But, in the sense that’s its meant here, namely the attainment of a nice and neat cropped ‘Barnet’, we’re the first in line. And how better to achieve that street-sharp GIY (groom it yourself) look than with a trusty pair of home-use hair clippers.

If the recent lockdowns taught us anything it was how to cope with closed barbers and hairdressers. Indeed, sales of hair clippers soared as many of us, buoyed with confidence after watching a few TikTok or YouTube videos, took to lopping off our locks (or recruiting our reluctant other halves or housemates to do it for us).

Sometimes met with questionable results, the realisation is that it really does pay to invest in a decent pair of hair clippers to start with. The right set will help you up your game and say goodbye to salons potentially for good – the cost savings proving irresistible.

From sharpening up fades between barbershop visits and exquisitely sculpting facial hair to less visible man-scaping duties such as beach-ready chests and exquisitely groomed nethers, a decent pair of hair clippers should sit central to any self-respecting Metrosexual’s grooming routine.

Thankfully, the likes of BaByliss, Andis, Remington and Wahl have got the whole grooming and clipping caper down to a fine art. In fact, it was barber favourite Wahl – one Leo J. Wahl, to be precise – who kickstarted the…