazon's best seller standalone's that are what I'd call serviceable, but both are better than anything that has come w/ the beard trimmers. The highly reviewed Toilet Tree model seems to trim the best, but still nowhere close to the old school Panasonic. A really good one that comes with a decent beard trimmer would be a great selling point.
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[Onamuji]

Buzz wrote: ...have yet to find one who's nose/ear hair trimmer is as good as a standalone.

My Norelco's exchangeable head seems to be at least as good as any standalone I've ever tried. It's cutting, not pulling -- no pain. The tip is similar to that on Drew's manual trimmer.