True story...when my son with Autism was a toddler, we actually used this on him (late 90s) He wouldn't hold still for hairdressers. Luckily, he didn't mind the noise. We put him in his high chair in front of the TV. My husband affectionatly called it the "suck-cut"
The Suk Cut was the Flowbee of Wayne's World! I believe the exact quote from the movie is “AAHHH! TURN IT OFF MAN, TURN IT OFF! IT’S SUCKING MY WILL TO LIVE! OH, THE HUMANITY!”
@@One_nJen That's all I can think about when I hear about the Flowbee. "It sucks, as it cuts!" Wayne's World is one of my all-time favorite movies lmao.
Owing to the air flow and the fact the device made a buzzing noise similar to a bee, Rick Hunts decided to rename(originally Vacucut) it the Flowbee, with a bumblebee-esque black and yellow color scheme.
I hate to admit it but I have a brother who bought a Flowbee 25yrs ago ( for $9.99) and is still using it to this day. He hooks it up to his shop vac and cuts his hair about every 4 weeks. His hair is a bit shorter than yours and has looked the same for 25 yrs lol
Did you not get the concept at all? With Flowbee attached to a vacuum the cut hair straws gets sucked into the vacuum so there is no clean-up no mess. Thats the whole meaning of using this. Its like you are clip-vacuuming your hair. My dad has used this Flowbee to cut his hair for 25 years now.
@@RE-xv9fp yeah but I mean look how long it takes to get it to actually cut effectively. I think it would be just about faster to vacuum up afterwards lol
It can cut hair several inches long with the attachments. I don’t think his vacuum was good enough. My average home vacuum (I have a Flowbee) pulls the hair immediately straight into the clippers even at a distance, so it worked properly for me. His vacuum didn’t seem to actually suck the hair.
My brother was highly sensitive as a child and this was the only way he would have his hair “done” for so long. I think the unplanned “unplugged” Brad is fun. I 💕 watching you test nostalgic hair tools and review outdated manuals. You are truly the Indiana Jones of hairstylists. I thought Dyson had a new product when I saw this title. 😂 This was very entertaining.
I’m very shocked the noise didn’t bother him!! I’m highly sensitive and just from the video alone it drove me insane. I can’t imagine it being close to my ears 😓
My dad bought a flowbee when I was very young and has continued to cut his own hair with it for about 30 years and has never been in a barber shop/salon since, but he also has a real vacuum cleaner (probably older than the flowbee 😆). He is now 74 and has had the same hairstyle since being a kid, the old school side part. Thank goodness my hair was always too long for him to cut it 🤣
I think Flowbee deserves a second attempt. Rent or borrow a shopvac from someone! It'll be even louder, but I'd love to see this contraption get a fair shake.
Omg 🤣 i got the bowl and scissors for bangs, or the hairdressers home after hours because I always got gum and random shit stuck in my hair and it HAD to be cut out.
Yeah, you definitely need the mini suction vac that's sold separately since you're not going to get an old school vacuum. Please consider buying their mini vac then giving us an updated video on this. Although I never used one, I remember all the Flowbee commercials from the 80's. Watching you struggle through this was hilarious. 😂
I know right. He acted so excited to try it. I really want to see him use a better vacuum. The vacuum that goes with it is $200. A shopvac would be much better suction wise and don't cost that much.
I'm going to second this. We (my family) have a Flowbee and we've been using it happily for decades. We got our first at the L.A. County Fair, back when they were new and that was the only place they were selling them. (We recently got the add-on vac. It is LOUD AF. Use a small shop-vac.) The BIGGEST MISTAKE was trying to cut that mannequin cheap nylon fake-hair wig. It's PLASTIC. If he wasn't such a coward, he would have cut his own hair with it and it would have come out great. Sigh.
@@OhPervyOne Actually his mannequins all have fully real hair I think? I know in a lot of his videos he has stated that the mannequin has real human hair, just like the ones in hair school. He is a real hairdresser, and of course all the advice he gives wouldn't demonstrate well on synthetic hair, so it would have to be real hair
@@joziesundstrom7660 I don't think THIS one is real. That may be true for the majority of his videos, but I suspect he wasn't taking this one seriously and he didn't want to "waste" a valuable real hair wig on something he "already knows" (believes) is a scam product. I can attest: I have been using my Flowbee for close to three decades and only in the beginning did I ever have blade-jams - nothing like this video - and I learned quickly how to avoid them. The Flowbee works. What he really should do is follow up this video with someone who has experience with the product and demonstrate how it works, properly. Either have that person cut their own hair OR have them cut his hair after he lets it grow out for the video. That demonstration doesn't have to involve cutting a lot of hair, nor cutting it extremely short, as long as it's enough to really show that it does the job. Yes, it is loud. But being a scaredy-cat because Mommy is vacuuming the floor is NOT respectable and he does serious disservice to a good product in this video. This is Slander. I don't mean to jump down your throat with this comment. It's just that I do NOT respect him after doing this... at least as long as he fails to do a serious follow-up. His OTHER videos might be respectable, but this one ISN'T. Sorry, but not sorry.
@@julias7920 I paid $199.95 plus tax (free shipping) for my Flowbee WITH the vacuum designed to be used with it, in June of this year (2023). LOVE my Flowbee haircuts! No more hair salons for me.
