Review (4/5): This is my first electric shaver!
I am 55 and this is the first time that I am using an elecric shaver in my life! I selected the Norelco 6613X because it had the fewest complaints and/or negative remarks amongst all the shaver reviews that I read. No electric shaver, however expensive, can give a shave as close as a good manual razor. First-time users of an electric shaver should not make the mistake of judging it after the first couple of shaves. As mentioned in the user's manual, it takes 3-4 weeks for a conventional shaver's face and beard to adjust to an electric shaver. I am now in my third week of shaving with this Norelco 6613X cordless shaver and am getting more comfortable with using it. So how does the 6613X rate? Well, I have no major complaints at all. It gets the job done. I would give it a rating of 80% in terms of the closeness of the shave. And that should be good enough for a first-time user. I charge it when the battery is completely down, for the full 16 hours as recommended by the manufacturer. I shave every other day and this lasts me for 4 shaves at 7-8 minutes per shave. There are no fancy gizmos like dials to set or flashing LEDs. I have not had any cuts, nicks or scratches. It takes practice and time to become adept at using an electric shaver. It is very much like learning to ride a bicycle or drive a car. You get better and better with practice. Perhaps, after another 2-3 weeks of usage I might get a 90% close shave. There are many advantages in a cordless shaver. It is not messy. It is faster than a conventional razor shave. There is no up and down scraping of the face as in a conventional razor because an electric shaver has rotary cutters. The best part of a cordless is that you can take it with you and shave in your car or the rest room of your workplace in case you got up late and had no time to shave!!!