Review (3/5): Decent Shave - Cheap Build
My wife bought the Philips Norelco 8140XL for me as I'd been complaining (her patience ran out) about the battery failing in my Norelco 7885XL shaver. I tend to complain a long time before I get around to getting something like that fixed.
The first shave with the 8140XL was just ok. The shaver runs quietly until you actually shave. The heads are straining in their cheap plastic support frame. Philips Norelco has really cheapened the product if this is any example.
The build quality of the 8140XL is just plain cheap. The plastic seems to be the same type found in the cheapest consumer electronics components these days .. that silver powdery look. That must be why the shaver doesn't weigh much The shaver is constructed of it as is the 'automatic charging stand' that's just a base with a pass-through wire from the plug-in charger. The plug-in charger cable isn't coiled. It's a cheap long black thin cable, way too long for the average bathroom vanity, and probably won't last.
I'm not sending this back. It's something to use while my 7885XL gets repaired and will sit in the cabinet beyond that. The 7885XL shaver is well constructed. The plug-in charger has a nice coiled cord.