Really need a recommendation for clippers/trimmers...

[spotti]

...for chopping off feathers!

Faith has mites and is really scabby (poor thing seems to have had them for a while but I never knew how bad the sores were until I decided to be nosey the other day).

I've bought her some Camrosa Ointment (which sounds like marvellous stuff for all sorts of BUT I need to chop off her feathers in order to get it directly onto her skin/scabs. Kind of sad about it tbh but needs must...hair grows back, right?!

Anywho, having surfed the web for recommemdations and reviews, I have narrowed the options down to a Wahl Avalon clipper, a Moser Avalon clipper (they are pretty much the same) or a Liveryman Element trimmer. I am open to other suggestions if anyone knows any better types?

I am torn between the Moser and the Element because the latter is literally half the price BUT its a trimmer not a clipper...there are reviews that the trimmer is ideal for feathers etc but will take a long time to clip a full horse (as they are only small) but then there are other reviews that say cob feathers are fiddly and need special blades...CONFUSED!!!

Ideally I would like something that will remove hairy legs (needs must at the mo) but be able to give faith a bib/trace/adapted irish clip soonish or early next summer...would the trimmer be up to this or do I really need a proper set of clippers?

Sorry for the rambling - I'm just confused and in need of someone to point me in the right direction! Dont want to buy something that won't be up to both jobs and have to buy both BUTAT THE SAME TIME I dont want to spend a fortune if.a cheaper option would suffice.

Argh is how I currently feel!!!

Ok, so just in case anyone wants to do some window shopping for me, heres my list of 'must haves':

*Quiet
*Ideally cordless
*Capable of getting through thick cob feathers
*Can also do small clip on body at a later date (on a medium density coat - shes not a mammoth but shes also not a fine coated TB)
*Budget of as little as possible but willing to stretch to about £150ish if the clipper/trimmer ticks all of the above boxes.
*Happy to have second hand so long as they work and don't need sharpening first (need to crack on with the trimming and treating asap as shes very sore )

So there we go, thats my complicated situation! Any suggestions? Or anyone fancy window shopping for me? Any hely MUCH MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!!

Double chocolate fudge cake and cream for anyone who is still following

[rainbow]

Ill have a nosey about for you. I use my clippers to get rid of rosies. There masterclip royale. But not sure if they would be great for thicker feathers as struggles with rosies sometimes but then that could just be due to there often dirty!
www.masterclip.co.uk/landing_page/horse_clippers/horse_products_item.aspx?nItem=Royale%20-%201%20medium%20blade&nProducts=Horse_Medium_Duty_clippers

I have been thinking about getting some decent trimmers through. Never get liveryman flare! They are just worthless and dont work. Put them near a coat and they stop.

[rainbow]

Just saw these might be worth looking at.

www.masterclip.co.uk/landing_page/horse_clippers/horse_products_item.aspx?nItem=Showmate%20Cordless%20Trimmer%20in%20Blue&nProducts=Horse_Trimmers

[spotti]

Thanks Rainbow, those trimmers look nice (and reasonably priced) but it doesnt say anything about feathers or thicker coats, just fiddly bits that would be difficult with a bigger clipper .
I found somone on Preloved with a pair of Moser Avalons for sale but I need to convince my OH that we neeeeed some lol. (the lady had a cob and has used the clippers on a shire horse for full clips so they sound promising...just need to prove they are worth £150 ).

Watch this space lol

[rainbow]

oh aswell if you cut them first with scissors you can then tidy them up with trimmers. Just reading about the liveryman element seem to be a good choice after scissors.

[scattymare]

I would guess trimmers wouldn't cope with heavy feather, you would need clippers. I bought HUntmaster clippers and they are brill and didn't cost the earth.
But Spotti if the feathers go, you mag have to go the whole 'HOG'

You know you want to

*waits to be shot*

[brigadier]

I took the plunge and bought a cheaper set of cheap import clippers (because nearly all the branded ones are but have brand labels pasted)off ebay for less than £100. they came with a spare set of blades, spare parts instructions and oil etc, they have an extra long flex.Theyarent the quietest but to date thay have done nearly everything Ive put them to including the dogs. the only thing they werent up to was Ted,I ended up buying sheep clippers for his extra thick wool coat. I dont think the 12 month warrantly was worth the paper it was written on but theyve lasted me thre years so far and look set for another season without issue (touch wood)
I would buy them again, no issue!
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/heavy-duty-horse-clippers-/331002663817?pt=UK_Horse_Wear_Equipment&hash=item4d114bd389

[spotti]

Thanks guys. We've actually bought a pair of Moser Avalon clippers which are cordless and as quiet as I guess they can get and so far Faith seems to have taken to them quite well...or at least, she has taken to the noise and vibration quite well - I tried actually using them on her legs this morning and she threw a quite a strop! Good job they were cordless is all I can say otherwise we might have ended up in a bit of a tangle! At present she looks quite daft with odd tufts interspersed with short bits (where I managed to actually take off some hair), but we'll get there...hopefully LOL.

Scats - nope, NEVER hogging that beautiful mane...there would be a long queue of people ready to shave off MY hair if I did it so not even going there! Besides, she'd look like a cow anyway if she had no mane.

I think she will be having an Irish clip (or as close to one as she will let me do) next year, but for now I'm just focussing on the feathers. It makes me really quite sad to have to chop them off - and I think Faith must be sad too if her facial expression this morning was anything to go by - but it needs to be done . Hopefully won't have to do it again any time soon.

Will deffo try to get some pics once we're finally done. It may take a few weeks but it will happen!

[scattymare]

She will be flicking up her heels with the lightness of her toesies! Lol thought you'd say that about the mane.

[moonrider]

Hi and thank you for the thread and recommendations! Many times have passed but some issues are eternal. Please, help me to choose the right clipper from this list - www.backyardstyle.com/best-horse-clipper/
Thanks in advance!
Adam