Wahl 9918 617 Groomsman Beard and Mustache Trimmer

Customer Reviews

Good for the price

2008-04-07
It looks like metal and is plastic, but you see and feel it strong. Is noisy, but do the work,the charge lasts and cut very well

work good

2008-04-07
works good dont cut very though its more like a small set of clippers works while charging ,

Cuts with ease

2008-03-28
This trimmer cuts with ease but they are starting to get louder. Other than that it is a great trimmer.

was well worth the price

2008-03-27
I shave my head with Mach 3 disposables. This is much more work, if you get lazy and let a month go by, so maybe then I go to the barber shop for about $12.00. If I kept up with it would cost me about $3.00 a week in disposables. At less than 20 bucks this thing has already paid for itself. I can go a month unshaven, and this shaver will bring me down to low stubble on head and face which I can easily finish off with a Mach 3 head. Wahl 9918-617 was well worth the price.

Great Beard Trimmer

2008-03-26
The Wahl beard and mustache trimmer works very well on my husband's beard and mustache. He says it works great - and he's picky.

Beard trimmer

2008-07-24
Wahl 9918-617 Groomsman Beard and Mustache Trimmer

Works great. Easy to use. Relatively quiet. Travels well.

good product

2008-05-17
Battery life is excellent, I can use it 10 times without recharging. Compact design. Feels cheap but solid. Recommended.

Nice trimmer, loud.

2008-05-15
The trimmer works. It has awkward attachments, and it loud. But its better than the Norelco flimsy trimmers.

Great cut

2008-04-17
Despite the fact that I bought this trimmer at Walmart for $ 19.95, when I use it, it feels like a razor of much higher price and value. It cuts very well and I am very pleased with the result. On the short, "stubble" setting, I get an absolutely excellent result.

I do agree that the plastic attachments are cheap and it is kind of bogus that we have to switch them out for each different setting (a different attachment for each beard length. So I give this product four, instead of five stars.

not recommended

2008-04-14
First the good things-
1) sharp blades and the cutting edge is close to the skin surface.
2) ability to operate with the cord connected.

The Bad -
The construction (and yes, have no doubts, it is Made in China) is so bad. Though the trimmer feels solid, if you look at the edges, you will see the ugly finish of the product. The plastic with which the guides have been made is not that flimsy(though i dont mean it is sturdy); but the way they have designed the insertion mechanisms and the length selector mechanism is so mindless that the plastic guide will break eventually, like mine did. It is so hard to fix the guide on to the trimmer; and once you fix it, if you want to take it out, you have to use so much force that you will fear if it would break.
The stubble guide also has the same story. I actually injured myself trying to get the thing from the trimmer. It is so damn hard to take it out once you put it in.

I wonder why would they make it this way. Once you break the guide or the beard regulator attachments, the thing is rendered useless. So, why dont they improve the locking mechanisms and improve the quality of the plastic used??? I would strongly advice to try some other brands who give a little more importance to quality and put some thinking into the product!
Ha, the bag is a joke; well, not much complaints here because i dont intend to keep it in a bag.
Then the noise - it IS loud. After using it around your sideburns area, and once you switch it off, you will hear the beauty of silence! But not much complaints here too, because, i think it is standard with trimmers though may not be as noisy as this one.
People say for 20$, you cannot expect much!! Give a little more respect to your hard earned money! Thats all...