This isn’t a paid endorsement or anything and tl;dr at the bottom but I had a really hard time finding actual reviews of these products so I wanted to leave my own so that it might help others in the future. 

  
As someone who used a cheapo $20 Phillips norelco for the first 4 years of my beard journey I wanted to treat myself and invest in some nice tools. I started doing some research. I am a big fan of “buy it for life” and I kept coming back around to this Ranger and Scout set. I really like Matty Conrad’s videos and it seemed like he was selling a good product so I took the plunge at $200 on the “beard master collection“ of the clippers, trimmer, and foil shaver. 

Heres my verdict: these are extremely nice tools and while definitely a bit of a splurge they are worth the money. Extremely solid and premium feeling. just gave myself the best beard trim of my life, again, I’ve been using a $20 trimmer for 4 years lol. 

Pros:

the materials are very premium feeling, with a rugged build quality. they feel professional.  artisanal. You can tell they were designed and assembled with care and attention. The old school barber aesthetic is very stylish 

both clippers and trimmer have individual charging bases. They are heavy but not bulky with non skid pads on the bottom, they look very nice and professional. they use the same cord so you can leave 1 plug in the outlet and swap the bases out as needed (I don’t have counter space to leave both on the counter, and I don’t have the outlet space either lol)

each piece comes with the appropriate oil and brushes for maintenance.

Cons:

 the foil shaver which is basically marketed as a “throw in” with the clipper and trimmers feels a bit like a throw in lol. The metal finish feels a little bit less premium (although still quite nice!) and the base is just kind of a cheap plastic display base that doesn’t actually charge. Instead it comes with a USB A to USB C cable to charge, no outlet brick. Presumably this is with travel in mind. The foil shaver does come with a basic, soft travel bag. 

i think the price is more than fair for these, but I can see how it would be cost prohibitive to some so I’ll list it as a con. to be honest though you can tell this is a product that hasn’t been ruined by some big mega corporation and is worth the high price of entry. 

What I can’t judge yet: 

battery life - haven’t had them long enough to test this. if I remember I’ll try to edit this thread in the future.



longevity - These feel like the kitchenaid mixer of barber tools, probably just completely invincible. But time will tell!  



tl;dr: if you are someone who has the expendable income to buy this I reccomend it. This is a really nice set of products. Typically I am very frugal, and have used the same $20 trimmer for the last 4 years. I was concerned about pulling the trigger on these due to lack of reviews available. I paid $200+tax/shipping, I think it was like $230. 10/10 would buy again. 

Ranger & Scout tools review.