this is a great little trimmer with some guard attachments for trimming a [SEP] this is a great little trimmer with some guard attachments for trimming a beard although it is not very heavy duty meaning it probably could not cut coarse beard hair but i only do a few mens cuts a week with trimming around the ears and hairline at the nape it works just fine for my needs i have to go over it a couple of times but it will trim close enough it is cool that it is so lightweight and portable with batteries i keep a couple batteries in my salon cupboard so if it runs out of juice i am not stuck i am thinking about getting another one for home to clean up my husbands hairline between haircuts