All electric shavers have their flaws and with practice you will definitely learn to get the most out of your shaver. The shaver is perhaps the quietest out of all the high end electric shavers we tested, even at the highest speed setting. Change shaver head – Lights up once a year to remind you to change the shaving heads. The Philips 9000 Series features what is known as a rotary shaver head, unlike the foil head offered by Braun Series 9 and Panasonic Arc 5.
The result is that within seconds of being turned on, the foil chills to near zero, ‘reducing irritation’. In one of those curious quirks that you get with mass-market consumer devices, here we have an earlier version of the Braun Series 9. It has all the good points of its slightly later, titanium-tipped sibling but is unquestionably and deliberately, not quite as good. Possibly the real killer feature of the Braun for me is that using it actually feels like shaving.
The OneBlade Hybrid has a T-blade that works effortlessly around your neckline and sideburns. We spend a lot of time reviewing the best electric shaver, so when it comes to recommending what shaver to buy, you can be safe in the knowledge that we’ll recommend the best options for you. Another thing to note if you don’t shave every day is that you’d be better off using a chainsaw or angry dog to remove three-day growth than a cheaper electric razor. If you want to stay smooth, without facial irritation, you simply MUST go high-end when electric razor shopping.
The price of electric shavers varies massively, and there’s no guarantee that an enormously expensive shaver will work for your individual face and beard growth. Build quality and battery management will also be significantly better. It’s worth noting that some of the more expensive shavers also come in cheaper versions without all the accessories or cleaning stations. These cut-down versions lose some of the convenience, but you’re getting great shaving tech at a lower price. Where the Braun Series 7 competes with the world’s best shavers from a slightly lower price point, the Series 9 Pro shows what Braun can do on a high-end budget. The new head contains five cutting elements, including a ProLift trimmer designed to lift and trim tricky low-lying hairs.
As for negatives, my only real issue was in the form of some post-shave itching/rash on the neck. The battery level indicator is really rudimentary and consists of a simple LED light that surrounds the power button. It would have been nice to get a cleaning brush or a basic travel pouch. Overall, the build quality and ergonomics are really good for this price point and the only real negative is the absence of a travel lock. The power button is pretty clicky and large enough, but unfortunately it doesn’t work as a travel lock as well . Luckily the shaver is very lightweight and you probably won’t have any serious issues during use.
For the past two years, we consulted with Men’s Health’s Grooming editors and writers on the best performing electric razors for men. Experts, including our Grooming Editor Garrett Munce, put a number of electric razors to the test and evaluated their effectiveness, durability, Remington Shaver price point, and ease-of-use. We also considered top-reviewed electric razors that had over 100 five-star ratings on e-commerce websites we trust. Really, anyone who shaves could benefit from an electric razor, but like most things it comes down to personal preference.
Among electric razors under $50, the Remington F outperformed lower-end Braun and Panasonic models in our testing. Foil-based systems use one or more cutting blocks mounted beneath the thin metal head. The foil’s perforations guide the whiskers into the block, where a pair of opposing blades slice them off. The action is more like what you’d get from a pair of scissors than from a knife. Rotary shavers use similar perforated surfaces to guide whiskers toward their cutters, but instead of snipping, hundreds of tiny blades slice hairs with a circular motion.
Press the small button located right below the shaving unit to pop it open. But overall, even if the performance was just mediocre, I would rather have this trimmer than not get one at all. Precisely, I had to make sure that the direction of the stroke was always against the direction of hair growth and it did get a bit fiddly and time-consuming. As mentioned previously, I would highly recommend using it with a good pre-shave lotion like Tabac or Speick. Most users should notice an improvement in the comfort of the shave. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case with the Philips Norelco 2300 and the comfort was more than adequate for most of the time.
The rotary heads make it easy to move with you skin, and the pressure sensors alert you when you’re pressing too hard or not enough. The Dual Steel Precision blades cut at a whopping 150,000 cuts per minute so no errant hair is left behind no matter how quickly you have to get ready. And if that’s not smart enough for you, the accompanying app tracks your shaves and offers you tips to improve. Modern electric razors can deliver impressively close shaves, but they can’t quite match the closeness of manual razors. The Series 7 razors consistently produce close, comfortable shaves and are easy to use and maintain. To get the smoothest, most comfortable electric shave, no matter which shaver you choose, you need to remember that electrics can’t easily get as close as a blade.
If you only shave twice a week or less then you will see the heads last much longer. The shaver actually contains three individual shaving heads and each shaving head is made up of two pieces. This is probably why you only ever see the front of the 9000 series electric shavers shown in Philips advertising. So overall, what you get with the Series 8 is a high quality trimmer for about $75 cheaper than the industry-leader. What you sacrifice is less power when cutting thicker hairs and less range of motion in the flexible head , but if you’re someone using a razor everyday then this one will perform with flying colors.