What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
This is a fabulous christmas present for the special chap in your life. It works well and efficiently but if used as suggested by braun – it's expensive to run (probably in the region of £60 per year) it works, but you're paying about an extra 50gbp f... Read More
Construction is solid, hefty in the hand and luxuriously styled. It's wet and dry (although i've only ever used it dry) but the satin silver looks really nice!
Braun series 5 has a double ”u” configuration with a more advanced cutter. The foils are very comfortable and there is little irritation, giving a comfortable shave. Skin is much less sensitive than with my previous rotary machine.
The shave is smooth. Looks classy and robust and gives a clean shave fast. It is very easy and it had caused no irritation and always shaves quite closely and you can zip around your face in no time at all.
Braun shaver comes with a cleaning/charging station. Cleaning/lubricating function uses a cartridge full of alcohol and an oily detergent. The charger/cleaner works great and leaves the shaver smelling nice.
Cons
It's scary to find that your shaver starts whirring randomly (imagine in a flight) and keeps going to travel lock mode when you want to shave. It takes about 10 strokes just to cut the hair and even when the hair is cut it's not close. Do not buy this... Read More
Highlights
Quality
So overall i am extremely pleased with the performance and the quality of the shave.
I am very pleased with the cut on those soft hairs in my old beard.
I undertook a lot of research and it seemed obvious from my research that the quality of the philips products had gone down hil... Read More
I did have a brief dalliance with one of those shavers with the rotating heads but as soon as i could, i came back to a braun.
Price
Amazon also offer the cartridges on subscribe and save which is convenient and reduces the cost.
You total running cost comes out to £107 per year.
It's also this system's biggest weakness because it represents the ongoing cost of using this razor, but it's a price i'm happy to pay.
Packaging/appearance
This is deactivated in the same way.
Competitiveness
I had a braun 7680 shaver for many years and it worked well.
For charging it, you nedd an adaptor (i couldn't find from manual how many amps), but i used a 2amp fuse to be safe as the plug... Read More
I generally go for mid-range products assuming that they do as good a job as high-end products but without various extraneous b... Read More
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
clean, good, wet, close and dry. - Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 431.
- Previous analysis of this listing was an D grade.
- Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there may be deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is low.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 62.0% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 489 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 20 2022.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have also tried the newer philips 9series but did not enjoy this at all looks great holds well smooth edging around jaw structure however it did not shave well nor did i like the hairs going absolutely everywhere but the shaver itself
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When it was time to renew the speed xl ive done my extensive research and repeatedly saw the braun 9series come out on top and continued to read up on the reviews that were undoubtedly written by people who are paid to promote this brand
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Although the endeffect feels the same in terms of length of cut the skin is much less sensitive than with my previous rotary machine which appeared to just take an extra skin layer
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This may just be pure perception but my skin is much less red and sensitive after shaving
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The only thing that puzzled me still is that the feature that this shaver advertises as one of its main benefits is actually a weakness this machine is supposed to deal well with thick grey hairs yes im getting more and more
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Only a few strokes up and down completely eliminate most stubbles already however the grey thick hairs all remain and then require some further attention and different directions
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I just use the braun as a dry shave but it can be used wet although i dont really see the need to
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Although in the short term expensive
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