The Flowbee is awesome! When taking the time to learn how to use it and its attachments (about 15 minutes), and understanding basic haircutting concepts, you can cut hair in almost any way you want. It doesn't matter if you want to just trim very long hair or give yourself (or someone you know) a very cool short haircut, or anything in between, the Flowbee will do it. One of the things I really appreciate about it is that I don't have to nervously go to a haircutter anymore, hoping she/ he is in the proper mood to give me the balanced haircut that I want. Since using the Flowbee (the first time didn't go so well because I made the cut too short), from the 2nd attempt onward, I finally am able to get the nicely balanced, evenly layered, haircut that I have always tried to get a haircutter to do. I have medium length (a bit below the shoulders), slightly wavy hair, and it works great. But it doesn't matter what type of hair one has, the Flowbee is wonderful if you want consistent haircuts. I love this little machine! And I am saving so much money by just doing it myself! There are plenty of them on eBay.There's nothing like being independent and achieving great haircuts just like to want them!
We found one of these in my grandma’s closet about a month ago and decided to give my husband an impromptu hair cut. It worked! It wasn’t a great looking cut, but it worked😂. We did his beard too… he said it was terrifying
The Littlejohn’s were my neighbors growing up and I remember passing by their garage every couple of weeks to see them with gowns on and their dad cutting their hair with one of these. Pure early 90s nostalgia.
My father in law swears by this thing. He's had one since the late 80s and he loves it. He figures he has saved hundreds over the years cutting his hair and his kids' hair. He's gotten really good at it, but they're still clearly Flowbee cuts. He never talked any of the girls or women in his life into trying it.
@@Rosaline842 yes, he uses his with a regular vacuum cleaner. He still goes to the barber shop to get a cut, but the flowbee just makes his hair cuts last a bit longer.
My sister bought a flowbee in the early 2000s and we loved it. We cut a cereal box to add length to the spacers to cut our longer hair. It worked quite well with the proper technique.
I bought one back in the day. I'm a pro, who had a screaming 2 year old at the time. It was money well spent! He held the mirror and got a kick out of watching his hair get cut. That was 30 years ago! He'll be 32 next month. Use a shop vac Brad Mondo!
I use this to cut my son’s and my husband’s hair. I use to use regular clippers, but honestly the worst part was the clean up afterwards (especially removing hair from my husband’s wheelchair) and this nearly eliminates the post haircut clean up. I can give my boys the same haircuts with the flowbee as I can with clippers, but there is a learning curve. I can taper like a champ freestyle with the flowbee.
I used to have one of these, years ago. They work, but you have to use them properly, and hook them to a decent vacuum. A small hand held built to pick up crumbs on the kitchen floor will not do. And don't expect a fancy cut. It's great for a family with a lot of boys. You get fast and pretty even cuts and save 10$ each time.
I was born in the mid 60's so I grew up watching the Flowbee commercials and always wanted one! That you for the walk down memory lane, the laughs and thinking, thank goodness my grandmother NEVER got one of these! 🤣🤣🤣 Also, it's not Flowbee's fault you have a fancy vacuum back in the day we just had the regular kind. 🤣🤣
I just used my new Flowbee today to cut my hair into a fauxhawk and it worked perfectly. Good suction is the key (I have an average Eureka vacuum). You shouldn’t have to hold the hair up into the clippers, the suction should grab and pull them up with force even at a distance. The Flowbee is a godsend, you should attempt it again!
I swear, It's like Brad knows when I start thinking about when's the last time a new Brad video has come out because he never disappoints. He's always there providing new content when I crave it most lmao
I just bought a Flowbee directly from Flowbee, with a vacuum, for $199. Yours is the second video I’ve watched where the Flowbee is used on a WIG rather than a person’s natural hair. I suspect that the fake hair is a big part of the problem! The Flowbee with the vacuum designed for it worked great on my hair, and I am very happy with the haircut I gave myself. June 2023
OMG my stylist in the 80s used to use one on me!!!! I had a super short cut, never would have tried it on myself. Can’t believe I paid him to do it!!! (I just looked up their infomercial from 1988 and he’s in it!)
My dad has used a flowbee for 15 years now after his barber retired and he didnt feel like finding another. He gets me to clean up the back but it works great for him
I used to have one of these - late 80s - 90s - and used to cut my parent's dog with it! Worked great once she got over the noise. She had white fur w/some black and after a haircut looked like "Mashed Potatoes". Hahaha - thanks for reminding me of a good memory!
I definitely just sold one of these for $160 on eBay, I bought it locally for $10! It sold pretty quick. My roommate’s dad has one of these too & loves it.
My dad used the flow bee for years! It was the only way he would get a haircut and he loved it! It actually works pretty damn good when used with a strong vacuum!
Hubby bought a flowbee over 25 years ago. It works great for him--that one you have looks nothing like his. It looks much more flimsy. And yes, I think our vacuum cleaner does have more suction than that Dyson you have. Also the one he has isn't very loud at all.
This so reminds me of my first job. One of the owners was constantly trying to convince all of us we wanted to let him give us a haircut with his Flowbee and the other owner was always telling us to not do it because it was so awful. I wasn’t surprised at all by your results - or the trouble you had getting it to work (and no, I never fell for letting them cut my hair).
