Andis 04880 Blade Zero Gapper Tool For Outliner, T-Outliner and Styliner Blades

I don't give this 5 stars because it's cleverly designed or easy to use. It's fiddly, and *should* be unnecessary for new blades. But the fact is, using this gapper tool to adjust a 6 month old blade made more difference in cut quality than a brand new blade ever has. And since I bought a brand new blade at the same time, it was easy to verify that even the new blade was not set up to cut as close as it was after adjustment (just put the new blade in without loosening the adjustment screws, and you'll see the gap).Now that I understand better how the blades are supposed to be adjusted, I can also see that I have probably replaced blade sets in the past which were still sharp enough, but had slipped out of alignment. So even though I'd recommend this purely for cut quality, it will probably pay for itself by extending the life of blades beyond what you previously though possible.

Just what I needed

The tool is pretty nice, the only downside is the moving parts are made of plastic and will likely break with a fall or long term use. Wish it was all made of metal like the stationary part of the mechanism.

They make any clipper or edgers sharper

I think I did this right...I had to go to the main page on Amazon to see better how to use this tool. The instructions were not excellent.

It makes it very easy to adjust blades it even holds it in place until you make the adjustment. It is a little pricey though for what does it only has one purpose.

Not sure why so many bad reviews, specifically for those who say it doesn't work or that it sets it too aggressively. This works exactly as advertised. If used properly, it aligns the cutter blade just a tiny hair before the non moving blade (so its not true a 100% 0 gap) to prevent excessive biting; even those who do it manually recommend this method since it reduces the danger of inadvertently cutting your client.There are instructions that come with the tool that instruct how to use it as well as videos on YouTube. It maybe a little tricky the first time, but once you've done it a couple of times, its easy.

Didn’t work for me. Mine are an older model and blade was not quite a fit. Had to use another method. I’m sure it would work great for the right models. Mine is just like me. OLD !

I have been zero-gapping blades by hand since before I even knew that's what it was called. While I got to be pretty good at that, I can't say enough how easy this Andis tool is to use to get a perfect result. After using this today while replacing the blade on my Outliner II I'm having a hard time understanding the bad reviews. Can you do this by hand and get a similar result? Absolutely - I've done it myself. Having said that, I still recommend this tool highly if you have any of the mentioned compatible clippers. The speed and ease of use is impressive!

Justo lo que esperaba

Fantastic product. My head is totally bald after using this tool on my Andis shavers. Awsome,

Tolles Tool.Bin in total begeistert. Die Einstellung geht sehr schnell, unkompliziert und präzise von der Hand. Ist meine persönliche Kaufempfehlung.Ein absolutes muß, wenn man sich einen T-Outliner von Andis holt.

Zero gap blade fast and easy on first try.