Review (4/5): I like it but
I've been fighting the war of the beards since about 1952 when I was working at a TV shop where we sold Shick electric shavers so that's what I started with. Except during army basic training I have never used anything but electric. I bought a Norelco rotary at the PX once and promptly gifted it to another soldier as it always lost the battle against my beard. Many years later I was very happy using the shaver that caused Victor Kiam to purchase Remington and I still have several of those that use the now unavailable SP42 head. As it's replacement I have an MS2 that uses the SP69 head. That gives a nice close shave but it's gone from the sales world too. It is great for a close shave but no good if it's been over a day so the SP42 is used first to shorten the long stuff then the SP69 to finish the job. I was hoping this Wahl 7061-900 would be a good replacement for both those old shavers and it makes a good compromise. With a lot of effort it will plow through a 2 day growth and the final result is decent but not as close as the Remington with the SP69 head. I have not mastered the trimmer yet so I go back to either of my old Remingtons for trimming sideburns and to get a straight line on my mustache. If replacement heads ever become available for this shaver I'm hoping they may have solved the close shave problem but I think possibly there is no way to get a close shave and a 2 day beat down out of the same head. I guess the close shave requires a very thin screen while the 2 day requires larger holes that can't be put in a thin screen.