Things to know when buying a dog shaving clipper

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Sarah Johnson

Healthcare Technology Correspondent

Things to know when buying a dog shaving clipper

Pet grooming has quietly emerged in China. Nowadays, many people are willing to spend money or spend time to make their pets beautiful. However, when faced with such pet necessities, parents are either reluctant or unwilling. Now that you know how to choose, even some parents who have been deceived no longer believe in those so-called pet grooming items. Take the electric clippers that must be used to shave pets as an example. Many people buy those that are cheap and also Some even buy the kind of electric clippers that shave people's hair. When they get home, they soon find that they can't be used, so we should also pay attention when buying them.

In every city, there are beauty and hairdressing supplies markets, where you can buy hair clippers, ranging from 20 yuan to several hundred yuan. Shanghai Shenbao Company also produces a large number of hairdressing hair clippers, basically covering the hairdressing market in mainland China. . However, the retail price of electric clippers that can meet the needs of pet grooming is generally more than 300 yuan, and the most basic functions are at least more than 200 yuan. So why can cheap electric clippers cut hair but not dog hair?

1. Human hair is much thicker, harder and brittle than dog hair. It can be clearly seen under a magnifying glass that only one hair grows in a human pore, but in most dogs, 3-7 hairs grow in one pore. A basic common sense is that soft hair or fibers are much more difficult to cut than thicker hair and fibers. For example, if you use ordinary scissors to cut cotton fibers, you will find that the cotton filaments will get stuck between the two scissors without breaking. However, if you use precision scissors, Good scissors will cut easily. The same is true for hair. What’s more, dog hair is much thicker than human hair and is much more difficult to trim. Therefore, there are high requirements for the sharpness of the electric clipper blade;

2. The main difference between a pet electric clipper and a human hair clipper is the cutter head and motor. The sharpness of the blade is much stronger than that of hair clippers, and the horsepower is greater than that of human hair clippers. The sharpness of the blade depends on the steel material and the material used. It is related to heat treatment and grinding accuracy. The material selection, heat treatment and grinding accuracy of pet blades, including the strength of springs, are much higher than those of human blades. To achieve these accuracy, the cost, processing equipment and processing technology are much higher. Under normal circumstances, the price of a pair of pet blades is much higher than the price of an electric clipper for ordinary people; in addition, people are more obedient than pets:) Dogs will move around, so the safety of pet blades must be particularly high More procedures are required to prevent dogs from accidentally cutting when they move around; secondly, pet hair clippers need to trim a large amount of dog hair, and there are corresponding requirements for the power and power of the hair clipper body motor to drive the blade to cut the dog hair. Otherwise, the thick dog hair will jam the blade and make it unable to operate;

3. Because different dogs have different trimming requirements for different parts, pet electric clippers have various cutter heads with different sizes and functions for use, but human electric clippers only need one cutter head;< /p>

4. We recommend not to use hair clippers to cut your pet’s hair;

5. Recently, many domestic manufacturers haveUse an electric clipper with a dog-shaped package to pretend to be a pet electric clipper. The price is very cheap, but it cannot be used to cut pet hair. Please identify it carefully to avoid being deceived and causing pain to your dog.