Wahl 3173-500 Replacement Plastic Guide Combs, Set of 10 for Standard Clippers

 (33 customer reviews)

These are all right. They came with my 26 piece chrome pro kit. I wish they were the slide on type, however these are the snap on kind. They have a plastic snap that snaps on the metal portion of the razor. After using one attachment for over a year mine warped and got loose. So the snap part comes off when you are cutting your hair. I usually have to hold it with my hand, but when it first happened the attachment fell off and I ended up shaving my head where I didn't want it shaved. Wahl should start using the slide on type attachments that majority of other manufacturers use.

I purchased this set because I wanted the left and right ear taper combs, which didn't come with my Wahl Professional Super Taper II Hair Clipper 8470 (which I reviewed previously). Sure, I ended up with some duplicate combs, but that was the cheapest way that I could find to get those two that I needed.

The rest of the combs are identical to the ones that came with my clippers, except that they are black verses multi-colored. They perform excellently, and have always stayed on while in use. The combs fit very securely onto my Wahl clippers, because they are held in place in the front, on the sides, and clip on in the back. I prefer this style to the type that only clamp onto the sides of the cutting blades (and often fell off while in use).

I highly recommend this comb set to anyone that owns a set of Wahl...Read more

The clipper guides are what I expected....simple plastic pieces to snap onto your Wahl hair clipper. Some of the guides dont clip on well and you need to hold them on yourself. This is a bit cumbersome but possible if you adjust the way you hold the clipper while trimming the hair. It would have been nice if they snapped on better and wouldn't fall off while trimming.