CHARGE all day and use for a week if you're lucky!
I bought it to replace my older Norelco "Quadra" 6829XL that needs new heads. Since the price was so good I figured why not get a new shaver for not much more than what a new head costs.<br /><br />Strong Points<br /><br />*  Better and closer shave than the older Norelco.<br /><br />*  Quieter than the older Norelco.<br /><br />HOWEVER<br /><br />The older Norelco fully charges in an hour and will shave for 2 or 3 weeks or more.  A long enough shaving time that I could take it to the mountains away from a charging source for a week or 2 and it worked fine.<br /><br />And the old one is easy to disassemble and solder in an inexpensive replacement 2 cell battery pack if/when the NiCd battery needs replacing.<br /><br />This one TAKES an EIGHT (yes 8!) hour charge and it's best not to overcharge it so I use a light timer on it.  An inconvenience at best!<br /><br />Then I am lucky if it shaves for a week.<br /><br />Customer service says it's designed for 25 minutes of shaving after an EIGHT hour charge!!!!<br /><br />I should have done more researching before buying it!  I may return it for my money back from Norelco...during their 60 day trial period and go ahead and get the expensive new heads for my old one.<br /><br />***BE WARNED and AWARE of this before you buy!  ****<br /><br />It's for me a definite INCOVENIENCE and a **BIG "CON"**
Rating: 2 stars