The guards themselves however are reliable and will work well in their lifetime. Oster clipper guards are slightly awkward and with a standard set of Oster clippers, they go up to a #10 guard. If you are purely looking for long clipper guards, Babyliss may be the brand for you.īut because of this, it also means their guard especially their premium guards are great for close detail especially when fading. Babyliss Clipper Guard sizesīabyliss clippers guards are the smallest guards. While these are the popular magnetic guard sizes, when you buy some Andis clippers, they come with their standard guards.ĭon’t worry, you can use the standard guard and they cut to that length.Īlthough andis double magnetic guards can fit clippers such as the Oster fast speed, again, how the guard is built effects will affect the way it cut. Andis clipper guards sizesĪndis clippers only go up to a #8 guard and you’ll struggle to go up from there.

These are your standard guards so they’ll work for most clipper brands but may not fit your clipper as well as premium guards. While you could try to force guards from another brand onto your clippers, I wouldn’t recommend it for 2 reasons.

The most popular type of magnetic guard is the Andis clipper purple magnetic guard which comes in single or double magnets.ĭue to the different ways in which clipper guards are made, swapping guards between brands becomes a problem and difficult. These types of guards simply just snap onto your clippers no need for clipping. Concise the barber Magnetic clipper guards However premium guards such as the wahl/Babyliss premium clipper guard set are of higher quality with metal clips. Premium clipper guards work the same way, as standard clipper guards.

These types of guards come with most clippers and they grip onto your clipper model. With standard clipper guards, you simply just clip the guard onto your blades and make sure it is secure. There are different types of clipper guards: It may not be cost-effective to make these large guards as they aren’t really in demand but some brands like wahl, design their blades to take third-party-produced guards.īut are all guards aren’t built the same, can’t your just swap from one brand to the other? That is the main reason why you don’t really see 2,3,4 or 5-inch guards in your standard set. It’s not efficient and after a certain length, it may be better to use other methods of cutting such as scissors so they aren’t bought. the larger the guard, the less control you have over the hair you cut. It all comes down to what a hair clipper is for.īrands focus on keeping detail in the smaller guards and don’t really go up after a certain point.Īfter the #6 guard, instead of hair being guided to be cut, your guards may squash hair down which can get quite frustrating.Īlso, higher guard lengths just aren’t in demand. Later on in this article, we’ll go through each brand’s guards in more detail, but to begin with, why are these the max guard lengths and why can’t they increase? Remington goes up to a #8 guard / 1 inch / 25mm Wahl goes up to a #12 guard / 1 ½ inches / 38mmīabyliss goes up to #6 guard / ¾ inch / 19mm Oster goes up to a #10 guard / 1 ¼ inches / 32mm Andis goes up to a #8 guard / 1 inch / 25mm

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