Review (4/5): Great shaving results!
The good: Clean, close, comfy, fast shave. Relatively quiet. Good warranty. Gets the tough areas (neck) quickly. Can wet-clean it!
The not so good: Old-school charging system and NO smart-charging system (come on Norelco, get with it!!). No rubber-grips. Not enough extras or product for the price.
After my bad experience with Braun's expensive, non-performing shaver, I traded it for another Norelco. My previous Norelco lasted me 6 years...why I tried Braun's I'll never know.
Once again, my Norelco is giving me a clean, and VERY close shave. The new Spectra system seems to be a hybrid between old reflex and the quadra system. Whatever it is, it works for me.
However, if Norelco wants to keep my business in the future they need to start adding better (smarter) functions to the razors and quit with the marketing ploys in their product line...stick to what works.
Technology is sufficiently advanced that they can, could and SHOULD start making their shavers with smart-charging systems like Braun!! And put rubber grips on the side of these things!! Do you not realize that we need traction?
Also, packaging the same razor body style with or without LED is just silly, choose a style that works best and go with it.
Plus, for the price of this thing, they need to throw in a free set of replacement blades or even some lube-oil or something, and not just that cheap travel case.
Overall I am happy with the performance of the razor, I just wish Norelco would bring a few more percs to the table for the prices they charge.