OMG I STILL HAVE MINE FROM WAYYYY BACK WHEN 😂 I bought for my dad, he used it once, and we’ll, it’s still sitting in my closet. He hated it! He went to his barber the next day! I’ll never forget that!
My dad bought himself one about a year or so ago and he loves it. He was having a hard time finding someone to cut his hair after his barber past away. After a couple bad back jobs, he decided to try the Flowbee and his hair has looked great ever since then.
Watching a professional who could cut this so much easier with scissors use a device made for people who don’t know how to cut hair is hilarious. I think it’s because we get to see you experience the same confusion as us when we try to not use bleach like shampoo or when we use a level 10 toner on level 6-7 hair lol 😂. Ur videos never cease to entertain me!
My brother is still traumatized 30+ years later from my Grandma giving him a haircut with a flowbee. He said his head was so sore, it hurt to lay on his pillow at night. Needless to say he was the test subject and the one and only to get a hair cut with it.
Poor miss maniquinn needs a cute pixie cut to save her. "How to save a bad haircut". I'd watch it. Maybe give her a fun color too. She deserves so much better hahaha.
I just ordered a Flow Bee from their website with their vacuum cleaner and with shipping it was $219. Everyone always thinks of Amazon and forgets that the manufacturers sometimes have a website. Looks like the key to using this is a very strong vacuum cleaner. With my husband and three sons, I really hope this works out for us. Great video Brad! You're so real!!
I paid $145 for ours back in 2002 (bought the vacuum with it) and it just finally shorted out last year. I only had boys and this worked perfect - taking my youngest for a hair cut was always a fight. We saved a lot of time not having to go to the barber, and saved a lot of money over the 20 years of use.
I actually have a vacuum cleaner that's about 30 years old, and I only use about 15% of the power that thing has. It's never been broken. I "stole" it when I moved out, I lived in our attic and when mom wanted a new vacuum, she gave the old one to me so I didn't need to carry it up the strairs anymore. She's had three vacuums since that, the new ones at some point lost suction power or just broke. There actually is some part that's not where it's supposed to be, when I lift it up I can hear a metallic "cling". Doesn't seem to bother it though :D
My dad has used one of those pretty much my whole life. I'm 31. He swears by his flowbee. Except his usually only cost like $30 I think (he's bought several over the years.) We always knew if dad grabbed the vaccuum it meant he was cutting his hair. He was also the only grown man I knew growing up that always styled his hair right out the shower and ALWAYS used a blow dryer for styling.
George Clooney said he use to use a flower to cut his hair. Even back in the day " As seen on Tv" had weird products. I swear it use to come with the vaccum though in the 90's and it was yellow and looked like kinda like a bee.
My then husband bought one new in the 80s and it didn't have it's own vacuum back then. I uses to connect it to a round green vacuum cleaner my mom had gifted me in the 70s.
omg I dont think I have laughed so much while watching any other video from you. THANK you for atleast trying. I am so sorry that you had to go throught this - but was SOOOO funny
Yes it sucks to be stung by a bee, but all those fruit and veggies y'all like to make smoothies with would not exist without bees!! Be nice to the bees! :)
Old fart boomer here: when this thing was being advertised every 3 minutes on television, they specifically said that it worked best with a canister vacuum because they had more suction power. You are supposed to attach they vacuum hose to the vacuum's accessory hose.
Your facial expressions were absolute gold!! What I took from this is confirmation that the Dyson is useless because it has no suction; & vacuum cleaners were better in the 80s!
I'm having a hard time believing that Dysons are that lame and old ones had more power. Dyson made his fortune selling that thing touting its far superior suction, and it was always WAY more expensive than other brands..
My ex mother in law has one of these and uses it on herself, her husband and two sons. So yes, my ex-husband grew up getting regular cuts with these. I was mortified the first time I went to their place when it was hair cutting day. Needless to say, the day I had him go to a real salon for a haircut he was so happy with the experience and never let his mother butcher his hair again... Great video as always Brad. You make my day so much better whenever you post! Have a great weekend 😊
My grandma used this abomination on me. It was so messed up that my mom had to borrow my uncle's clippers to fix it. I'm a girl and ended up with a buzz cut. My grandma wanted to use it on my cousin. Thank God his dad said 'no'.
Hey Brad, you DO realize that this video is you behaving like the people in the videos you react to; the ones who don't read the directions, don't use gloves, or have any sort of a plan when they grab the kitchen scissors? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Jacksepticeye did a reaction to the original commercial for the product, which should explain how to use it, btw
That’s what I was thinking! It was a copy cat version but remember the hose was attached to a backpack vacuum cleaner?? I’m going to have to go find that movie now…
You mean the awesome quiet cordless vacuums we use on our hard floors aren't as strong as the massive heavy contraptions our parents and grandparents used to suck crumbs and pet hair out of their plush shag carpeting in the 70s and 80s? *gasp* hahaha!! You'd almost have to use a shop vac at this point, I'd think.
