I've used Oster & Thrive clippers - at the moment I have a fairly new Oster A5 & it goes much better than my old Thrive model, though it does get quite hot sometimes! As for dryers, I've got a Simpsons Combi, combined blaster & dryer - it's brill, though I hardly ever use it in the dryer mode as I find the blaster much better at getting all the water out without making the hair flyaway. It's been well worth the expense as it dries dogs in half the time of a hand-held drier
Jane