Man, I totally get this and I used to be the guy rolling his eyes at people spending that much on clippers. I figured my $40 set from the drugstore did the same thing, so why would I ever pay five times more? Then my barber let me try his nice ones one time and it was like night and day, the thing just glided through my hair with no pulling or snagging at all. The cheap ones always yank and get hot and die on you halfway through a cut, which ends up costing you more in the long run anyway. I was wrong for years about this and I can admit it now, sometimes you really do get what you pay for. Good call on finally pulling the trigger, three years of bad haircuts is a long time to suffer.