Tbh i was honestly shocked to see you review this because I my dad used this quite a bit when I was really young(and he still uses it to this day) For me it didn’t work too well because I have incredibly course and frizzy 2a/2b hair so it tended to get stuck and wouldn’t work; but I mean it does a great job on my dad👍 Plus YES the vacuum you use matters a lot. My dad uses an industrial vacuum just to get it to work LOL
Think about it, Brad. If it was going to be the wave of the future, you’d already been doing Flowbee Reaction videos from TikTok for three years now. It’s prime has come and gone.
OMG this takes me back, I remember when these came out and me and all my friends begged our parents to buy them. They did not (my sister was a stylist, it was moot, haha) so I'm glad to see you testing this out!
I own a Flowbee with the Vac attachment, and it works really well! It gives me a perfect looking, short, layered haircut every time. The key thing is to keep the blades oiled, and maintain the device.
My brother used this for a long time but I think he had a canister vacuum that is made to work with long hoses. This was a great bit of nostalgia. Thanks for the laughs!!
I remember these thing being in the commercials in the 2000s, too. We watched these all the time when we couldn't sleep after coming home from parties. Drunken me always found this hilarious
That was so disappointing 😥😭
I think it needs a stronger vacuum. Maybe that’s why it was supposed to come with one
Brad! I think your Instagram account was hacked , I keep getting messages from you. And I know it’s not you
Bee = buzz = like short hair cutting?
Did you seriously just use expensive Gaff tape on it??? 🤣 💚 🐕 Love to you all and Siya!
🤔🤦🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️😂😂😂😂😂
True story...when my son with Autism was a toddler, we actually used this on him (late 90s) He wouldn't hold still for hairdressers. Luckily, he didn't mind the noise. We put him in his high chair in front of the TV. My husband affectionatly called it the "suck-cut"
LMAO
The Suk Cut was the Flowbee of Wayne's World! I believe the exact quote from the movie is “AAHHH! TURN IT OFF MAN, TURN IT OFF! IT’S SUCKING MY WILL TO LIVE! OH, THE HUMANITY!”
Suck cut 😂😂😂
I think it definitely serves a purpose in certain situations like this!
@@One_nJen That's all I can think about when I hear about the Flowbee. "It sucks, as it cuts!" Wayne's World is one of my all-time favorite movies lmao.
Owing to the air flow and the fact the device made a buzzing noise similar to a bee, Rick Hunts decided to rename(originally Vacucut) it the Flowbee, with a bumblebee-esque black and yellow color scheme.
Similar to a bee??! Loudest bee ever 😅😅
I was thinking cus it gives "buzz cuts"
@@MsWnDrLnD More like hornet.
There we go Brad read this so you understand I was a little bit confused to not gonna lie
I hate to admit it but I have a brother who bought a Flowbee 25yrs ago ( for $9.99) and is still using it to this day. He hooks it up to his shop vac and cuts his hair about every 4 weeks. His hair is a bit shorter than yours and has looked the same for 25 yrs lol
Considering it basically cuts all the hair to one length and it only does short hair you may as well use clippers with a #8 guard.
But then you have the cleanup
Did you not get the concept at all? With Flowbee attached to a vacuum the cut hair straws gets sucked into the vacuum so there is no clean-up no mess. Thats the whole meaning of using this. Its like you are clip-vacuuming your hair. My dad has used this Flowbee to cut his hair for 25 years now.
@@RE-xv9fp yeah but I mean look how long it takes to get it to actually cut effectively. I think it would be just about faster to vacuum up afterwards lol
It can cut hair several inches long with the attachments. I don’t think his vacuum was good enough. My average home vacuum (I have a Flowbee) pulls the hair immediately straight into the clippers even at a distance, so it worked properly for me. His vacuum didn’t seem to actually suck the hair.
@@Esfeurell a #8 guard on clippers is about 4inches
My brother was highly sensitive as a child and this was the only way he would have his hair “done” for so long. I think the unplanned “unplugged” Brad is fun. I 💕 watching you test nostalgic hair tools and review outdated manuals. You are truly the Indiana Jones of hairstylists. I thought Dyson had a new product when I saw this title. 😂 This was very entertaining.
I’m very shocked the noise didn’t bother him!! I’m highly sensitive and just from the video alone it drove me insane. I can’t imagine it being close to my ears 😓
My dad bought a flowbee when I was very young and has continued to cut his own hair with it for about 30 years and has never been in a barber shop/salon since, but he also has a real vacuum cleaner (probably older than the flowbee 😆). He is now 74 and has had the same hairstyle since being a kid, the old school side part. Thank goodness my hair was always too long for him to cut it 🤣
god bless your dad! I just imagined him giving himself a haircut and looking young and fresh each time haha!
Mine does too! He bought it when it first came out in 1986 and has not gotten a haircut professionally since.
We need ur Dad to post a flowbee hair tutorial for Brad to react to 🤣
Saaaammmeeee! Except he's had to use different vaccuums because they keep dying at my house.
Same with my dad! His latest cut was just yesterday. We live in Europe though, so I guess this Flowbee resonated with many men across the globe!
I think Flowbee deserves a second attempt. Rent or borrow a shopvac from someone! It'll be even louder, but I'd love to see this contraption get a fair shake.
Also, use it on REAL hair, which is what it’s designed for!
It does work perfectly with the right vacuum!
