Rotary v foil electric shaver

Merlin5 · 19 Jun 2015 at 00:00

I think it's time for a new shaver. Because the shaver I have is discontinued and it's hard to know if any of the replacement blades available are genuine. My experience of foil shavers (years ago) was that the thin foils have torn and cut me, so I'm a bit wary of them. My current shaver is a 2 head rotary philishave HQ481 rechargeable, so I want something like it but there's only 3 head shavers these days. I keep mine in the car between charging as I often do quick shaves when out and about, but not when driving. So need something not too long or bulky. What is recommended around say £20 to £30?

Merlin5 · 19 Jun 2015 at 01:22

George Hincapie said:
Is there a particular reason why you need to use an electric razor?

Been using electric all my life. Don't have time to faff around with manual shaving, plus I hate getting all those little nicks.

Merlin5 · 19 Jun 2015 at 09:45

krooton said:
Foil for me (Braun 3 series) as my beard isn't overly thick.

Have you used it for long, does the foil ever break? There's some Braun series 1 rechargeables at a decent price between £28 and £38, the 150 and the 190. Do you know if they'd be good?

Merlin5 · 19 Jun 2015 at 20:22

Hmm, think I'll probably go with a 3 head phillips rotary then.