Decent shave. Comfortable in hand. 8 heads but no increase in torque. Attachments a mixed bag.
Let me note up front that I don't have a bald head, and I won't be testing this for bald head shaving. I'm testing it as a shaver for the face.<br /><br />Like many of you who are reading this, I've used rotary blade cordless shavers for decades--mostly Norelco. These always feature three floating heads. I've always thought there must be something magical about three heads because that's what everyone presents :-)<br /><br />I've tried shavers like this with 5, 6, even 7 heads. Now we have one with 8 heads. Crazy. What's crazier is that the basic shver isn't changing--just the cutting head attachment. That means that there isn't a more powerful motor turning all those heads, and there isn't more torque. And in turn, that means that each head has less power to cut through difficult beard/hair. It feels very much like a marketing idea (look! more heads!) and not one well thought on in terms of performance.<br /><br />And I can tell you--haveing used all these different variants with differing numbers of heads--that the eight head model is certainly not any better than the 5 head model. And neither is actually as good as my entry level Norelco 3-headed model for shaving. And compared to my high end 3 head Norelco it isn't even close (but since that costs about 5 times what this one does, that's not fair). Anyway, the shaver is capable of providing an OK shave, but I'm not convinced all those extra heads are doing much to improve things.<br /><br />Another annoyance is that there's very little reservoir under the cutting heads for shaved hair (see photos). This means you'll need/want to wash the head (it's water immersible) after each shave. And, more significantly, the middle head of the eight doesn't pop up. To remove it, you have to twist it off. It's a bit of a pain--and there's even less room under this head for hair than any of the others. Having used shavers like this before, I can tell you that that gets old pretty fast.<br /><br />The last issue I have with the cutting heads is that there's no obvious way to replace them without simply replacing the entire shaving head assembly. So this may well become a disposable item after the cutting heads get dull. Oh, and these shaving heads don't (in my experience) last as long as those from Norelco--so you will wind up wanting to replace them.<br /><br />In the kit you get:<br /><br />** Eight head cordless shaver with LCD readout of charge remaining (and time used)<br />** Noise hair trimmer attachment<br />** Hair clipper attachment<br />** Two face cleaning attachments<br />** Some cheap length guides for the hair clipper attachment<br />** Charging cable (requires USB-A power source)<br /><br />The non-shaver attachments are a mixed bag. On the plus side, the nose hair trimmer works very well. This is in contrast with the nose hair trimmers that come with clippers, which are worthless. The nose hair clipper here works as well as dedicated nose hair clippers I've used. On the minus side, the hair clipper is very poor--it operates at a low speed and struggles with any amount of hair. It's not very useful. The face cleaner attachments are probably OK, but I can't imagine using them.<br /><br />On the whole, I'd consider this a decent kit useful for shaving your face and for nose hair removal. The remaining attachments are, in my opinion, not very useful. While it does a good job of shaving out of the box, my experience with these shavers is the shaving heads will get dull over time, and there's no clear replacement path.<br /><br />Pros:<br />** 8 head shaver does a decent job on face<br />** Nose hair clipper works well<br />** Li-Ion battery: 1.5 hours charge for 90 minutes run time<br />** Comfortable in the hand<br /><br />Cons:<br />** Hair trimmer doesn't work well<br />** Face cleaning attachments are not very significant<br />** Shaver doesn't provide much room for hair and will need to be cleaned after each shave<br />** Middle head of shaver attachment difficult to remove for cleaning<br />** No obvious replacement path for heads on shaver attachment--lifetime may be short<br />** Eighth (central) head in shaver assembly does not float like outer heads<br /><br />Note that this same shaver under various names on Amazon. Shop around for price.<br /><br /> The shaver is branded as 4D WD-8860. The same manufacturer that makes this kit, makes shavers with differing numbers of heads. (And the attachments, including the shaver heads, for these models are interchangeable). I Shop around for price. Also consider whether you want 5, 6, 7, or 8 heads, remembering that with each head you add, you have less torque (power) per head.
Rating: 4 stars