My mom used to Flowbee all of us as children. She loved her Flowbee. Back in the 90’s…
Omg lol
Lol my parents couldn’t afford one back then LOL
Omg my uncle had one back in the 90s too!!!! It actually worked stupidly well for his hair!
Same! I cut both my brothers, and my dads hair with it back in the 90’s 😂
Omg 🤣 i got the bowl and scissors for bangs, or the hairdressers home after hours because I always got gum and random shit stuck in my hair and it HAD to be cut out.
Yeah, you definitely need the mini suction vac that's sold separately since you're not going to get an old school vacuum. Please consider buying their mini vac then giving us an updated video on this. Although I never used one, I remember all the Flowbee commercials from the 80's. Watching you struggle through this was hilarious. 😂
I know right. He acted so excited to try it. I really want to see him use a better vacuum. The vacuum that goes with it is $200. A shopvac would be much better suction wise and don't cost that much.
I'm going to second this.
We (my family) have a Flowbee and we've been using it happily for decades. We got our first at the L.A. County Fair, back when they were new and that was the only place they were selling them.
(We recently got the add-on vac. It is LOUD AF. Use a small shop-vac.)
The BIGGEST MISTAKE was trying to cut that mannequin cheap nylon fake-hair wig. It's PLASTIC.
If he wasn't such a coward, he would have cut his own hair with it and it would have come out great.
Sigh.
@@OhPervyOne Actually his mannequins all have fully real hair I think? I know in a lot of his videos he has stated that the mannequin has real human hair, just like the ones in hair school. He is a real hairdresser, and of course all the advice he gives wouldn't demonstrate well on synthetic hair, so it would have to be real hair
@@joziesundstrom7660 I don't think THIS one is real. That may be true for the majority of his videos, but I suspect he wasn't taking this one seriously and he didn't want to "waste" a valuable real hair wig on something he "already knows" (believes) is a scam product.
I can attest:
I have been using my Flowbee for close to three decades and only in the beginning did I ever have blade-jams - nothing like this video - and I learned quickly how to avoid them. The Flowbee works.
What he really should do is follow up this video with someone who has experience with the product and demonstrate how it works, properly. Either have that person cut their own hair OR have them cut his hair after he lets it grow out for the video. That demonstration doesn't have to involve cutting a lot of hair, nor cutting it extremely short, as long as it's enough to really show that it does the job.
Yes, it is loud.
But being a scaredy-cat because Mommy is vacuuming the floor is NOT respectable and he does serious disservice to a good product in this video. This is Slander.
I don't mean to jump down your throat with this comment. It's just that I do NOT respect him after doing this... at least as long as he fails to do a serious follow-up.
His OTHER videos might be respectable, but this one ISN'T.
Sorry, but not sorry.
@@julias7920 I paid $199.95 plus tax (free shipping) for my Flowbee WITH the vacuum designed to be used with it, in June of this year (2023). LOVE my Flowbee haircuts! No more hair salons for me.
So we’re just going to move passed “Do you hate yourself and your family, but hate cutting hair more?” 🤡
Lol omg that was insane.
Perfectly sucked hair
I came to the comment section for exactly this😹😹
I was like wait what and had to go back and watch it again to see if that’s what it said 😂
@@thebostonleague7620 same
The Flowbee is awesome! When taking the time to learn how to use it and its attachments (about 15 minutes), and understanding basic haircutting concepts, you can cut hair in almost any way you want. It doesn't matter if you want to just trim very long hair or give yourself (or someone you know) a very cool short haircut, or anything in between, the Flowbee will do it. One of the things I really appreciate about it is that I don't have to nervously go to a haircutter anymore, hoping she/ he is in the proper mood to give me the balanced haircut that I want. Since using the Flowbee (the first time didn't go so well because I made the cut too short), from the 2nd attempt onward, I finally am able to get the nicely balanced, evenly layered, haircut that I have always tried to get a haircutter to do. I have medium length (a bit below the shoulders), slightly wavy hair, and it works great. But it doesn't matter what type of hair one has, the Flowbee is wonderful if you want consistent haircuts. I love this little machine! And I am saving so much money by just doing it myself! There are plenty of them on eBay.There's nothing like being independent and achieving great haircuts just like to want them!
I'm 66yrs old, and I admit, I had one, & I loved it! I had a pixie at the time & I used the different size attachments & voila, perfect pixie!
I still use mine!
We found one of these in my grandma’s closet about a month ago and decided to give my husband an impromptu hair cut. It worked! It wasn’t a great looking cut, but it worked😂. We did his beard too… he said it was terrifying
The Littlejohn’s were my neighbors growing up and I remember passing by their garage every couple of weeks to see them with gowns on and their dad cutting their hair with one of these. Pure early 90s nostalgia.
My father in law swears by this thing. He's had one since the late 80s and he loves it. He figures he has saved hundreds over the years cutting his hair and his kids' hair. He's gotten really good at it, but they're still clearly Flowbee cuts. He never talked any of the girls or women in his life into trying it.
I cannot believe your reviewing this. My dad has been using this on his hair since I was a child! This is insane lol
George Clooney still uses his
Does it look good? 🤔
@@Rosaline842 yes, he uses his with a regular vacuum cleaner. He still goes to the barber shop to get a cut, but the flowbee just makes his hair cuts last a bit longer.
