Pros & Cons
Pros
R3 (corded shaver) replaces phillips phillishave. Pleasantly surprised by the quality of the shave — very close. No problem with this corded version.
Cons
The shaver is as light as a plastic feather. The shave it gives is quite mediocre. My advice is to buy a philips foil shaver.
The box with the iconic remington brand looks good but open the box and disappointment begins to set in. This razor is incredibly flimsy and not suited to purpose. Nothing in particular, not up to remmington standard.
Battery has no charge even after leaving overnight and the blades * the hair out rather than cutting it. It takes 16 hrs to charge and the charging light does not go out. There's no battery indicator either, which is a poor do when you can't use it on... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Pleasantly surprised by the quality of the shave — very close.
I bought this for my husband as we were getting totally fed up with the silly prices of razor blades!
Price
And it comes at a amazingly low price!
Shipping
At least you get a speedier shave owing to the fast blade speed.
Competitiveness
Smooth run close shave very happy with my perchase
Wasn’t sure if the usb fast chargers would blow a usb transformer, so went for a conventionally charged one from 240v ac.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 2,343 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 4 2023.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I didnt see any reason to pay lots of money for a fancier shaver
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Too soon to tell about battery life as only just charged and used for first time
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Very light compared to old shavers
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This review is for the cheap and cheerful r3 corded electric razor the r4 and r5 are battery versions
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I got fed up with recharging my remington and over the years other brands to have a shave
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Batteries obviously wear down and im thinking has this got enough left for one more shave frequently the power evaporates before ive finished
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Compared to the philips shavers i found the result was not as smooth which is down to blade technology
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
At least you get a speedier shave owing to the fast blade speed