ToughClip™ Cut Your Own Thick Toenails In One Press

Long-handled, palm-press clipper. No pinching, no bending down.

💪 Cuts the thickest nails in one pass

✋ No pinch needed - Your palm does it

👀 Angled head - You see every cut

🪑 Sit upright - No bending down

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I have arthritis in my hands and this makes cutting nails less painful. I have very tough nails and these clippers make cutting all your nails so much easier.
★★★★★ Ronald T. 71 - Shallotte, NC
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Annotated diagram showing that the cutting force starts at the palm and that the jaw opens around the whole nail

When Did Trimming Your Own Nails Become a Whole Afternoon?

You feel it before you see it. That one nail pressing into the top of your shoe, all day, every step.

So you sit down with the clippers. You get the blade over the edge and squeeze. Nothing. You squeeze harder, with both hands now, and a chunk cracks off sideways and goes somewhere across the floor. What's left is a jagged corner that catches in your sock.

Twenty minutes later you've soaked them, fought them, found the pieces, and the nail is worse than when you started. So you stop. You leave it. You wear the looser shoes and you stay in on the day you were going to walk.

And the drawer fills up. The heavy duty one. The long handled one that came in half the length of the photo. The electric one that died halfway through the second toe. Every one of them promised this exact thing.

Which leaves two doors. Eighty five dollars and a room full of strangers while you sit there with both socks in your lap, six times a year, because Medicare doesn't cover routine trimming. Or the sentence you have been rewriting in your head for three weeks now and still have not sent to your daughter.

It Was Never You

Look at the clipper in that drawer. That design is over a hundred years old and it has not meaningfully changed. It was built to be squeezed between a thumb and one finger.

That is the smallest, weakest grip your hand makes. It's also the first one to go stiff. So the tool asks for the one thing it should never have asked for, and then you get told to try harder.

Every clipper you bought after that changed the same two things. Longer handle. Angled head. Not one of them changed the pinch. That is why they all failed the same way, and it is why none of it was ever about your hands.

ToughClip closes inside your whole fist. Your palm and your forearm do the work now, not the small joints in your fingers. The jaw opens wide enough to sit over a thick nail all at once, so it cuts instead of crushing. One squeeze, one clean line, no chunks across the floor.

And the long handles mean you stay sitting upright with your foot on the opposite knee. No folding forward. No reaching. Nobody in the room.

  • 1. Sit down

    A kitchen chair, the bed, or your recliner. No bending down to the floor.

  • 2. Foot on your opposite knee

    The handles are long enough to reach your toes from there. The head is angled so you can see the nail while you cut.

  • 3. Squeeze with your whole hand

    Wrap your whole hand around the handles and squeeze. Not a fingertip pinch. One squeeze cuts through the nail.

    What You've Been Choosing Between

      Drugstore Clipper
    Cuts a thick nail in one pass
    Works without a fingertip pinch
    No bending, no reaching
    Nobody else sees your feet
    No appointment, no waiting room
    • Barbara K. Wichita, KS

      "I fought with regular clippers for years, but the short handle meant squeezing as hard as I could and still not getting through. This one has a longer handle and the leverage does the work. Cuts clean the first time. My old ones are in the trash."

    • Raymond T. Akron, OH

      "After my hip replacement I couldn't get down to my feet for months. This let me handle my own nails again without waiting on anybody. The angled head means I can actually see the line I'm cutting. Should have found it a long time ago."

    • Priscilla N. Fort Wayne, IN

      "Figured this was another one of those gadgets that looks good in the picture, honestly. It came sharp, it feels solid in the hand, and it goes through thick nails without cracking them. The handles don't slip. It does what it says it does."

      FAQs

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      Q: Will it actually cut my toenails? Mine are really thick.

      That's the nail it was built for. The jaw sits over the whole nail at once and takes it in one pass, instead of several weak bites at the edge, and it's those repeated bites that leave the jagged tear you end up filing down. Start it on the worst nail you have. If it doesn't cut, send it back inside 90 days.

      You don't, not until it's in your hand. That is exactly why the window is 90 days and not 14. It's stainless steel with rigid handles, not plated plastic. Bear down on your thickest nail, and if the handles give or the blade skids, email us and we refund you.

      It's built so it doesn't need a pinch. Instead of squeezing a small lever between your thumb and finger, you close two long handles inside your whole fist. The force comes from your hand and forearm, not your fingertips. Fingertip strength is the first thing to go, and it's the exact thing this design routes around.

      That's what the long handles and the angled head are for. You sit in a chair, bring your foot up onto the opposite knee or a low stool, and the handles close the distance so you're not folding forward. The angle also puts the blade where you can see it, instead of hidden under your own hand.

      Ask your doctor before you trim your own nails. That holds no matter which tool you use, and we are not going to tell you otherwise. What we can tell you is that it cuts rather than crushes, so it doesn't tear the nail or drag at the skin around it, and the angled head keeps the blade in view.