@@jaynecarney7567 That's what my dad says when I make fun of him for using his!
My dad got one for himself for Quarantine haircuts lmao.
I have one and have used it for over 40 years. I love it! Haven't been to a salon since I bought it.
“Get that freshly suck hair you’ve always dreamed of” I’m sorry but who on their marketing team approved this 😭😭
That's a parody lol not the real ad
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My sister bought a flowbee in the early 2000s and we loved it. We cut a cereal box to add length to the spacers to cut our longer hair. It worked quite well with the proper technique.
I bought one back in the day. I'm a pro, who had a screaming 2 year old at the time. It was money well spent! He held the mirror and got a kick out of watching his hair get cut. That was 30 years ago! He'll be 32 next month. Use a shop vac Brad Mondo!
I use this to cut my son’s and my husband’s hair. I use to use regular clippers, but honestly the worst part was the clean up afterwards (especially removing hair from my husband’s wheelchair) and this nearly eliminates the post haircut clean up. I can give my boys the same haircuts with the flowbee as I can with clippers, but there is a learning curve. I can taper like a champ freestyle with the flowbee.
I think it's a FLOWBEE cause it goes BUZZ BUZZ! 🐝
They work best with a shop vac, I think. 😂
I used to have one of these, years ago. They work, but you have to use them properly, and hook them to a decent vacuum. A small hand held built to pick up crumbs on the kitchen floor will not do. And don't expect a fancy cut. It's great for a family with a lot of boys. You get fast and pretty even cuts and save 10$ each time.
I was born in the mid 60's so I grew up watching the Flowbee commercials and always wanted one! That you for the walk down memory lane, the laughs and thinking, thank goodness my grandmother NEVER got one of these! 🤣🤣🤣
Also, it's not Flowbee's fault you have a fancy vacuum back in the day we just had the regular kind.
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I just used my new Flowbee today to cut my hair into a fauxhawk and it worked perfectly. Good suction is the key (I have an average Eureka vacuum). You shouldn’t have to hold the hair up into the clippers, the suction should grab and pull them up with force even at a distance. The Flowbee is a godsend, you should attempt it again!
I swear, It's like Brad knows when I start thinking about when's the last time a new Brad video has come out because he never disappoints. He's always there providing new content when I crave it most lmao
This is me ... today lol
when he feeds us LOL
I just bought a Flowbee directly from Flowbee, with a vacuum, for $199. Yours is the second video I’ve watched where the Flowbee is used on a WIG rather than a person’s natural hair. I suspect that the fake hair is a big part of the problem! The Flowbee with the vacuum designed for it worked great on my hair, and I am very happy with the haircut I gave myself. June 2023
OMG my stylist in the 80s used to use one on me!!!! I had a super short cut, never would have tried it on myself. Can’t believe I paid him to do it!!! (I just looked up their infomercial from 1988 and he’s in it!)
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🤣🤣🤣🤣 Lolllll so funnnyy!!!!
Hilarious. Did your hairstylist even go to beauty school or just Flowbee University? 😂😂😂
@@cherylynl.tompkins7049 He had been cutting my hair in the usual way for over a year till he fell down the Flowbee rabbit hole! 🤣
@@tinaallan3419 This is soooo funny!! 🤣🤣🤣
My dad has used a flowbee for 15 years now after his barber retired and he didnt feel like finding another. He gets me to clean up the back but it works great for him
I used to have one of these - late 80s - 90s - and used to cut my parent's dog with it! Worked great once she got over the noise. She had white fur w/some black and after a haircut looked like "Mashed Potatoes". Hahaha - thanks for reminding me of a good memory!
that's brilliant
That is so cute, i love that
I definitely just sold one of these for $160 on eBay, I bought it locally for $10! It sold pretty quick. My roommate’s dad has one of these too & loves it.
My dad used the flow bee for years! It was the only way he would get a haircut and he loved it! It actually works pretty damn good when used with a strong vacuum!
What kind of haircut does he end up with?
@@brianda5793 If her dad is like my dad, basically the haircut George Clooney has.
Hubby bought a flowbee over 25 years ago. It works great for him--that one you have looks nothing like his. It looks much more flimsy. And yes, I think our vacuum cleaner does have more suction than that Dyson you have. Also the one he has isn't very loud at all.
"What the hell, flowbee!" The one quote I NEVER thought I'd hear in a UA-cam video in the 2020s
This so reminds me of my first job. One of the owners was constantly trying to convince all of us we wanted to let him give us a haircut with his Flowbee and the other owner was always telling us to not do it because it was so awful. I wasn’t surprised at all by your results - or the trouble you had getting it to work (and no, I never fell for letting them cut my hair).
OMG I STILL HAVE MINE FROM WAYYYY BACK WHEN 😂 I bought for my dad, he used it once, and we’ll, it’s still sitting in my closet. He hated it! He went to his barber the next day! I’ll never forget that!
My dad bought himself one about a year or so ago and he loves it. He was having a hard time finding someone to cut his hair after his barber past away. After a couple bad back jobs, he decided to try the Flowbee and his hair has looked great ever since then.
