Reviews for the Philips T980 Beard Trimmer
I am thinking about buying a beard trimmer for my boyfriend as a gift. He’s always messing with his beard and complaining about how he has to trim it all the time. He currently uses scissors to cut his beard and he gets hair all over the sink. This beard trimmer has vacuum suction to catch the hair so I thought it might be a good idea.
So, any of you guys who use a Philips T980, what do you think? Do you like it or dislike it? Would you recommend it? My only concern is; will it cut his beard too short? There are nine different settings for length, so I think this wouldn’t be a problem, but I’m not sure.
Thanks for your help.
- Sugar Coated
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At the time of this post, there were 622 reviews for the Philips Norelco T980 Turbo Vacuum Trimmer. On their scale of one to five stars, 295 reviewers gave it 5 stars, 205 reviewers gave it 4 stars, 49 gave it 3 stars, 38 gave it 2 stars and 35 gave it 1 star.
Some of the negatives involved the locking device for the length settings. Even some of the reviewers who gave it a high rating said that you have to be careful about pushing too hard while trimming or it can move to a lower setting without you realizing it. Others said they had no problem with this and they didn’t understand the complaints about this.
Another problem discussed was the touch-sensitive on/off/turbo button. Some reviewers said it was too sensitive and you can accidentally switch it off while trimming if you’re not careful. Others were concerned that it would get switched on in luggage while traveling.
A few other reviewers said they had problems with either real close trimming or trimming very long beards but many others said it worked well for both. The few high-raters who addressed the problems that the low-raters had suggested that they read the instruction manual. Good advice, but what man ever reads instructions? 
-Rob
Yeah it works, and works well. It is a recommended buy on this page about best beard trimmers and I agree. No hair cutting vacuum is perfect with so many tiny pieces of hair, but I’ll take 90% over 0% any day!
I don’t think he will cut his beard too short with 9 different settings, I think he would like it, I place a t-shirt on the counter and shave above it, that way it don’ t leave a mess.
With the 9 different settings, he can choose how short he wants it or not. FYI: my guy friends love theirs.
My friend just got this trimmer and he loves it. It works great and the clips are good.
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