      Because the $6 clipper isn't what you are actually choosing between. If a clipper cannot cut your nails, the real alternative is a podiatrist at $85 to $165, every six to ten weeks, and Medicare doesn't cover routine trimming. Skip one appointment and this has already paid for itself twice.

      Sometimes, yes. A diagnosed foot condition, an infection, an inflamed ingrown, or no feeling in your feet is a doctor's job and we won't pretend otherwise. But most people are not in that group. Most people just have thick nails and hands or a back that won't cooperate, and for them trimming was never a medical procedure. They lost access to it because the tool was wrong.

      • 5 stars: 194 (69%)
      • 4 stars: 87 (31%)
      • 3 stars: 2 (1%)
      • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
      • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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      W.M
      These are great clippers but need top open

      These are great clippers but need top open Al little wider

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      j
      Great clipper

      Great clipper

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      T.b.w.g.a.o.d.l.t
      I love the Clippers and so does my

      I love the Clippers and so does my husband!

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      C
      It worked great on my hard toe nails

      It worked great on my hard toe nails

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      M.G
      It's a very good quality product

      It's a very good quality product.

      M
      M.G
      Be careful, extremely sharp and the additional leverage

      Be careful, extremely sharp and the additional leverage will allow you to cut the hardest toenail. With that said, make sure that you are aligned properly with what you want to cut, because when you operate the handles to cut, whatever is in alignment with the cutter is going to be cut, that is a fact! I found out the hard way. Sharpest and best cutter that I have ever used, as long as you use care to not overcut!

      M
      M
      Works great nice cutting edge great quality nice

      Works great nice cutting edge great quality nice professional finish on it

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      D.G.F
      Easy to use and exactly what I was

      Easy to use and exactly what I was

      P
      P.P
      I love these new clippers

      I love these new clippers. As we age, it's a challenge to keep ourselves well-groomed and ready for our next trip to the beach! Great.

      J
      J
      This has a nice wide opening for thick

      This has a nice wide opening for thick toenails and are heavy duty. Plenty of leverage, should last for quitea while. So far so good!

      R
      R.P
      It works good

      It works good. We are using them.

      K
      K.G
      Work well, quick shipping

      Work well, quick shipping. Very pleased.

      R
      R.J.A
      It's pretty good

      It's pretty good

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      L.T.H
      Surpassed expectations

      Surpassed expectations! Works well for thick unsightly toenails. Highly recommend

      L
      L.T.H
      Surpassed expectations

      Surpassed expectations! Works well for thick unsightly toenails. Highly recommend

      F
      F.K
      These are just what I needed and do

      These are just what I needed and do the job very well. With arthritic hands, other types of nail clippers are almost impossible for me to use , especially on thick nails even when softer due to swimming or a shower. It also helps to reach and clip my toe nails much easier as well. Bravo!

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      J.O
      Works great

      Works great. Good quality does everything I need it for.

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      T.S
      Works great

      Works great

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      T.S
      Works great

      Works great

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      F.K
      These are just what I needed and do

      These are just what I needed and do the job very well. With arthritic hands, other types of nail clippers are almost impossible for me to use , especially on thick nails even when softer due to swimming or a shower. It also helps to reach and clip my toe nails much easier as well. Bravo!

      J
      J.O
      Works great

      Works great. Good quality does everything I need it for.

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      R.H
      Good: Effective

      Good: Effective. Very sharp. Good price for what you get. Bad: Very wide cutter opening makes it possible to remove flesh if you aren't careful. Bottom line: The criticism above is a near-nitpick since the wide opening is the very reason to buy this. Just be careful to cut only nails. Five stars.

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      R.H
      Good: Effective

      Good: Effective. Very sharp. Good price for what you get. Bad: Very wide cutter opening makes it possible to remove flesh if you aren't careful. Bottom line: The criticism above is a near-nitpick since the wide opening is the very reason to buy this. Just be careful to cut only nails. Five stars.

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      J.F.M
      CUTTER WORKS GREAT GOOD BUY

      CUTTER WORKS GREAT GOOD BUY

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      c.w.c
      Very Sharp, smooth squeeze ,long enough handle to

      Very Sharp, smooth squeeze ,long enough handle to see, easy to use and has a nail Catcher. Nice price point also. Gave 2 as gifts and they really like them also

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      M.T
      they work great

      they work great

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      L.l
      Very sharp - very effective and easy to

      Very sharp - very effective and easy to use

      j
      j.m
      The

      The

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      c.w.c
      Very Sharp, smooth squeeze ,long enough handle to

      Very Sharp, smooth squeeze ,long enough handle to see, easy to use and has a nail Catcher. Nice price point also. Gave 2 as gifts and they really like them also

      M
      M.T
      they work great

      they work great

      J
      J.F.M
      CUTTER WORKS GREAT GOOD BUY

      CUTTER WORKS GREAT GOOD BUY

      j
      j.m
      The

      The

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      L.l
      Very sharp - very effective and easy to

      Very sharp - very effective and easy to use