Review (1/5): Without A Doubt The Absolute Biggest Piece Of Crap I've Ever Bought
And that doesn't only go for razors. This thing is the worst purchase of any kind I've ever made in
my entire life. Nearly $200 worth of junk.
I've used nothing but Norelco razors since I was 15 years old. That is well over 25 years now. I've
bought more than 10 different Norelcos over the years. I had not and would not even consider
buying any other brand of razor. Some were better than others, but none even begins to compare
to this piece of junk. The then 10 year old razor I got as a hand-me-down when I was 15 shaved
100 times better than this piece of crap ever did.
I've always bought the top of line Norelco whenever something new and "better" came out. This
piece of crap was no exception. Oh how great they made it look on the commercials all over the
TV. The wonder shaver of shavers, they claimed. Just read the company description here on this
page. It is all lies.
Now I'm not all haired up like a gorilla or anything. I have just normal thickness of hair and
growth. I usually shave every day and with every other Norelco I've ever owned I could get the
job done in less than 3 minutes. Using this hunk of junk it takes well over 15 minutes of rubbing,
scrubbing, and shoving this thing around trying to get it to work. I've tried stretching my skin so
tight that the skin on my neck was pulled up to my earlobe and it still doesn't cut the hair. I've
tried going back and forth, up and down, around in circles, clockwise, counter clockwise,
everything imaginable and no matter how you do it, this piece of junk just does not shave.
Even with brand new blades this razor misses about 1 in 10 hairs on my neck. And when I say it
misses them, I mean it completely misses them. They are not cut at all. It misses about twice as
many under the jaw line. And all of this is after 15+ minutes of shaving! So much for their line of
"even on the neck".
Oh and don't worry, no one will be able to miss that you look like you had a blindfolded 3 year
old give you 10 second shave. I can assure you that after nearly half an hour of ramming and
scrubbing this thing around on your neck, it will have a nice red glow for about 2 or 3 hours that
just screams "hey look at my 15 minute halfass shave". And I do not even have sensitive skin.
If you plan to use the pop up trimmer it is as big of a joke as the rest of the razor. It is about half
an inch wide and while it does work better than the rest of the razor it sounds like a wood chipper
when it is cutting. Think I'm joking? Just get one and try it. The first time I used it I actually
yanked it away from my neck. It didn't pinch or cut me but the sound of it made me think that it
had.
Oh and do not let me forget, you also get the pleasure of stopping and emptying the hair
chambers at least twice during each shave. If you fail to do this it cuts even worse (if such a thing
is possible) because this razor effectively does not have a place to store what hair it does manage
to cut. There are 3 individual hair "chambers" on the razor. One for each cutting head. They fill
up very quickly and then begin to puke the cut hair all over whatever you are standing over while
you are "shaving".
Now after you clean the bathroom sink (or wherever you were) of all the puked hair, you still get
to clean the razor. Don't worry, it is just as easy as running it under the faucet, right? That is what
they claim. Simply running it under the facet works for a few times but that does not get
everything out of the razor and it builds up over the course of a few days.
Now the geniuses that made this piece of junk cleverly decided to make the cutting head all one
piece. Unlike every other Norelco I've ever owned you can not take the cutters out of the combs
and clean them. They are made as all one piece. You cannot even take the cutter and comb out of
the head, everything is all molded together. All you can do is stick the cleaning brush that they
give you (which is as big a piece of junk as the razor) in behind the cutters and try to scrape out
what you can while spinning the cutter around and around. I quickly wore out the the cleaning
brush they supplied and started using a stiff bristle toothbrush instead. That doesn't work very
well either but it is much better than what they give you.
I've tried many different ways of cleaning the heads of this thing and the best way I came up with
was to use a container with a sealable lid and fill it halfway with very hot water. Spray some
cleaner on the head and put it in the container of water and shake it around as hard as you can for
a couple of minutes. I used foaming bathroom cleaner to clean it. Worked well. Might as well use
what you have and with this razor you are going to use a lot of that anyway to clean up all of the
puked hair.
Lastly, if while shaving you are unfortunate enough to get anywhere near to the hair on your head
with this wonder machine, it will suck it up like a Hoover from 3 inches away. Can't cut the hair
on your face and neck to save its life but it will grab hold of your hair from 3 inches away a suck
it into the cutters. Now with the other Norelcos I've had that was never too much of a problem.
You just take the cutter and comb apart and take the stray hair out, but remember this was
designed as a single piece so you do not get to do that. I've spent 5 minutes many times, fishing a
single head hair out of one of the cutters.
So in conclusion, just how bad is this razor?
After a year of all of the above I have just completely had it with the piece junk. And like I said, I've never
owned any other brand of razor, but I feel completely lied to, cheated, and ripped off by this razor
and Norelco. My solution: I have just ordered a Panasonic and I will never again buy anything
made by Norelco. I hope they choke on my money, they will never get another cent of it. EVER!
Are you going to give them yours?