What's the Best Beard Trimmer?
Philips BT5200/13 Series 5000
You'll find a number of Philips models in our top ten listing, and that's because they make outstanding beard trimmers. The Philips BT5200/13 is an adjustable trimmer offering the most precise selection of cutting lengths of all the units we've reviewed: the control wheel starts at 0.4 mm and can be increased in steps of 0.2 mm up to 10 mm. After that, you can increase the length by 0.5 mm up to 10 mm, and then by 1 mm up to 10 mm.
You can lock in any of those options; that's a lot of choices and a lot of flexibility. The steel blades are self-sharpening, the trimmer is waterproof, it can be used either corded or cordless (with the battery providing 60 minutes of trimming time between one-hour charges), and you can add a fixed-position comb for added control. This is the best reasonably-priced beard trimmer you can buy, UK or anywhere else.
Remington MB4045 Beard Kit
And this is the best trimmer for those who don't mind changing guards (or prefer it that way). The MB4045 comes with three guards: a stubble comb adjustable from 1-5 mm, an adjustable standard comb (1.5-18 mm) and the ZZ Top training comb (our phrase, not Remington's) that adjusts from 20-24 mm. There are self-sharpening titanium-coated blades, washable heads (second-best to being fully-waterproof), and a pop-up trimmer.
The MB4045 is a corded/cordless model with the lithion-ion battery capable of two hours of run time before a four-hour recharge, and there's a recharge indicator. Oh, the "kit" in the title? It includes stainless steel beard scissors and a "mixed boar bristle" brush to make your beard hair look great.
Philips BT7202/13 Series 7000 Beard and Stubble Trimmer
This is a mid-level Philips beard trimmer similar in most ways to the model we've already reviewed, with some added features not found on the BT5262/13; unfortunately there are also a few features that aren't available on the BT7202/13. The most notable addition is a powerful internal vacuum system that collects up to 90% of the trimmed hair, and there's also a precision trimming function that is designed to clean up sideburns as well as beards and moustaches.
There are also three more length settings, but the increments for stubble are 0.5 mm instead of 0.2 mm (and the shortest setting is 0.5 instead of 0.4 mm, not much of a difference). The biggest negative is that only the heads are washable instead of the entire trimmer but even so, this is still a terrific model.
