Remington Balder Pro XR7000 Head Shaver for Men, Rotary Wet & Dry Razor

I was wet shaving with safety razor and an expensive cartridge system on my face and head. My wife gifted me an electric razor for my birthday. While it shaved my face very well, on my scalp it was great but laborious. Then in the summer of 2023 I purchased this to try on my scalp as the Braun S7 was frustratingly inconvenient for my head. I was happily amazed. That was 21 months ago and it is still going strong with daily use. I do charge it full after each shave. Both wet or dry no issues at all on my head, neck or face (I just don’t press too hard on my neck). If I use it wet, I prop the trimmer open to let the water drain out, and then dry out before recharging it overnight. Compared to my Braun it is not as close a shave, but is far quicker. My typical routine is a few minutes of this followed with a quick (max two minutes) touch up with my Braun. I find that this gives a wet shave a decent run for the money. While a wet shave is still a closer shave, it is not as convenient or as rapid. Both wet with clear shave gel or a quality soap, or dry alone or with a dusting of Gold Bond powder, work quite well. I bought a replacement blade set at 1 year and I’ll do so again in a few months. A few weeks ago I thought the gears were giving out (loud gear grinding sounds with frequent stopping). I removed the four screws holding the head cassette together and discovered a ton of debris - ? hair trimmings, dead skin, soap residue, spent silicone grease? …. A quick few minutes of cleaning with water and a toothbrush and I had the plastic gears clean and turning again like new. It’s been dropped too many times to count but just keeps on going. Highly recommended.

I've been shaving my own head for 8 years and its been great to not have to go to the Barber Shop and waste $20-30 on a haircut, or deal with waiting to get a head shave and sit still in somebody chair for an hour. I like keeping my head bald and my face shaved clean, so shaving myself was the perfect option since I don't worry about getting linings and stuff like that as well. I used some clippers that were made more for face shaving than hair shaving, so about a year after I started shaving I bought the Oster clippers device and it's the only thing that I've been using the last 7 years. They've been good for a long-time, but overtime the process of shaving with them sucks. They've slowly started to breakdown on me and they're not good for my skin as I've created so many ingrown hair bumps on my head and just a few on my face. My bumps bleed a lot, and so when I shave over them with the clippers it's a nightmare. It's really tough to shave on the back of my head because that's where a majority of my bumps lie. Then the clean up process of the hairs all over the sink is a nightmare to cleanup as well. It's just time consuming and I needed a different solution. I watch a lot of late night TV and one of the informercials that keeps showing up is this Remington head shaver and the first few times I was rather amazed, shock, but very cautious as well. I've probably seen this commercial for a good year or two now and stayed on the fence of getting them. Then one day, I decided enough is enough and it's time for a change, so I started to do extensive research on them and finally decided to try them out myself. Boy oh boy was I glad I finally made the switch. This shaver is great and is as advertised, it shaved my face and head so fast. It cuts close too like I wanted, so it feels like my face and head are completely shaved off. It doesn't hurt either as you don't got to worry about stabbing yourself or nicking yourself. It feels like a massager as it cuts very gentle on your face. It cuts rather fast too and for someone who has bumps, when I shaved over them it didn't hurt at all. This is really needed for people with bump problems like myself because when you shave with clippers they will hurt and make them bleed. I no longer have to deal with that now as I can cut any area and not worry. They cut pretty fast too as I usually spend around an hour shaving my face and hair together. It literally took maybe 10 minutes tops, if that long. I don't take any chances, so I still put peroxide over it since it shaves close. I was so thrilled with the results as I hadn't felt like I had a shave cut that close since the last time I visited the Barber Shop, 8 years ago. My old clippers never cut this close before. The cleaning process was easy too, I love how the hair is kept inside of the shaver and you can easily dump it afterwards. That's the best part to me is that it doesn't create a mess when you shave, you might still shed a few hairs and that's it. Hair doesn't fly everywhere, I've yet to use it for manscaping my privates or underarms, but that's gonna be great too. It's 100% waterproof so you can rinse it with water. I still use my Oster cleaner to spray just because of the bumps being contagious. If you're having problems cleaning, you're doing it wrong. Make sure you charge it whenever you can as well. It's portable so you can carry it wherever you go and don't got to worry about it being plugged in. Be sure to wash your hair after every shave. Guys this is device is perfect, don't hesitate if you have the money to purchase, the price is beyond cheap for something this great. There's actually a new one out that I plan on getting within the next year at some point. I'm going to get my moneys worth out of this sucker first.

Wow. It's rare that I am this impressed with a product. If you're thinking of purchasing a Balder Pro, just relax, breathe, and add it to the cart, you will not regret it. I've had mine for a year and its still working perfect. For about the first three months, I used it on the sink counter and didn't test the water proof feature. But after the first charge, I decided to simply shave my head after soaping up in the shower to save time. And it worked perfect and it was very comfortable. This razor now lives in the shower( past 9 months), unless it's charging and in ONE YEAR, I've only charged it it three times, the battery is awesome. This is one of those devices that truly makes life easier. It's easy to clean: pull the blades off when you're done shaving and rinse in the shower stream. The battery lasts for months... AND even when the red light comes on, you still have a couple uses before it dies. Like all electric razors, the Balder Pro leaves "Stubble" behind. However, its pretty short and you can 2 or 3 days without worry - depends on your hairs growth rate, but a weekend away from home isn't a problem. I'm so impressed and satisfied with this purchase, that when and if it ever dies, I'll replace it with another. Great Job Remington, I'm sold!

