Review of Wahl Wet-Dry Personal Trimmer
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Wahl Personal Groomer-Ahhh, the Joys of Aging
by _______ | Apr 09 '01

Pros: Does the job
Cons: I can't believe my husband actually needs a product like this...
The Bottom Line: Nostril hair? You need it!
Recommended: Yes

I've been buzzing around Epinions during their temporary/permanent shut down this weekend looking for some new topics to write about. Since I can't write about all the new toys my kids got for Christmas, or even the new beauty products out on the market, I started looking for some other products that we own. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd be writing about my husband's personal nose and ear groomer. I mean yuck!

So with my brow furrowed and with the disgusted look on my face, I'm going to attempt to tell you all about my husband's Wahl Personal Trimmer.

The Product:
The Wahl Personal Trimmer is a five-inch long, hand-held, battery operated nose-hair and ear-hair trimmer. It takes one AA battery that slides right into the bottom of the round torture device. The Wahl has a stiff on and off switch and at the top is a half-inch long metal blade cover protecting the blade on the inside. The way it works is you actually stick the metal apparatus up your nose, or in your ear, and turn the product on. Two small blades wiz around on the inside of the metal protector, much like an electric razor, and cuts the hairs away. It can be used dry or wet, and you can rinse the stubble away when you're done.

Our Experience:
My husband and I have been married for almost 10 years now. Even though my husband was "mature" when we married, his hair follicles weren't. Can you say no chest hair? Which was actually fine with me, I prefer a hairless chest. But he also couldn't grow a full beard either. That too was ok with me. And I wasn't marrying him for his facial hair anyway.

But something happens to men as they age. They loose hair in places they shouldn't, and grow hair in places that weren't meant to have hair. Now lucky for my husband, his DNA prevents his hair on his head from turning loose, but darned if hair started sprouting out in the funkiest of places. Two of those places being his nostrils and his ear. Isn't the word nostril icky? I mean who thought of that anyway?

So I walk in the bathroom one day and there stands my husband with my cutical scissors up his nose. "What in the heck are you doing!?" I ask. Like I was some idiot he replied "Baking brownies...what's it look like I'm doing? I'm cutting my nose hairs." I knew right then, there must be other men with this "disorder", and more than likely they made a product for it. A few weeks later while at Wal-Mart I purchased the Wahl Personal Groomer for him. It's black with gold letter and quite masculine in nature. Actually, I have to admit I used it as a stocking stuffer at Christmas for him. When he opened it, he had no idea what it was, but after a brief description he raced to the bathroom to personally groom himself.

He likes the fact that The Wahl is wet and dry. For him it's a sanitary thing, he feels like the groomer is cleaner when you use water. It makes a whirring sound when in use and within about 30 seconds a nostril (there's that word again), the job is done. It's that easy, and it's that quick. Although I suppose if you're an older man, you might have more to groom, than a younger man like my husband (he's 33), therefore taking longer. I actually use the groomer too. No, not on myself. My husband can't see the fine hairs growing on the tops of his ears, so he asks me to buzz them off for him. I happily oblige him. The Wahl ran me $10, and we're very happy with the results. Although my husband never thought he's be sticking anything up his nose that has whirring blades. Ahhh, the joys of aging.