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| Thread ID: 97818 | 2009-02-28 22:06:00 | Electric shavers | Thomas01 (317) | PC World Chat |
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| 752289 | 2009-02-28 22:06:00 | I have been a fan of Philips rotary shavers for a very long time. My first electric shaver was an Arvin Consort. Now that should tell you how ancient I am and I must have had umpteen makes in between. But ten years ago I changed house and here the electric point in the bathroom is on the other side of the room to the shaving mirror and light. Daft. No problem - I bought one of the mains/battery devices. Sticking to Philips obviously. And had lots of problems - it wasn't long before I found it impossible to have all three heads remain stationary while the cutters revolved. The store who sold it to me insisted I already needed new cutters. And of course they made no difference. It wasn't until I tried a local shop that does lots of repairs that I found out that a plastic "chassis" inside was faulty - and it was replaced at my expense. But I also found the cutters were not up to the job after a year or so. The very high cost of cutters convinced me to get a new shaver. Still Philips mains/battery. But I have never been completely happy and the other day dug out my 30 year old mains device, chiseled off the dust and tried it again. It takes about a third of the time my new one does and gives me a much better and close shave. Its like switching from a Ford Pop to a Mercedes! Except for the noise of course. Now I wonder what other people have found - I am looking for advice about a new shaver and do not want to make any more expensive mistakes. Tom I would like to buy a new mains only Philips but see that they still have that daft arrangement of the heads being connected so they angle together. Which I reckon is the main reason for their poor performance. And I am not sure they have the extended coiled type cable (now my bathroom has been done over I can get near enough to the mirror with the extendable cord). |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 752290 | 2009-03-01 00:19:00 | Go retro. The fastest, closest shave with no cord. Requires some skill. (www.theartofshaving.com) |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 752291 | 2009-03-01 00:29:00 | Yowch! I like my head where it is Deane - don't want to have to pick it up off the bathroom floor! | johcar (6283) | ||
| 752292 | 2009-03-01 01:00:00 | Yowch! I like my head where it is Deane - don't want to have to pick it up off the bathroom floor! I did use a straight razor for a while - I had the benefit of a nearly retired barber to give me a few pointers though - mostly on how to strop properly (not like you see in movies) and the correct angle to use. I knew a woman at the time who kept her head shaved and she had a friend who every so often gave her head a shave with a straight razor. That just makes my mind boggle a bit... |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 752293 | 2009-03-01 01:02:00 | Just step back briskly if you feel a sneeze coming on. After the sneeze, step forward VERY gingerly. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 752294 | 2009-03-01 06:54:00 | Now I wonder what other people have found - I am looking for advice about a new shaver and do not want to make any more expensive mistakes. Tom, electric shavers are one of the very few modern appliances which have never overtaken the old method. Wet shave with a razor. No batteries, no electric cord, no heads to clean. Simple. That's why you still see so many razors in the supermarket. :D |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 752295 | 2009-03-01 07:47:00 | When you can wet shave while dragging out the last few stay-in-bed moments, I may believe it has a future. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 752296 | 2009-03-01 07:53:00 | Buy a Gillette Fusion Power wet shaver, far superior to any electric razor. Mind you they do have an ongoing cost of about $20 every 6 or so weeks for new blades and about $6 every 3 or 4 months for cream. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 752297 | 2009-03-01 09:51:00 | Tom, electric shavers are one of the very few modern appliances which have never overtaken the old method. Wet shave with a razor. No batteries, no electric cord, no heads to clean. Simple. That's why you still see so many razors in the supermarket. :D Yes wet shaving is pretty good and simple. But not for me, heart problems culminating in surgery and now on warferin(a blood thinner) for the rest of my life means I am virtually banned from using a normal (even safety) razor. I could bleed very badly if cut - in fact I did have a very small cut on my chin a year or so ago - hardly discernible, but it bled for about 7 or so hours. |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 752298 | 2009-03-01 09:53:00 | Tom, electric shavers are one of the very few modern appliances which have never overtaken the old method. Wet shave with a razor. No batteries, no electric cord, no heads to clean. Simple. That's why you still see so many razors in the supermarket. :D I found those philips rotary shavers hopeless, and they are terribly over priced for some models. I found that the braun syncro ones which has a foil are far better, and I find them much better than the using blades, and it is very close. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
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