Review (3/5): For the price, it is an AVERAGE shaver
I have been a buyer of Norelco shavers for more than 10 years. I think Norelco the best products, not to say they are extraordinary, just that they are the best compared to what is available. The Arcitec 1090 is the 3rd top-of-the-line product I have purchased from Norelco, with the rationale that if I buy the best product there is, for my tough and fast-growing beard, I must be getting the best the market offers. But yet again I am disappointed to find out that, like the prior 2 replacements, the next generation of Norelco products are not necessarily better than the prior, just different and more expensive. I grow thick beard very quickly (with 24 hours). Like the predecessors (Quadra and XL series) the Arcitec does a good job around my cheeks and moustache area, but a poor good job around the neck. As prior models, I usually give up in mid-shave and end my finishing with a Gilette razor for the neck area. Very disappointing. Not only w/ the Arcitec, but the same story has repeated w/ prior models, I sometimes pass the shaver over and over again over hairs left behind without success...I wish Norelco came up w/ products designed to tackle thick and abundant beard (I am Spanish, the same type of hair Italian and Middle Eastern men grow).