Short answer: yes. MRD Pro is the brand Adelaide barbers switch to when they want a brushless, metal-bodied clipper without paying Wahl or BaBylissPRO money for it. It is a professional barber range built around fast vector motors, DLC blades, long runtimes and colour-matched sets, and it has gone from unknown to one of our top clipper brands in two years. We stock the full range at MV Hair & Beauty in Kilburn. Here is what it is good at and what actually sells.
What MRD Pro does well
- Motors. The Vector motors run from 10,000 RPM in the trimmers to 13,500 RPM in the X-Pro, which is faster than most of the American flagships. Thick hair does not slow them down.
- Build. The Smart Brain range is full metal. Drop it and it dents; it does not crack.
- Runtime. 2.5 to 4 hours cordless across the range, which is a full day for most barbers.
- Price. A Smart Brain clipper and trimmer duo costs about what one flagship clipper does from the big names, and every duo and trio is priced below the sum of its tools.
- Parts. Blades, foil heads, chargers and even the power switch are sold separately, so a worn tool gets fixed rather than replaced.
Where it is weaker: the brand is younger, so there are fewer third-party guards and accessories, and the colour editions come and go.
The best MRD Pro tools, in the order they sell
1. Smart Brain Cordless Clipper
The workhorse and our best-selling MRD tool. Smart Brain Clipper: digital brushless motor, full metal body, zero-gap-capable blade, six guards, up to 2.5 hours, seven colours. If you buy one MRD clipper, this is it. How it compares to the Vector is in our Smart Brain vs Vector guide.
2. Vector Foil Shaver
The finishing tool for skin fades. Vector Foil Shaver runs an 11,500-strokes-per-minute motor, comes in five colours, and its replacement head is our fourth best-selling MRD item. Full guide: MRD Vector Foil Shaver.
3. Smart Brain Cordless Trimmer
The line-up trimmer. Smart Brain Trimmer: 7,500 RPM brushless motor, 360-degree skeleton blade you can see around, four-hour runtime, seven colours to match the clipper. The Precision BLDC version is the same idea in black.
4. Replacement blades and heads
The Crunch/Echo clipper blade, the Smart Brain trimmer blade, the Faper/Hybrid blade and the Diamond Cut blade. Which does what is in the MRD blades guide.
5. X-Pro Clipper and Trimmer
The speed tools. The X-Pro Clipper runs the 13,500 RPM Vector X3.0 motor, the fastest MRD makes, and the X-Pro Trimmer matches it. For barbers doing thick hair all day; also in gold and green.
6. Ultimate X Clipper and Trimmer
Ultimate X Clipper (11,500 RPM Vector motor) and Ultimate X Trimmer (10,000 RPM, good for debulking) sit between the Vector and the X-Pro.
7. Vector Clipper and Trimmer
The sharper-priced pair. Vector Clipper: 12,000 RPM, adjustable DLC blade, 2.5 hours. Vector Trimmer: 10,000 RPM with an exposed blade for fast detailing. Together they are the Beginner Clipper and Trimmer Duo, which is the best-value first barber kit we sell.
8. Cyborg Track Clipper
Cyborg Track: 7,500 RPM low-vibration brushless motor, DLC blades, three hours, five colours. The one for controlled blending rather than raw speed.
9. Smart Brain duos
Clipper and trimmer in matched colours, priced below the pair: gold, white, red, green and orange.
10. Precision and Uranus Blue
The entry-level clippers. Precision and Uranus Blue for solid everyday work at the lowest MRD price.
Quick picks
- First MRD clipper: Smart Brain
- Fastest: X-Pro
- Best-value kit: Beginner Clipper and Trimmer Duo
- Line-ups: Smart Brain Trimmer
- Skin finishing: Vector Foil Shaver
- Cheapest way in: Uranus Blue
Where to buy MRD Pro in Adelaide
The full range, parts and duos are at MV Hair & Beauty, 412 Churchill Road, Kilburn, with click and collect locally and delivery Australia-wide. Standard shipping is free on orders of A$99 and over, which every MRD tool clears.