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How to choose a natural organic comb for hair or beard?
Last Updated: 03/10/2018

For our viewers to better understand how to choose a natural organic hair comb, we listed and summarized some key factors, their pros and cons, to consider for comb materials that are mostly available and familiar to comb users.
Plastic Combs:
1. Lower prices, usually a few dollars each;
2. Soft and elastic, these combs usually will not break from dropping or small bending;
3. Plastic material could be a source of hair static;
4. Plastic combs may change color and will become hardened over time;
5. Users rarely build strong bond with plastic item they use.
Metal Combs:
1. Metal combs are durable, most users will feel their stiffness on scalp or holding on hand;
2. Metal could be a source of hair static;
3. Metal combs may become rusty over time.
The above two materials are most common comb material for most comb users.

At CombHub, we only use naturally organic materials, such as wood and horn, to make combs to meet customers that want a natural care for their hair or beard. Benefits of a wooden comb include: 1). No static generated from wooden comb combing; 2) Better hair oil distribution and evenly redistribution through hair combing, for both internal hair oil and added external hair oil; 3). Promote and improve circulation through combing thus help maintain and promote better hair or beard growth; 4). A wooden comb is a much versatile hair styling tool comparing to a hair brush so a wooden comb is a must have hair styling accessory; 5). Wood and horn are all naturally organic materials thus they will not have any adverse effect as man-made materials such as plastic and metal will have on hair or beard, 6). Wooden combs are trending, being used by more and more people.

At CombHub, we only offer natural organic combs made from buffalo horn and various kind of wood and bamboo. These are the wood option available from CombHub and we list them here from in the order of least to most in commonality and preciousness: peachwood, boxwood, rosewood, red sandalwood, green sandalwood(this is the only sandalwood with wood fragrance), brown sandalwood, purple sandalwood and black sandalwood( Aka Ebony).

To choose a comb for hair or beard, the second thing to decide is comb teeth tine. For this purpose, here are the comb teeth tines as defined by CombHub:
Fine Teeth Combs: Teeth Spaces < 1 mm
Fine teeth combs are combs with teeth spaces less than 1 mm. They work best for average men's hair or for those fine and straight hair less than 12 inches in length.
Medium Teeth Combs: Teeth Spaces 1 mm - 2.5 MM
Medium teeth combs are most common combs throughout CombHub's wide selection of comb lineup. Medium teeth combs should meet most hairs' or beards' combing need, let them be long , thick, curly and dry hair or beard.
Wide teeth Combs: Teeth Spaces > 2.5 mm(1/8 inch)
Besides a personal preference, wide teeth comb work best as a detangling comb.
Mixed Teeth Combs:
These are combs with two different teeth spaces so to meet combing need for different hair or different comb purpose.

With the above said, you can now browse our combs and choose the ones that you think will fit and meet your combing needs the best, your hair and beard will love them for sure.



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