Nice Electric Shave....but.....
I purchased the Arcitec 1050 12/29/08 and it arrived on the 1/7/09.  The razor provides a very nice close shave smooth shave for me.  It took no time to adapt to its shaving system which I attributed to having used a previous Norelco electric shaver.  I have yet to get a razor burn on a nick with the shaver.  It is still operating on its original charge; 11 days and eleven shaves.  Each shave usually takes me 3-4 minutes.<br /><br />I like that it is easily cleaned in the sink every morning and the heads mold very well to my face as I shave.<br /><br />I do not like the cheap trimmer.  It appears to be an engineering after thought.  I suspect it was only added so that when one makes a comparison to other razors, the trimmer doesn't exclude the Arcitec.  If your like me and try to stretch a periods between a haircut by using a shaver trimmer, you will need to by a separate trimer.<br /><br />The price was excessive, but was acceptable with the following:<br /><br />*  Get $50 off a future Amazon.com purchase when you spend $149 or more on eligible Norelco, Sonicare, Bliss Philips, and Tresemme products offered by Amazon.com, including this item. Here's how (restrictions apply). Offer valid through January 31, 2009.<br /><br />(Have not received my Amazon Gift Card as advertised)<br /><br />* $20 Gift card from Philips Norelco to be used on the purchase of a Philips Norelco product.<br /><br />(Had to nag Philips Norelco for the $20 gift card, but it did come)<br /><br />I deducted two stars for the following reasons:  Price & Trimmer
Rating: 3 stars