Customer Reviews

Oster A5 Turbo 2-Speed Professional Animal Clipper

5 star:		(49)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

I have purchased 6 different clippers over the last 8 years. This is my second set of Oster's and I will never buy anything else again. The first pair were broken by my parents and husband after 6 years of heavy use (including horses, dogs and a cat). The rest of the clippers were $50-$100, purchased from pet stores and most broke within the first few uses. These are the absolute best clippers ever. I have a long hair cat that needs clipping every 6 months and she hardly fought the clippers this time. Sharp, powerful, and remarkably quiet. Love them!

We got our Turbo A5 2-Speed Clipper 4 years ago, after having used cheaper ones, which did not last long, particularly with our last two very wooly cocker spaniels.
We are quite pleased with it and we highly recommend it.

I bought these clippers after using cheaper (~50$) Andis and Oster models for about 2 years. These are far superior - they cut easy and smooth, they do not wear out, and you can actually shrpen their blades at your local pet store.

Only one drawback - Plastic adapter kit with different length adapters do not work. I bought original Oster adapter kit, for this cutter and it is impossible to cut the dog's hair with adapter kit. But it is not the clippers fault.

Just buy 3 different length blades. they are easy to change. I bought 2 different length blades as my dos needs only 1/16 and 1/2. Also these clippers are soo nice in cutting hair - I almost do not use scissors anymore. Even fine trimming I do with the clippers.

disclaimer - I am cutting my own dog, and do not participating in a dog show - I do not use them for comemrcial purposes..

I own a shih-tsu and a persian/himalayan. I have tried three previous clipper sets ($30-80) and they were totally worthless. These clippers cut right through matting and knots and leave a nice smooth short-hair finish.

I was pretty disappointed for my latest OSTER experience. I have had plenty of good experiences with OSTER in the past and it was definitely time to be put my Wahl trimmer to rest.

This product produced excessive heat at both the head and body after only 10 minutes of extended use. My Australian Sheppard would whimper every time I came close to him with this shaver. I expected better performance with these CryogenX blades with AgION antimicrobial coatings.

My wife attempted to oil blades since the unit was new to attempt to help the situation. Little change observed with the oil.

I was disappointed with the owners manual as well. It offered little advice and the drawings were a bit crude to follow.

We decided to order a replacement unit from Amazon which is currently in route.

I will update this posting again when second unit arrives.

6/27/09 Update - Amazon return service was fantastic. New clipper arrived within 72 hours. No problem processing my return. I really like the fact that UPS came to my door to pickup.

Second clipper performs better but not optimal. Blade and top of body still get a little warmer than expected. Tolerable. I have an Australian Sheppard with a pretty thick coat. Trimmer muscles through with NO problems. Gave my dog his summer cut to enjoy this +100 degree heat in Texas in less than 30 minutes.

Plan to buy another blade with longer combs to make bulk cutting a bit faster for his main body.

Overall I would change my review score to THREE STARS.

This is a really good set of clippers. I have a poodle mix with hair that you'd expect to see on a sheep! These clippers don't clog up and they are quiet too! A good investment if you have a dog that needs clipping.

Rather then pay for postage to return to the seller, I contacted Oster regarding the "Hot" issue, My unit is being replaced. as a razor it shaves great. but got hot.. I had to shut it off every few minutes to cool off, it was new. they said that should not be happening & gave me all of the info for a quick replacement.

I purchased an oster A5 clipper 23 years ago, and used it professionally for 12 years, I still have it, and use it for grooming my own dogs, and my friends dogs and cats regularly. After sharpening the blades for around 7 years, I had to buy a new set, and now am looking to replace those. All blades can get hot but a few tricks will keep you and your pet comfortable. Use your vaccuum to get excess hair out that builds up or a blade brush to keep blades hair free. Kool lube is great for cooling off your blades or you can have an x-tra set and switch off. I lay mine on a cool metal surface to help cool them, and work on another area with a different blade if I need to.It still is one of the best purchases I made, and easily maintained when you follow the easy cleaning directions provided, they will last for years!!!

I bought these clippers this past summer after owning a pair of A5's over 15 years ago that worked great, only to find these are not well made like the oldies. This clipper heats up so much that in less than 10 minutes I had to set them down to cool as my hand was beginning to get too hot and my animal was jumping all over the place. I even had back up blades to snap on, and they only stayed cool for a few more minutes before they were boiling hot too! I took the clippers back and got another pair thinking it was maybe just the unit and discovered that it is ALL the Turbo A5's, not just a defective unit. It's too bad, Oster used to be "The" clipper to have and now I am looking for something else to use instead. We use these clippers on dairy goats for trimming up udders and legs, so there's not a lot of thick hair, I can't imagine how horrible they'd be trying to go through thick dog fur!! NOT RECOMMENDED

I'm surprised at all the reviews that say this clipper doesn't get hot. So far, I've only used it to shave my poodle's face and feet, and it got very hot. The whole barrel got hotter than the less fancy ones at the grooming salon. The blade got very hot and I was glad I bought a can of cool 'n lube spray.
#10 blade performed well around feet but I'm going to get a size 7/8 blade for feet and face for easier detail work.