Electric Shavers...

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Looking to buy one tomorrow as I'm fed up with wet shaving, got any recommendations on what to buy, been looking at some Phillips shavers, got a budget of about £60.

SJ.
 
a1ex2001 said:
I recomend you don't especially not on that budget.
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I agree. I've had three electric shavers - £30, £60 then £80 and they've all been rubbish. Not a close shave at all, itchy, take ages etc.

Mach 4 ***!
 
As odd as this sounds...

..if you want my Phillips rotary shaver you can have it for less then that. Haven't used it in ages, and only used it <10 times when I got it.

Feel free to remove if you think its inappropriate mods.
 
Ive paid even more and with the nivia sachets that supposedly help moisturise your skin. They burn, they itch, it feels horrible and never ever get close enough.

Im afraid its fusion / mach3 all the way for me.
 
My dad has one of the top end Philishave ones (cost £190) and he used it twice, says its rubbish. My Philishave one was only £60 and i hate it. Feels like it plucks the odd hair out of you neck instead of cutting it and leaves lovely big red burn marks. Stick to wet shaving
 
I've got a Braun Contour 5895 and that's adequate. You can get them for ~£55 now. I've never had any problems with it causing any discomfort and it's very convenient, but there are two issues:

i) Buying the cartridges for the cleaning/charging station is not convenient. I can't find any shop that sells them and the postage costs are higher than the cartridge costs. You can clean the shaver with water, but it's not the same.

ii) It doesn't shave as well as a razor. I haven't found a shaver that does, not even when I paid £150 for a top of the range Philips (which I had before the Braun I have now).

But it is adequate and I prefer it to a razor.

As an alternative, have you considered a razor and shaving oil? That allows you to shave with a blade without really wet shaving.

EDIT: A bit of a caveat about discomfort. I seem to have an unusually tough face. I can comfortably shave and then immediately wash my face with alcohol hand cleaning gel.
 
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I'm also someone who doesn't get on with electric razors, Gillette all the way. I think it depends on your hair/skin though as other people say the opposite.
 
nicktay2605 said:
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I would be concerned that when I need more of the moisturiser that when I go back to the shop I find the tubes are a different shape and therefore the shaver is obselete - Especially since it is reduced to half price (likely as a new model is imminent).

In the past I have bought reduced electric toothbushes and when I come to buy more heads there are not made for that model anymore.
 
mglover070588 said:
I would be concerned that when I need more of the moisturiser that when I go back to the shop I find the tubes are a different shape and therefore the shaver is obselete - Especially since it is reduced to half price (likely as a new model is imminent).

In the past I have bought reduced electric toothbushes and when I come to buy more heads there are not made for that model anymore.
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I think this is exactly the point of them. It's like the Cheap laser printers... We had about 6 of them in the office each bought at a different time, each essentially the same printer, but each takes its own slightly different cartridge.
 
Had a £120 Phillips electric shaver - don't use it anymore because it's not even close to a wet shave. You buy them for convenience but they end up taking longer and making you look like you can't shave.
 
Only plus side I think to an electric shaver is that sometimes it is a good thing that it leaves a bit of stubble. Can give the 'designer stubble' look that some girls really like ;)
 
msm722 said:
Had a £120 Phillips electric shaver - don't use it anymore because it's not even close to a wet shave. You buy them for convenience but they end up taking longer and making you look like you can't shave.
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Yeah . . thats why I bought one too! It gathers dust!!
 
Angilion said:
I've got a Braun Contour 5895 and that's adequate. You can get them for ~£55 now. I've never had any problems with it causing any discomfort and it's very convenient, but there are two issues:

i) Buying the cartridges for the cleaning/charging station is not convenient. I can't find any shop that sells them and the postage costs are higher than the cartridge costs. You can clean the shaver with water, but it's not the same.

ii) It doesn't shave as well as a razor. I haven't found a shaver that does, not even when I paid £150 for a top of the range Philips (which I had before the Braun I have now).

But it is adequate and I prefer it to a razor.

As an alternative, have you considered a razor and shaving oil? That allows you to shave with a blade without really wet shaving.

EDIT: A bit of a caveat about discomfort. I seem to have an unusually tough face. I can comfortably shave and then immediately wash my face with alcohol hand cleaning gel.
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How does you Braun compare to the Phillips that you had?
 
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