Doesn't live up to its billing.
This shaver is a bit of a disappointment.  Based on the price and the reviews, I was expecting a really GREAT shaver.  I give it three stars for "mediocre." It's just OK, definitely not great.<br /><br />Charging:  At a full charge, it will get me through ONE shave.  But the motor starts slowing down before I finish.  I've had other shavers that would get me through three shaves so I could leave my charger at home for short weekend trips.  I won't be able to do that with this shaver.  I can't even use the trimmer on the same charge as shaving.  The bigggest disappointment is the EXTREMELY short duration of motor run time per full charge.<br /><br />Shaving:  It takes a LONG time to shave your face with this thing.  Combined with the short motor run time per charge, that's a real issue.  If you have a lot of time and you really enjoy shaving, I guess you might not mind how long it takes.  I'm usually in a hurry.  It takes approximately 50% longer to shave my face with this shaver than it did with my old Braun.<br /><br />The gel dispenser is kind of a novelty item.  I usually pump the gel out onto my fingertips and spread it on my face that way because it's too time consuming and uncomfortable to spread it with the shaver.  When I use up the gel that came with it, I'll probably just use something else after that.  Don't buy it based on the gel pump.  It's no biggie.<br /><br />The pros of this thing are a very COMFORTABLE and QUIET shave, albeit time consuming.<br /><br />Quality of Shave:  The closeness of the shave is AS GOOD any electric shaver I've owned, but not appreciably any BETTER.  Definitely not as close as a blade, but hopefully no one is THAT naive!<br /><br />Trimmer:  The trimmer angle is good.  Actually, I like the trimmer other than the fact that I can't trim on the same charge as shaving.<br /><br />I'll probably keep using this thing since I've already bought it.  But if I had it to do over again, I'd choose something else.
Rating: 3 stars