Horner rambo
- Thread starter Agri
- Start date
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
I'd recommend a battery one over the mains version, as then you are unrestricted by how far away from a plug you can work
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
I got a heiniger mains clipper and it was pure shite....have bought a lister one and it’s so much better quality
Brilliant little thing. As well as dag it Will shear sheep nicely.just need to keep a eye on the flex as you work around.
I love ours.
- Location
- Lancashire
Sold mine, evertime i needed it the battery was flat, just carry a pair of jokotis in the gator now, if there's alot to do i just set the machine up
Tried one didn’t like it at all and sent it back to horners ( swapped it for a standard set of clippers) but tried the NZ handypiece and loved it, had it for many years now faultlessly. It’s a far higher quality and not chinese but naturally at a higher price
- Location
- North West Wales
Dad bought a battery rambo this year although we were going to go for a cheaper one just for fly strike. It’s best thing he’s bought apparently and he’s done all sheep, ewe lambs and rest of male lambs tails with it this back end in groups of twenty or thirty
Greythundercloudys
Member
Get the mains one, good machine for dragging etc, l got a masterclip battery one in the summer, it's pretty good, 100 times better than hand shears, use that away from home. But rambo is a good buy.
- Location
- Yorkshire
Got the mains with battery transformer to. Have it set up at clamp. Then put it in Polaris and catch owt that needs doing in corner of field never need to worry about a battery going flat
For clarification.
theres 3 different versions of the Rambo .
all 3 kits share the same (24v motor in) handpiece with the same yellow long flex.
In the case of the mains version as mentioned by the op Its still 24v DC at the handpiece.and the yellow flex that goes directly to the handpiece which makes it much safer than those other makes of mains motor in handpiece types ,which have 240v AC right to and in the handpiece itself.
the three different types,(mains ,pouch battery ,12v car battery . ...can be mixed and matched ,
1. the mains version asabove has its own 24vDc from 240ac transformer to yellow flex > handpiece
2. or like by adding a 12v car battery to 24v ''step up' box to the handpiece via the yellow flex
3. or by the addition of a rechargeable 24v battery which is carried in a pouch again to the hand piece via the same yellow flex IYSWIM
clever system really , weve only got the mains version and it will run 92mm combs happily i find.
theres 3 different versions of the Rambo .
all 3 kits share the same (24v motor in) handpiece with the same yellow long flex.
In the case of the mains version as mentioned by the op Its still 24v DC at the handpiece.and the yellow flex that goes directly to the handpiece which makes it much safer than those other makes of mains motor in handpiece types ,which have 240v AC right to and in the handpiece itself.
the three different types,(mains ,pouch battery ,12v car battery . ...can be mixed and matched ,
1. the mains version asabove has its own 24vDc from 240ac transformer to yellow flex > handpiece
2. or like by adding a 12v car battery to 24v ''step up' box to the handpiece via the yellow flex
3. or by the addition of a rechargeable 24v battery which is carried in a pouch again to the hand piece via the same yellow flex IYSWIM
clever system really , weve only got the mains version and it will run 92mm combs happily i find.
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- Location
- Yorkshire
Buy the mains one £329 and add the 12v transformer £100 and save £4 over buying 12v one £359 and adding mains transformer £74
yeah but combined deal of mains and 12v one is 399 looks like it.Buy the mains one £329 and add the 12v transformer £100 and save £4 over buying 12v one £359 and adding mains transformer £74
think i probaly wrote 'yellow flex' bit too much
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Who'd have thought the Chinese could come up with it!!
Horner Rambo is just a Beiyuan
Electric Handpiece – Beiyuan Australia
www.beiyuanshearing.com.au
Won't be long til they are the world leaders of shearing equipment
- Location
- Summer set
Gone through several different makes now and have found the Rambo the best one so far, got a mains one with a small generator. Brilliant for spare parts too
Often wondered why lister and heiniger haven't joined the party and put out some cordless offerings ?
- Location
- Derbyshire UK
Brought a Rambo 12 v battery version about 6 year ago, had a bit of bother with the motor getting that hot it melted solder on wires inside. Also seems to run a lot quicker than standard machine which = heat = cutters get blunt quicker. Might just be operator error.
Horner are brilliant to deal with, send them combs/cutters for sharpening.
Horner are brilliant to deal with, send them combs/cutters for sharpening.
Jimfandango
Member
How does the Horner Rambo compare with the Zipper? Is it just the flexibility of the portable options that makes it over twice the price or is there more to it than that?
I mainly would want to clip dirty cattle in a crush near to a mains socket. Although saying that if I bought the rambo, I would take up the additional 12v option.
I mainly would want to clip dirty cattle in a crush near to a mains socket. Although saying that if I bought the rambo, I would take up the additional 12v option.