Review (3/5): Series 3 vs. Series 5
There are a lot of posts about this item and the series 3 replacement foil and cutter. They both work on a variety of Braun shavers, and I have the 8995 model. I've had it for a decade or more I think and at one time the Series 3 replacement parts worked better than the Series 5, but the last few times I bought the series 3, it just didn't seem to be as good as I remembered. So, I bought both this time, the series 3 and series 5. I can tell no difference in the shave with either and they both are worse than what I used to get. I believe the information about the cutters now having thicker blades is probably the issue. They cutters for the 2 items appear to be identical and the blades do look thick. It still does perform really well and if I take the extra time to go over my beard multiple times, it turns out OK. However, I'm disappointed that I'll probably have to start shopping for a whole new razor soon to get the cut I desire, or just switch back to manual blades. Hope this helps others.