Customer Reviews

As Seen on TV Micro Touch Men's Electric Hair Groomer

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

This review is from: As Seen on TV Micro Touch Men's Electric Hair Groomer (Health and Beauty)
I have tried 5-6 hair trimmers, mostly for nose hair. They were all worthless -- until I found the Micro Trimmer. This little puppy works perfectly.

I had given up on finding a good trimmer and was pulling the nose hairs out with tweezers. Periodically, I would get an infection that sometimnes lasted for over a week and was very painful. I have read that it is also dangerous.

The Micro Trimmer takes just a few seconds and it does a great job. It's OK on eyebrows and other places, but standard clippers or scissors work better there.

The only downside is that it is cheaply made. It falls apart and it gets stuck. Falling apart is a nuisance. When it gets stuck, I stick a razor blade or a fingernail between the teeth and move the blade slightly. This usually frees it. If not, replace the battery.

I own 4-5 so I have one at home, in the office, in the car, and for spares. They are cheap and they work.

I would normally rate something made this poorly a 1 or a 2, but the sucker works so well I have to give it a 4.

12/31/07 update: I see where several people complain about the motor failing. I suspect that it is not the motor, per se, but the cutter getting stuck. At least a third of the time, it won't run when I turn it on. If I stick a knife blade or even a fingernail in the cutter blades and jiggle them a little, it starts right up. The motor probably is under powered, but I don't think it's failing. I stand by my previous comments. Cheap design, but when it works, it works better than anything else.

This is a great product for trimming hair fron ears, nose and sensitive areas. If nyou can't or don't want to use scissors ort razor, this will do the job. The only negative is durability. Buy a couple, they're easy to break and the motor can wear out. Does a great job on private areas.

I love this product except its tendency to break. It falls apart easily and I've actually had to buy 4 of them now. Great product, bad quality.

While the product works it's good. It was capabable of trimming eyebrows, sideburns, beards & mustaches, and that pesty stray nosehair. The problem with the MicroTouch is that the motor works for about 6 months and then it is useless. It is not worth the money. Buy a product that costs more money and is better quality.

I've had mine now for almost 3 years and it is still working fine. However, be careful if you use the attachments as they have a tendency to fall off. And, if you use it without the attachment, it will irritate your skin and even nick you. Works best for small areas and is very good for touching up your neck. It also works well for more personal areas as long as you heed the warning above.

It lasted one year and two weeks, then the motor died. While it worked it was great. I am tempted to buy a replacement, but will probably end up trying another brand. The manufacturer is probably banking on people buying several, because when they do work they do a great job.

I purchased 2 of them, put in new alkaline batteries, and found that it will not cut hair as advertised. The motor is underpowered. Useless product.

I ordered the micro touch trimmer thinking I was getting the one in the picture. I received a "new" model instead and it doesn't work nearly as well as the older model. The speed of the motor is quite a bit slower and the battery life is about 1/2 of the older model. I would not recommend the new and improved trimmer to anyone.

I've had one of these little trimmers for four or five years now. It does its jobs, and I've have no reliability problems at all.

One word of advice -- don't use it on "the boys" without the little plastic guard or you'll be sorry...

I've had this for about 3 years now and it only now just died on me. Does that mean it stinks as a product? I don't think so. While it worked it was great. And it's cheap! For $10 I didn't expect an amazing device. Afterall, with something this small, how can the motor be expected to last forever? I guess I had low expectations and this met them.

I actually had another similar trimmer (Conair I think) and it died on me in one year.. and that cost even more than this one.

Like I said, my Microtouch just died and I just bought another one for 10 bucks and hope to get 3 years out of it. At 3 bucks a year, I'm pretty satisfied with that.