Oster A5 should be recalled

The A5 dual speed would have been a fine piece of equipment if not for a cooling vent design flaw. Im amazed that nobody caught this in their product testing department. Many, many references about the problem are in the net.

This clipper BURNS. It burn YOU. It overheats to the point of not being useable. To try and get the thing open to clean the tiny, ill placed air filter is a chore. Amazing that there hasnt been a recall or class action lawsuit.

Oster 78005-010 Golden A5 Single-Speed Clippers

Very efficient clippers. Great on thick coats. Fast, stays cool. If you're new to using clippers, be careful not to cut too close to the skin. Comes with a 10 blade. Recommend purchasing other size blades to accommodate different coats. I prefer a 4 blade on the thick curly coat of my Cockapoo.

great dog clipper

I have a black lab.. and the groomer charged me $60 (excluding tip) to shave her down for our hot louisiana summer. hair came back in about 1 month, so I ordered this clipper in the hope of doing the job myself. clipper is quiet and efficient. cuts through hair like butter. no need for extra blades because the included blade is perfect for the job. even trimmed my wife's little shi tzu and neither dog complained from cuts, pulls or clipper noise. just sat there and got clipped. a little wd-40 and the clipper is ready for the next trim. buy with confidence..

I agree, this is junk

All the previous comments agree with our experience. Sometimes it cuts, usually it doesn't. Repeated trips to repair services, and frequent blade sharpening (every third clip of a small dog) and it still doesn't work. Do not buy an Oster. There's something fundamentally wrong in the engineering. It makes a lot of noise, scares the dog, burns your hand (yes, it gets awfully hot) and fails in its basic purpose.

Question: Does anyone know of a better clipper? We've taken to buying cheap Wahls from Walmart (about $30) and tossing them when the blades get dull. I don't like doing that, but it's our only solution short of frequent $50 grooming bills at the salon.

Always Dependable

This is the 2nd Oster clipper we have used, our last one we had for 20 years and used it on our 2 Cocker Spaniels, now we are using this new one on our new Cockerpoo. It it is a very dependable, and worth your money clipper, plus buying it from Amazon we were able to get a very reasonable price and delivery was very fast as they promised.