Philips Norelco T980 Turbo Vacuum Trimmer
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Product Reviews of Philips Norelco T980 Turbo Vacuum Trimmer
Product Review: A great trimmer
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently purchased this trimmer after going through many bargain basement off the shelf beard trimmers. Uneven cuts, poor battery life, hair spraying in all directions, all of you bearded gentlemen out there know the drill. This time I did a little research and got the Phillips Norelco T980 Turbo Vacuum Trimmer. The variable height cutting guard works well and the battery easily lasts a month on a charge for me. The vacuum works well in sucking up 95% of the trimmings and is easily cleaned. So far, the only issue is that the power control is a bit too easily activated when you are holding the unit in your hand, meaning that you can change your grip while trimming and accidentally turn the thing off. Also the power and turbo buttons are somewhat confusingly placed for my taste. What looks like a power button is the turbo button, so at first I picked the thing up and was stabbing at what I thought was the power button, and nothing was happening! I shifted my grip to look at the button at a different angle and, you guessed it, accidentally turned it on. Overall, a great trimmer, just watch you don't push the power switch too much!Product Review: A great trimmer. Worth paying a little extra.
Summary: 4 Stars
This trimmer does a wonderful job keeping my beard looking great. The only reason I didn't give it the full five stars is that it doesn't vacuum up all the beard trimmings. It allows for a nice range of beard lengths as long as you don't want it too long. But if you want anything from the popular "haven't shaved for a day or two" look to a full but nicely trimmed beard, this will do it.Product Review: A great way to trim your beard!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great way to trim your beard. A definite step up from traditional trimmers. The magic in it is the vacuum that captures and stores trimmed beard and mustache hair instead of letting it fall into your sink to make a mess. You don't make your lady mad, and everyone is happy.
The trimmer itself fits comfortably in your hand. It has an detachable cord that allows the unit to be charged. It can operate on the cord or off it's batteries for cordless use. The trimmer is NOT submersible.
The attached guard can be adjusted to 9 length settings with a rotating selector. It can also be taken off for trimming necklines or other areas. There is also a separate smaller attachment that can be used for precision cuts.
The vacuum is power and made more powerful over earlier models through the use of the "Turbo" button that amps up the cutting power and vacuum power substantially. When you are done cutting your hairs are captured in a removable tray for disposal. There are still a few hairs that don't get sucked up but it a huge improvement over using trimmers without suction.
The only negatives are that the hair capture cup is a tad small. There is also a plastic piece that guides hair into the cup that makes neck and cheek-line trimming a little tricky until you get the hang of it.
Overall a great trimmer for those of us real men with beards. A must have!!
Product Review: A neat solution for trimming mustaches and beards
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this trimmer for my husband because it's so annoying to see all the little hairs on the sink after he trims his mustache, sideburns, etc. This unit has a handy little vacuum inside of it that gets almost all of the stray hairs. For me, that's a 5 star feature. My husband's only complaint is that it's a little bulky because of this feature and that when he wants to trim around his mustache or ears he can't just pull off the plastic guard like he could with his old Panasonic so the blades are exposed, but has to replace the guard with a smaller head that has exposed blades that made for this purpose.
Some reviewers have complained about the noise but to me it seems about average as far as sound goes. It doesn't wake me up if the bathroom door is open to the bedroom and I'm still asleep. Whatever extra noise is probably due to the vacuum feature. So we'd say that while it's not perfect, it's a pretty good trimmer.
Product Review: A spectacular product my any measure!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
After a lot of comparison shopping and using various products over the last ten years, I finally decided to purchase the Norelco T980. I am delighted with my purchase and it exceeded my expectations in every way.
This unit is light, easy to operate, rechargeable and has precision blades that cut evenly. The extra attachment for fine detail works well and I don't get cut using it. The vacuum attachment works well even when it's not on Turbo and I personally think it's very quiet. It's unrealistic to think a mechanical device in this price range won't make any noise at all. If that's your expectation, you might want to use scissors. However, this product gets the job done much quicker and the sound is not annoying and unlikely to wake up someone else on the normal setting.
The flexible blade housing pivots smoothly and covered the contours of my face very well with an even cut at several different lengths. While it's difficult to get close to the nose because of the larger size of this unit, I don't see that as a big deal because with the smaller precision tool you can do this quite easily with a mustache comb if you are not much for completely manual operations. This little bit of extra work probably took me under 30 seconds.
Overall, the design of this unit is well thought out and it is quite attractive. The holding space for clippings is pretty big and unless you have a thick beard, you probably won't have to change it until after several uses. The battery also lasts about 30 minutes on Turbo and you can use the plug-in adapter after that if it runs out.
I don't see any drawbacks at all with this product. I'm completely delighted with my purchase and the value that I received for my investment.