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I clean the cutters and heads with rubbing alcohol every 2 or 3 months. It looks great too.The key is to take my time. It's easier to feel my skin with my free hand to know which areas need more shaving. It is much more mechanically efficient to have the blades moving in one direction the whole time compared to vibrating back and forth. Much to my delight, it has kept working like new far beyond my expectations.I'll be a rotary shaver user for the rest of my life.
A good shave takes about 7 minutes.The product's design is beautiful. I followed the advice with no problems. It's comfortable to hold and move around. The cord still coils up nicely when not in use and limits counter top cable clutter.The cord pulls out from the shaver sometimes, but it's easy to hold it in place when shaving and stretching the cord all the way. I disassemble the head and brush out the stubble every 2 weeks. It's certainly quieter than buzzing foil shavers.Norelco deserves a lot of credit for designing, manufacturing, and selling such a great product. The machine is powerful and reliable. Gliding the cutters in several directions over the same area works very well.
My face feels soft, smooth, and nice. I use the shaver 4 feet from the outlet. It still has the original blades and they shave very closely. The coiled cord is short, but stretches out with use.
It's a lot lighter than a rechargeable model so there's no chance of it tiring my arm.I tap out the stubble every 3 or 4 days. I bought replacement cutters a year ago, but haven't had any reason to discard the originals. They still work well even if I let the stubble build up inside the shaver for 5 days.The tip of another reviewer was good: Don't use and wear out the power switch. I've owned one for two and a half years. A very minor inconvenience.I bought this simple model because it was the cheapest and expected it to last 18 months. It was also the only corded shaver I could find. Every other shaver I've owned became useless and dangerous when a single hole appeared in the foil, but I don't think that could happen with Norelco's well engineered heads. The metal is stronger and thicker than foils.
$40 for 2.5 years means it has cost me less than 5 cents per shave. Instead of standing in front of the mirror and hurrying, I slowly and carefully shave when I'm sitting down doing other things. 5 cents for shaves this good. They show no signs of dulling. Just leave it on and plug and unplug the cord. It probably saves electricity too. Excellent deal.
It did the job for me, maybe couldn't shave one or two hairs but thats about it, everything feels smooth and nice, and my skin isn't as irritated as I thought it would be, only downside is the cord is so SHORT. So there's NO moving at all.
This time I ordered the "corded" Norelco. I had been using battery-based shavers for 50 years. They tend to loose power as the battery is recharged many times. It was much cheaper than the battery-based shaver, and does an excellent job. I am very pleased with it.
pay a little more for the cordless one, the cord is a pain and this model feels pretty cheap. doesn't do a bad job though.
It has never needed any maintenance aside from shaking out the DNA-rich stubble. It shaves my whiskers cleanly every morning, year after year, without irritating my leathery hide. It was a gift from my wife, not for a birthday but to replace a well-beloved Braun that got dropped once too often.The Braun was lighter and shaved a micro-bristle closer, but the model is no longer made. It trims my sideburns precisely. It holds a charge for long enough to carry it on a camping trip for a week. That's why I give this Norelco only four stars. "After the first electric shaver, there is no other." I have the same feeling about cameras and dogs.
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