I decided to grow a big beard after my beard trimmer died on me. It's got to the point where I cannot pull off a big beard, only a normal sized beard.
I bought my trimmer years ago and IIRC it was less than £20. I looked online and I'll be lucky to find anything for £40. I cannot afford to spend anything like that on a beard trimmer as I am a filthy student.
Are there any cheap beard trimmers that any of you can recommend? Also what's the proper way to trim a big beard? Usually my old trimmer wouldn't break a sweat but I don't think any trimmer would be able to sort it unless I cut it first with scissors.
>>4932 One quick word of warning do be careful that the head of the trimmer is a separate piece and it did come off once and get tangled in my beard because it wasn't properly attached.
If you're just trimming your beard the best thing to do is to follow the grain of your hair and just do short sections clearing old hair as you go.
I can't really recommend anything cheap, as I've only ever had trouble with anything priced at less than forty quid.
I can however greatly recommend a decent pair of beard scissors and a bit of patience. You can hack off a full on biker beard in about fifteen minutes, and I think you can get a more even look that way. Unless your face is perfectly symmetrical, and is chiselled out of granite, a guarded trimmer will end up cutting closer in some places than others, leaving possible patches, though I'm talking about very short beards here, of maybe 5-10mm in length.
In short I wouldn't say you need a trimmer at all unless you're going for a stubble or just-a-bit longer than stubble effect.
Was a little concerned my beard would get tangled but it was so much easier with this trimmer. It even trimmed my moustache with ease when before I had to use a pair of scissors to cut off the ends.
thanks, lads. I know what my chin looks like again.