# Flowbee **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2011, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505 "2011-12-27T10:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/1 "2011-12-27T10:03:15Z")
I’ve no idea how I missed noticing Flowbee (informercial)… there goes my secret invention idea! Maybe I did but conveniently have forgotten… in fact I might have actually gotten the idea from it. :rolleyes: I only discover the existence of the device now. My design would have covered the entire head and cut hairs in different lengths, eg get layered cut etc but the same vacuum sucking hair idea. Wouldn’t it be nice to sit under something that looks like a hood dryer and get consistently perfect quick haircuts anytime and as often as you want at home without any mess (programmable/duplicate any one of your perfect haircut)? Probably little costly, even without getting anywhere near the quality cut of the $1000+ Professional Hair Shears… that my stylist showed me, but might be worth it. Anyone ever get a Flowbee haircut? ---
**Author:** ![BeaMyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/2 "2011-12-27T11:49:15Z")
The Flowbee supposedly does give layered haircuts. I used to know a woman who used it on her dog. Both she and the dog thought it was great. My dog is afraid of the vacuum so… For those who don’t know what a Flowbee is, here’s a link to it [http://www.flowbee.com](http://www.flowbee.com) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/3 "2011-12-27T14:22:22Z")
You do realize that the Flowbee has been around for _decades_, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/4 "2011-12-27T14:25:47Z")
Ah yes, the Suck Cut. It certainly does _suck_. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/5 "2011-12-27T15:23:48Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > You do realize that the Flowbee has been around for _decades_, don’t you? Yes, that’s exactly what I meant; how did I manage to miss that completely?? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/6 "2011-12-27T16:19:38Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > Yes, that’s exactly what I meant; how did I manage to miss that completely?? I guess you’re just extremely lucky! ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/7 "2011-12-27T16:30:04Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I guess you’re just extremely lucky! 🙂 Yes. It’s a bit like you came up with this brilliant theory… then you find out there is a word for it in the dictionary. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/8 "2011-12-27T16:35:10Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > Yes, that’s exactly what I meant; how did I manage to miss that completely?? better taste in tv shows. ---
**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/9 "2011-12-28T18:40:32Z")
So anyone used one? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/10 "2011-12-29T21:29:15Z")
I used to use the Flowbee on the boys when they were preschool and younger grade school age. It’s great for wiggly kids and good for a touch up of an overgrown haircut when there’s no time for a real haircut. People laugh but it really works quite well. It’s better for a touch up than an actual cut. I wish I still had it. My 18 yr old needed a haircut and we were going to his grandma’s. I would have used it for a trim. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/11 "2011-12-30T17:38:29Z")
> [@BeaMyra](#): > > The Flowbee supposedly does give layered haircuts… It actually sort of _does_, in that it cuts all the hairs to the same length. So as the hair hangs down, each one hangs x inches from its root… since its root is a different position from every other hair on your head, so its end is also at a different position. Many years back, I worked with a woman who did her own hair that way and it actually looked cute! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/12 "2011-12-30T17:42:04Z")
I don’t know why, but I hate going to get my hair cut - and I’ve been tempted to get one. But I know that I would unlikely use it and if I did, I would probably look like I cut my own hair… ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/13 "2011-12-30T18:17:54Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Ah yes, the Suck Cut. > > It certainly does _suck_. “Turn it off, man! It’s sucking my will to live!” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/14 "2011-12-30T18:31:54Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Ah yes, the Suck Cut. > > It certainly does _suck_. I had a Wayne’s World moment before I even opened the thread. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/15 "2011-12-30T18:59:52Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > Yes, that’s exactly what I meant; how did I manage to miss that completely?? Been living in a vacumm? Actually, britt, I used to imagine probably the same [device](http://blog.seedgiveslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mindcontrol_honda.jpg) as you, not a single tool that would sweep over the head but instead a helmet with multiple, adjustable devices that would cut you perfectly in an instant. Plus, it’s powered by electricity, not idle chitchat. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/16 "2011-12-30T21:47:00Z")
Aren’t they about the same as the clippers at the barber that cut and suck at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flowbee/607505/17 "2011-12-30T22:04:57Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > Anyone ever get a Flowbee haircut? No, but I know costumers use them to trim fake fur. They’re rather handy for that.