Watching a professional who could cut this so much easier with scissors use a device made for people who don’t know how to cut hair is hilarious. I think it’s because we get to see you experience the same confusion as us when we try to not use bleach like shampoo or when we use a level 10 toner on level 6-7 hair lol 😂. Ur videos never cease to entertain me!
Been in an awfully low mood the last week and honestly your videos are the only things getting me through. You’re the best, brad!!
My brother is still traumatized 30+ years later from my Grandma giving him a haircut with a flowbee. He said his head was so sore, it hurt to lay on his pillow at night. Needless to say he was the test subject and the one and only to get a hair cut with it.
Poor miss maniquinn needs a cute pixie cut to save her. "How to save a bad haircut". I'd watch it. Maybe give her a fun color too. She deserves so much better hahaha.
💯agree
I just ordered a Flow Bee from their website with their vacuum cleaner and with shipping it was $219. Everyone always thinks of Amazon and forgets that the manufacturers sometimes have a website. Looks like the key to using this is a very strong vacuum cleaner. With my husband and three sons, I really hope this works out for us. Great video Brad! You're so real!!
One of my friend's husband has been cutting his hair with the Flowbee for years. It gives us all a giggle. Enjoying the videos!
I paid $145 for ours back in 2002 (bought the vacuum with it) and it just finally shorted out last year. I only had boys and this worked perfect - taking my youngest for a hair cut was always a fight. We saved a lot of time not having to go to the barber, and saved a lot of money over the 20 years of use.
My 83 year old step dad has been using one of these since 1989. He still has it hooked up to a vacuum in his bathroom 😂
I actually have a vacuum cleaner that's about 30 years old, and I only use about 15% of the power that thing has. It's never been broken. I "stole" it when I moved out, I lived in our attic and when mom wanted a new vacuum, she gave the old one to me so I didn't need to carry it up the strairs anymore. She's had three vacuums since that, the new ones at some point lost suction power or just broke.
There actually is some part that's not where it's supposed to be, when I lift it up I can hear a metallic "cling". Doesn't seem to bother it though :D
George Clooney cuts his own hair with a Flowbee. He looks gooood, so go Flowbee.
I was just coming on to say the same thing! He’s used it for years...well since the 80’s
My dad has used one of those pretty much my whole life. I'm 31. He swears by his flowbee. Except his usually only cost like $30 I think (he's bought several over the years.)
We always knew if dad grabbed the vaccuum it meant he was cutting his hair. He was also the only grown man I knew growing up that always styled his hair right out the shower and ALWAYS used a blow dryer for styling.
George Clooney said he use to use a flower to cut his hair. Even back in the day " As seen on Tv" had weird products. I swear it use to come with the vaccum though in the 90's and it was yellow and looked like kinda like a bee.
I was looking for a comment mentioning this! Thats the the only reason I know what a Flowbee is.
My then husband bought one new in the 80s and it didn't have it's own vacuum back then. I uses to connect it to a round green vacuum cleaner my mom had gifted me in the 70s.
@sok sok⏭️ keep posting things like this and I will keep reporting it. it has no relevence whatsoever to the video
omg I dont think I have laughed so much while watching any other video from you. THANK you for atleast trying. I am so sorry that you had to go throught this - but was SOOOO funny
I have never heard of the flowbee, but this was very entertaining!
I used this on my 4 boys when they were young (in the 90's). Boy were they happy when mom went to hair school and they could have nice haircuts!
Brad is acting like us sending him our fail videos “should I section it, no right” 😂😂
Brad: "I hate this, why does this not work?"
"I need a break mentally."
Me: Brad totally gets me.
Yes it sucks to be stung by a bee, but all those fruit and veggies y'all like to make smoothies with would not exist without bees!! Be nice to the bees! :)
Came here for this 😂
Bees are little sweeties, wasps will be dickheads unprovoked
Should have a T-shirt made that says BEE nice😃🐝🌻
Old fart boomer here: when this thing was being advertised every 3 minutes on television, they specifically said that it worked best with a canister vacuum because they had more suction power. You are supposed to attach they vacuum hose to the vacuum's accessory hose.
Your facial expressions were absolute gold!!
What I took from this is confirmation that the Dyson is useless because it has no suction; & vacuum cleaners were better in the 80s!
I'm having a hard time believing that Dysons are that lame and old ones had more power. Dyson made his fortune selling that thing touting its far superior suction, and it was always WAY more expensive than other brands..
Dyson vacuums are amazing. I wasn’t thrilled with the handheld but the uprights are fantastic. I have dogs and nothing picks up dog hair like it.
I bought one of these at a yard sale in the 1980s, and I loved it! I could give myself a decent haircut. I miss my Flowbee!
The manufacturer has a website, better prices than Amazon.
Well that was entertaining at the very least. Maybe give us a round two, with a standard vacuum. Good luck! You were pretty creative.
My dad had a flowbee in the 90's and I remember he used to bust it out at parties and ask who wants a haircut. 😆
Omg this was too funny! You’re a champ for trying literally everything for us!
Omg When he said a Funking vacuum hose, I bust out laughing so hard! Hilarious!
I hardly ever laughed as hard as I did while you were trying to make this work. Thanks for that, Brad!
