Review (3/5): Sucks for the face... Great for the head
Anyone who is used to a Mach3 or Quatro "blade" shave is going to HATE this shaver... I repeat... IT DOES NOT SHAVE AS CLOSE AS A BLADE... Don't fall for the marketing BS... It just doesn't.. it can't... it's electric... period. It MAY be the best electric shaver on the market, I don't know, I'm a blade guy and this was my first try at electric. However, I will say this... I LOVE this shaver for my head. Yep, you heard me right... for my head. I like the shaved head thing (better than a crome dome) and tried shaving my head with a blade a few months ago and it was just too much work to shave my whole melon every morning, so I blew it off.
But once I tried this Norelco (on my face) and was ready to send it back because it SUCKS (yes, I fell for the marketing BS "its as close as a blade" - ARG!), I thought, "Hey, maybe I should try THIS on my head." And it is PERFECT. No, it still doesn't shave as close as a blade, but it shaves close enough for my head... and it doesn't take too long... just a quick "going over" all over my head every morning in the shower and I'm done. So now I shave my face with a Quatro and my head with this handy-dandy Norelco.
So for a face shaver... I give it 0 stars. But for a head shaver... I give it 5. I'll round up just because I'm a good guy.