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Hair and beard on the road?
I like being excessively hairy but I want to maintain a genteel appearance for my next trip - so how do you manage beards and hair length?
I am guessing a 12v electric shaver which is also used on your bonce!
Paying for haircuts and shaves etc soon gets expensive .. and there's no such thing as free electricity for a pair of clippers is there?
How do you deal with it?
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Best bet is a battery operated beard trimmer, can also shave your head with them.
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Why not actually pay a local to do it and put something into their economy? It's not like you'll need to do it weekly, and in a lot of places round the world it's less than a couple of quid. Skip a  once a month and have a haircut instead!
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as above ... most parts of the world its dirt cheap.
Shave whenever you get a warm water tap. Get a haircut once every 2 months ... at a cost of about 2  s or 50km worth of fuel.
Seriously, its not an issue!
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Hairy haircuts are easy enough, and you will probably blend better with the local 'styles?' I use the cheap throw away wet shave razors but do not know how available they would be outside Western Europe. If getting a shave in Turkey, you might want to forgo the blowtorch
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Quote:
Originally Posted by colebatch
as above ... most parts of the world its dirt cheap.
Shave whenever you get a warm water tap. Get a haircut once every 2 months ... at a cost of about 2  s or 50km worth of fuel.
Seriously, its not an issue!
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+1
Agreed! Support the local econamy. Anyways, having a conversation with a complete stranger who has a razor to your neck can be a stimulating experience!
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i found this clipper that is battery operated....as in normal AA battery... it does the job for me,i have a "well trimmed bear"...as in i keep my beard in controll but i cannt be bother to shave...much easier clipping the beard at the shortest setting...as for the hairs...wel i have long one...but if it gets to hot i'l shurelly go to an hair dresser..job done!!!!
The clipper works with normal AA batteries same as my camera...so unless i want to take a picture while shavig i can use the same batteries....i use rechargeable AA, 2400mhz!! they last for 2/3 months with one charge.
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