If you're willing to go to Sally's and buy the heavy good quality clippers you will have them for life if you take reasonably good care of them. I have one by Oster and it was around $130. Mine is roughly 4 or 6 years old and I just keep them oiled and it works well. I used to use it to trim up the stray hairs on my bald Sphynx cat and would just disinfect them and use them on me. They have a good weight in your hand and will last forever. Just remember to clean and oil them.