Hairy Native(thick coats)-Cordless Clippers - which ones?

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With the prospect of clipping two hairy natives this winter, who already seem to have thick coats, and it's only October! Which cordless clippers on a budget, should I buy?

Shortlist of:

Liveryman Harmony with two blades £150
Moser Avalon with one blade £180
Liveryman Whisper £325
Lister Liberty £270

Obviously the last two are double the price of the first two and are more substantial clippers - and will possibly last twice as long. But which ones are best value for money and will definitely do the job? Will the cheaper one's - because if so I'd rather not spend double the money at the moment, but equally don't want to buy something that's going to be a waste?

Thoughts and advice, recommendations please? Thanks so much.
 
I've got the Lister Liberty but haven't used them yet, I asked the man who sharpens my blades etc which he would recommend for a hairy native and these were what he advised me to get - his wife uses them too which I took as extra recommendation
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I've got the liveryman whisper and they are good. They make easy work of thick native coats, clydsdale feather. Kalli (big brown polar bear) had a low trace clip on saturday and it tooks 10 min and the battery wasn't even half done. Did a full set of clydesdale feathers (with terrible greasy heel) and lasted a whole hour of screaming pludging idiotic horse before the batter ran out.

I can't imaging a less powerful clipper would manage a full clip of a hairy native.
 
lister liberty are good clippers.
you can buy the bits to run them off the mains,a belt pack or a car battery so pretty flexible.
 
I bought the oster power pro which do the job very well but the balance of the hand set is awful, they really make your hands ache as the battery is heavy as the bottom of clipper. Also they were very dear in my stupidness i thought the more money i spent the better the clipper which is not always correct. I have tried the heineger cordless which were alot easier to use, but like the osters are quite expensive for a one horse owner.
 
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Heiniger cordless...about £273 from Farmcare.....fab for thick hairy cobs/hogging etc.....charges in about 90mins and gives a good hour or so...very quiet and industrial strength lol
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