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Singapore does not really have a grooming season. It has 31 degrees and heavy humidity every month of the year, which means body hair is a year-round problem rather than something you deal with once before summer.
Two things make it harder here than in most places. Bathrooms are small and often shared, so mess is not a private problem. And walls are thin, so a loud trimmer at 11pm is everybody’s business.
Most men respond by buying one device and expecting it to cover everything. It rarely works. A tool built to keep your face sharp is not the same tool you want anywhere near your groin, and a tool built for below the belt is usually too bulky to throw in a bag for a long weekend in JB or Bangkok.
Blubird, a Singapore men’s grooming brand, sells two devices that split along exactly that line. The Suckaa is a vacuum-powered body trimmer. The HummingBird is a pocket 2-in-1 trimmer and shaver. They are not really competitors, and the useful question is not which is better but which problem you actually have.
The Suckaa is a full-size trimmer. The HummingBird fits in a pocket.
The short version
Get the Suckaa if your grooming happens below the belt, you do it at home, and cleaning up afterwards is the part you dread.
Get the HummingBird if you travel often and your grooming is mostly face, neck and hairline maintenance between barber visits.
Get both if you want one device that lives on the bathroom shelf and one that lives permanently in your bag.
The Suckaa: built around the cleanup
The Suckaa is a body trimmer with a vacuum built into it. A second motor creates suction around the blade, so hair gets pulled into an internal chamber as you cut rather than landing on your sink, your towel and your floor. When you are done you pop the chamber, tap it out and rinse.
That sounds like a gimmick until you have cleaned up after a below-the-belt trim in a bathroom someone else is waiting to use. The mess is the reason a lot of men avoid doing it properly, and removing the mess removes the excuse.
It runs a 0.5 mm ceramic blade behind a skin-safe guard, so the cutting edge never sits flat against skin. That guard geometry is the spec that actually matters for sensitive areas, more than motor speed or blade material. It is a close trim rather than a bare shave, which for that part of the body is the point. Elsewhere on the device: 15,000 RPM, under 50 decibels, and an IPX6 rating that covers shower use and rinsing under a tap. Check current pricing and order the Blubird Suckaa vacuum trimmer direct from Blubird, with 30 days to send it back if it is not for you.
The clear chamber above the blade is the vacuum collection bay. Trimmed hair ends up in there instead of on the counter.
The HummingBird: built around the bag
The HummingBird is a two-sided device. The front carries a trimmer with an L-shaped ceramic blade that also cuts to 0.5 mm. Turn it over and the lower back holds a floating mesh shaver head with a 15-blade self-sharpening system, meant for a close finish on your face and neck.
It is small. That is the entire pitch. It replaces a trimmer, a shaver and a razor with one thing that fits in a pocket, charges over USB-C, and runs under 55 decibels so you are not waking a hotel room at 6am.
One thing the marketing does not always spell out clearly: the mesh shaver head is a face and neck tool. Use the guarded trimmer side for body work, and keep the mesh head above the collar. Check current pricing and order the Blubird HummingBird 2-in-1 trimmer and shaver direct from Blubird, on the same 30-day return terms.
The mesh shaver head sits on the lower back, with the USB-C port above it. The trimmer blade is on the front, which is how one small device covers both jobs.
Side by side
| The Suckaa | The HummingBird | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Below the belt and full body | Face, neck, travel |
| Blade | Ceramic, 0.5 mm, skin-safe guard | L-shaped ceramic, 0.5 mm |
| Second function | Built-in vacuum chamber | Floating mesh shaver head |
| Motor | 15,000 RPM | 7,000 RPM |
| Noise | Under 50 dB | Under 55 dB |
| Waterproofing | IPX6 | IPX6 |
| Battery | 90 minutes, USB-C | 60 minutes, USB-C |
| Guide combs | 2 (3 mm, 6 mm) plus adjustable dial | 4 (1.5 mm, 3 mm, 3-6 mm, 9-12 mm) |
Which one fits your routine
If you groom below the belt, the Suckaa is the one designed for it. The skin-safe guard and the vacuum are both aimed at that job specifically. The HummingBird’s trimmer side can handle body work, but it will not catch anything, and you will be cleaning a sink afterwards.
If you are mostly maintaining a face, the HummingBird does more. Trim with the front, turn it over, finish with the mesh head. The Suckaa can trim a beard neckline perfectly well, but it cannot give you a close shave, so you would still be reaching for a razor.
If you fly often, size decides it. The Suckaa’s chamber adds a little thickness, roughly five to ten percent over a bare trimmer, and it is a full-size device. The HummingBird ships with travel covers for the blade and the shaver head, and genuinely disappears into a bag.
If you share a bathroom, the vacuum is worth paying up for. The Suckaa is the more expensive of the two, and this is the one situation where that gap justifies itself on day one rather than eventually.
If it is your first proper grooming device, start with the HummingBird. It is the cheaper of the two and the lower-risk way to find out how much of this you will actually keep up with.
Before you buy
Both ship free to Singapore, Malaysia and Australia, and both carry a 30-day return window. Pricing moves with promotions, so the product pages linked above are the only reliable place to check what either one costs today.
One practical note that applies to both, and to any brand’s trimmer: replace the blade roughly every three months. Not because it stops cutting, but because a blade that sits against skin and holds clipped hair in a damp chamber is a hygiene item, not a permanent part. In this humidity, that is not optional advice.
Both are IPX6, which is the spec worth insisting on locally regardless of what you buy. Being able to groom in the shower and rinse the device under the tap is the only sensible way to do it when you are sweating through a shirt by 9am. A trimmer that cannot get wet is a trimmer you will use half as often.
Specifications, shipping and returns information correct as at 25 August 2026. Pricing and promotions change, so check the product pages for current figures.
