Pretty good rotary shaver
When I was a teenager I got a Norelco as a gift and at first I got a really good shave, I really liked it over a razor. Then, I started to get such bad rashes that I finally had to give it up and went back to a razor for about 25 years.<br /><br />I was too dumb to know that you had to periodically replace the heads. I just assumed that they lasted forever. Oh well.<br /><br />My first new electric was a Remington, and I'll say that their adverstisements, for me, were true; It gave the closest electric shave.<br /><br />The problem was my beard grows at a steep angel to the skin and electrics have a hard time getting all of the whiskers. If you missed a whisker on day one, you might get it on day two, but after that, forget it.<br /><br />I went to a Braun after the Remington wore out, and it has a coarse cutter on the inside that can get those errant whiskers. It was not quite as close as the Remington, but was a lot faster because it would find the longer hairs.<br /><br />This has all been to give background to the Norelco.<br /><br />I've had it for over 2 months now.<br /><br />It falls somewhere in between the other two. It is not quite as close as either, but very close to the Braun.<br /><br />It will get those stray whiskers usually, but every 4 or 5 days, I need to use the trimmer to get ones that have gotten away.<br /><br />As far as irritation goes, it borders right on the edge of a problem on my neck. The cause is obvious. The screens on this rotary are a lot rougher that a foil shaver. That is to say that you can feel the grid of depressions and holes. Be careful in pressing too hard or using repeated passes, to avoid irritation.<br /><br />Because of the large surface area of the heads, I find shaving to be about 1/3 faster now, as long as I don't try to get a blade quality shave.<br /><br />This razor is extremely quiet, with only a very soft whirring versus the loud buzz of any foil.<br /><br />The trimmer works adequately with my only complaint that it does not lock in the up position. If you push it the wrong way, it folds back down.<br /><br />The batteries last 3 to 4 weeks on a charge. If it starts to get low I just plug it in and continue shaving. To get around the lack of a low battery indicator I will charge it up before a trip so that I don't need to take the charger with me.<br /><br />I consider the lack of an indicator to be a non-issue.<br /><br />Overall I like the shaver a lot
Rating: 4 stars