Review (5/5): Great Shaver! Advances on Quadra Action series!
I had this shaver for about 3 weeks and it was fantastic. It gave me minor irritation due to my more sensitive skin but overall it was nothing much to worry about. Definitely nothing worse than a blade! There is a sensitivity dial on it but when you put it on the most sensitive setting it really limits the shaving performance so I decided to always leave it on Normal.
It gave me a very close shave, about 90% compared to blade but one has to know, electrics are slower in general than blade! If you want a real clean shave you will be spending 9-10 minutes with electric where you can get the same results or maybe better with blade in 4-5 minutes most!
Also, to prevent ingrown hairs a lot of people recommend using aftershave when you are done shaving with your electric.
I did not experience any electrical problems with my unit for the duration of use. On the other hand, the Polymer LED screen looks awesome and very easy to read while saving battery power! The pictures don't really do the screen justice and you have to see it in real.
I've also used my dad's Quadra Action series which is the one right before this one and the replaced "holes" & "slots" has made a big difference. Also the improved lift&cut system shaves hairs below the skin level more noticeably.
The only reason I returned it was because I wanted to try the CoolSkin (Norelco Advantage) line which has a lotion dispencer and boy, I have to say it was much milder on my skin. Much less irritation and I even tried it with some Edge Shaving Gel and got good resutls! But don't get the 6000 series now cause on May 1st. they are coming out with the Norelco Advantage 7000 series which has the same lift&cut system on this shaver hence I believe a big improvement in shaving quality cause honestly the 6000 Advantage Series didn't really match the 8000 Spectra's closeness but came pretty close. More on par with the 7000 Quadra Action I would say.
Overall I recommend the 8000 Spectra series particularly the 8894XL