My ex mother in law has one of these and uses it on herself, her husband and two sons. So yes, my ex-husband grew up getting regular cuts with these. I was mortified the first time I went to their place when it was hair cutting day. Needless to say, the day I had him go to a real salon for a haircut he was so happy with the experience and never let his mother butcher his hair again...
Great video as always Brad. You make my day so much better whenever you post! Have a great weekend 😊
My grandma used this abomination on me. It was so messed up that my mom had to borrow my uncle's clippers to fix it. I'm a girl and ended up with a buzz cut. My grandma wanted to use it on my cousin. Thank God his dad said 'no'.
We used this on my son for years lol!! But we hooked it to a Shop vac lol! It works incredibly well with some good suction!
Hey Brad, you DO realize that this video is you behaving like the people in the videos you react to; the ones who don't read the directions, don't use gloves, or have any sort of a plan when they grab the kitchen scissors? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Jacksepticeye did a reaction to the original commercial for the product, which should explain how to use it, btw
Hahaha...indeed!
Let's say it together, boys and girls: 'Read the effing manual!'
My dad got a flowbee in the 90thies and he has been using it since then for cutting his hair! He has thus used it for several decades!
The Bee comes from the buzzing sound the shaver makes 😂
“Do you hate yourself and your family?”
Me before the sentence even finishes: Yes 💀🔫
This was a joke in Wayne's World. "Not only does it cut, it sucks!"
I totally remember them using it in the beginning of the movie!
That’s what I was thinking! It was a copy cat version but remember the hose was attached to a backpack vacuum cleaner?? I’m going to have to go find that movie now…
Remember Garth- “ITS SUCKING MY WILL TO LIVE” 🤣🤣🤣
I love it when brad posts it makes me so happy but the fact that was so expensive the flowbee 😭
I’d love to see you borrow a different vacuum and try this again 🤣
Also jsyk there’s a company that makes an attachment that holds the trigger down for the Dyson 👀 it’s like $13 and not made BY Dyson but it’s for it.
You mean the awesome quiet cordless vacuums we use on our hard floors aren't as strong as the massive heavy contraptions our parents and grandparents used to suck crumbs and pet hair out of their plush shag carpeting in the 70s and 80s? *gasp* hahaha!! You'd almost have to use a shop vac at this point, I'd think.
I loved and needed this so much!
My day is complete...thank you darling mwah 😘
OMG thank you so much, I had actually looked at this last week and thankfully now I don't need to waste my money.
"Do you hate yourself and your family but hate haircuts even more?" Omfg I'm dead💀
Brad Mondo in this entire video is the energy I need in my life right now!
Someone take this thing to one of those car wash places with the super strong suction vacuums and tell me if it works. 😂
Lmao core memory unlocked! My mother worked at Great Clips in the 90’s and this was totally used in their shop 🤣
I love it when you do this ❤️ just Brad Mondo it’s all we need 🥰
All I got from this video is that Brad should do an "as seen on tv" segment. I feel bad I was laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh no I can't believe it didn't work I feel bad for you Brad 😭 looking gorgeous as ever 💋
Tbh i was honestly shocked to see you review this because I my dad used this quite a bit when I was really young(and he still uses it to this day)
For me it didn’t work too well because I have incredibly course and frizzy 2a/2b hair so it tended to get stuck and wouldn’t work; but I mean it does a great job on my dad👍
Plus YES the vacuum you use matters a lot. My dad uses an industrial vacuum just to get it to work LOL
I sooo love Brad Mondo and needed a laugh today. Pretty damn funny
Omg I love Brad’s range of emotions throughout this whole video 🤣 🎢🎢🎢
Think about it, Brad. If it was going to be the wave of the future, you’d already been doing Flowbee Reaction videos from TikTok for three years now.
It’s prime has come and gone.
You mean, "The lock-down has come and gone."
If the gov shuts us down again for any length of time, we'll be hearing more about flowbee cuts.
OMG this takes me back, I remember when these came out and me and all my friends begged our parents to buy them. They did not (my sister was a stylist, it was moot, haha) so I'm glad to see you testing this out!
Anyone else want to see Brad build something with Lego’s or am I just too stoned
Omg I wanna see this too but I am also stoned lolll
You've set yourself up for a stellar followup video. Can't wait for attempt #2!!
I love the absolute chaos of this video. please keep doing these!
My uncle has used one since the 80s. So glad you finally did this!!!
Who’s going to tell brad that bees are actually useful in life 😂😂
I own a Flowbee with the Vac attachment, and it works really well! It gives me a perfect looking, short, layered haircut every time. The key thing is to keep the blades oiled, and maintain the device.
Was he doing right? I feel like something went wrong but idk. 😅
@@nancy0752 I think the blades are dull on his device.
This made my Very bad day, a very good one, thank you Braddie cakes 💖
My brother used this for a long time but I think he had a canister vacuum that is made to work with long hoses. This was a great bit of nostalgia. Thanks for the laughs!!
This video ended like most good mental break downs do…with a terrible, at home, bang cutting moment 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Poor Brad 😂
The absolute chaos in this video, start to finish, made my day. I feel this chaos today.
okay but imagine going to the hairdressers and they pull out THIS CONTRAPTION to cut your hair like wtf
I remember these thing being in the commercials in the 2000s, too. We watched these all the time when we couldn't sleep after coming home from parties. Drunken me always found this hilarious