Can anyone recommend cordless clippers for a Shetland in Spring?

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Sounds like a strangely specific request but my shettie doesn't tend to lose her coat in summer and gets very hot so I want to give her a clip towards the end of spring - she wont have massive amounts of hair, and obviously she's quite small ;) I also don't want to spend a lot of money for a once a year job, but would like to have them (rather than hiring someone to do it).

Pic below shows how much hair I want to clip off :)
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Ha! Call that hairy! Just wait til I get a pic of Molly loaded up on here!!!! She looks like an all-over Tina Turner that has accidentally stuck her tongue in an electrical socket. Absolutely no sign of any hair coming out yet. Do you clip your tiny every year or is this the first attempt? If Molly isn't going to shed her coat she'll have to be clipped too. I've got Liveryman Harmony clippers for Sunny. He's a 15.3 cob and gets quite hairy in the winter so he has a trace clip + (to his undying shame) hearts shaved into his bum. Last year my rescue gipsy cob was trace clipped every perishing month from October to April and again, the Harmony clippers coped fine. Harmony clippers you charge up and then the battery clips to your waist and there are no trailing wires. Also very quiet. Mine has fine blades and coarse blades that came with it when I bought it but I'm certain you can attach larger clipper heads to it, though not sure if you'd get a good result or not. Best of luck and PLEEEZE show pics of your tiny ned post-clipping x.
 
Tbh...you'll need proper clippers.
I have to clip my shettie every year...usually around May as he still has a major coat and swealters.
I use Liveryman Whispers.
If your shettie is all you need to clip could you borrow some...would be cheaper that way:)
 
I can't recommend cordless ones as mine are liveryman corded ones (but very good!), you'll need something pretty heavy duty as they do heat up quickly doing that kind of coat. I use what's termed as 'cattle blades' which will leave up to 6mm of coat, so if you do it now or in the next couple of weeks you should 'miss' the ends of the summer coat and as such won't ruin the summer coat. I feel your pain, our two are like hairy mammouths and I'm waiting on the weather warming just a little more so I can clip. Little 'un will only get a belly clip as he's not been done before, but oldie will get a full all over clip.
 
I think you may need something pretty robust tbh, I've got some mains operated Moser Artiko (the battery ones are called Avalon) and it takes me ages just to clip out my Shetlands freezemarks - I think the blades would be blunt with just a small clip.

However my Shetlands look like they have a slightly thicker coat than yours.
 
Chumsmum said:
I think you may need something pretty robust tbh, I've got some mains operated Moser Artiko (the battery ones are called Avalon) and it takes me ages just to clip out my Shetlands freezemarks - I think the blades would be blunt with just a small clip.

However my Shetlands look like they have a slightly thicker coat than yours.
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a set of blades on mine last three or four clips of a very very hairy shetland. I think it depends on the type of clippers and blades. I also groom thoroughly before each clip, and dehair as much as I can with a shedding blade and rubber curry.
 
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