Review (5/5): Better than I expected
Maybe your thinking, "I wasn't expecting very much"!?! Could be, I hate to be disappointed. But this shaver is better than I remember my old Wahl razor ever was and it's been a loyal servant of my shaving needs for at least 14 years and it may be longer, don't remember exactly. When I first got the new shaver, I thought, oh no this thing it's not very powerful. That's because it's not as noisy as the model 4000 Wahl, a noticeable improvement. I charged the new razor completely when I got it 7 weeks ago. Then I used it until the charge ran out, last week, shaved at least 40 times in that span of time. It died as expected running full speed until it just stopped, just like a rechargeable lithium drill will do. Since this model shaver is water-proof (which I haven't tested) it cannot be plugged-in to continue shaving as my old 4000 can do, but that's OK I'll get used to it. For this one experiment, I was able to plug in my old razor and finish shaving. Next time, I'll heed the warning and recharge before it dies. Or correction, I'll see the warning and recharge. There was no instruction to remove the paper fake-warning display covering the nifty charging lights so I didn't really see that the charge was running down or the blinking red-light that is supposed to occur. I thought the charging lights were AWFULLY DIM, but it was just me! Really happy with my purchase, shaves as close or closer than any electric shaver I've ever used.