Series 3 vs. Series 5
There are a lot of posts about this item and the series 3 replacement foil and cutter.  They both work on a variety of Braun shavers, and I have the 8995 model.  I've had it for a decade or more I think and at one time the Series 3 replacement parts worked better than the Series 5, but the last few times I bought the series 3, it just didn't seem to be as good as I remembered.  So, I bought both this time, the series 3 and series 5.  I can tell no difference in the shave with either and they both are worse than what I used to get.  I believe the information about the cutters now having thicker blades is probably the issue.  They cutters for the 2 items appear to be identical and the blades do look thick.  It still does perform really well and if I take the extra time to go over my beard multiple times, it turns out OK.  However, I'm disappointed that I'll probably have to start shopping for a whole new razor soon to get the cut I desire, or just switch back to manual blades.  Hope this helps others.
Rating: 3 stars