I try to keep my expectations reasonable, so for the price I have to say that this is a great product. It has been doing a great job at keeping my bean shaved. I love the fact that I can take it into the shower with me to shave my head and it does a very nice job for an electric razor. I have also found the ease with which you can clean the blades terrific. Either use the little brush furnished with the razor, or hold the blades under running water and flush the head out that way. It couldn't be much simpler. Make sure to dry the heads before reassembling it and I try to remember to oil the blades once a week per the instruction manual. An electric razor no matter how good will never give you as smooth a shave as a razor blade will, but this little guy comes pretty close. My only complaints about this item are that the razor does not hold a charge all that well and, I don't know if there is something wrong with my particular item or if it is just a quirk of the product, but it will not operate while plugged into the wall socket. (no, I'm not trying to use it in the shower while it's plugged into the wall) Sometimes I use this in the shower, other times I will use it after my shower or on a day I am not taking a shower. I have found with my razor that it will only give me about 2 shaves and it then needs to be plugged back in to be recharged. My gripe is that if I have forgotten to recharge it, I cannot just plug it in and shave using the power cord. As I say, it don't know if this is a peculiarity overall with this model or if it is just a problem with my individual razor. I could live with the battery life if I could use the razor while it is plugged in, but because I have to make sure the razor is charged to use it, I took away one star. As I stated in the beginning, the actual performance of the razor is very good and I have no complaints about the job it does shaving or the ease of cleaning. So, overall it does a great job, I just wish I could plug it in to use it when the battery is low.

Update: Several months of use. Still works great. Wet shaving is best. Very happy with my purchase. :) I used the Pitbull Gold Pro Skull Shaver for three years and went through several of them. It gave me a reasonably close head shave in the shower, had convenient base finger grooves for easy holding, and a digital battery display to alert me when to re-charge. But the product wasn’t well made and the battery would cut out or run continuously with no shut off until it was drained. Sometimes the blade head would spontaneously fall apart and send parts everywhere. Several weeks ago I ordered this Remington product when my Pitbull battery died again and a replacement didn’t arrive as expected. I was skeptical, because the $80 Pitbull seemed to get the job done with four rotary blades and Remington has five - but only cost about $54. I figured it would be a cheap replacement that I could use as a backup until I got a new Pitbull. But I must say I have been very pleasantly surprised. Although this Remington model has no digital battery display (a red light tells you when its time to recharge), it gives a *noticeably* closer head shave in the shower with less pressure and effort. (I can’t vouch for dry shaving but I assume the results would be similar.) The fifth blade on the Remington really does make a difference! I actually look forward to shaving again. Unless there are durability issues, this is my new go-to shaver for my spectacularly bald head.

I have had this shaver for about 3 months and I am very happy with it. It will not shave as close as a blade (which I think is a pain to use), but is way better than clippers. It has been erratic for a few days, and it completely stopped working today. I have brushed it out daily, and oiled it weekly, as in the instructions. A little research and experimentation taught me 2 important things. [1] If the shaver turns off and will not turn on, this is probably due to the blades being jammed with oil and shavings, so the motor can not turn. If the motor can't turn, it draws a high current that will burn the motor out. This shaver has a safety turn off mechanism. Pull off the head, and see if the motor runs (it likely will not). Then plug in the charging cord to reset the shaver. You will see the red light briefly, then it will change to green, indicating that it has reset. It should now run well with the head assembly off. Note - it will not run until you remove the charging cord. [2] Next hold the head assembly up to a bright light. You should be able to see light around each of the shaving heads. If you can't, you need to clean it. I added a drop of baby shampoo (that is what I had, probably any detergent will work) to each head, scrubbed it with an old toothbrush on both sides, followed by rinsing in it the shower. Mine was so dirty, it took about 5 tries to able to see light around each of the 5 blades. I dried the head assembly and the base thoroughly, and put it back together. Viola! It is reset, clean, and working like a champ!

I don't normally leave reviews on Amazon, but when I received this product and first tried it, I was amazed at how well it works. This is my first head shaver-style electric razor, and I had stopped shaving my head down to the skin because I didn't like doing it with an actual razor. This shaver lets me get the clean-shaven look I have been wanting and is very easy to use and maintain. After I used this the first time, I gave it a full charge, which took a little over an hour and a half, and I was good to go for the next 6-7 shaves. It is easy to clean; just wash the blades under warm water, let them dry, and reassemble. You are supposed to oil each blade head after each shave, but the oil is provided, and it takes no time at all. A handy travel case is provided to hold everything, as is a brush to assist in cleaning. I would have bought this sooner, but I was trying to decide between this model, an upgraded model in this line, and some models from other lines. I finally decided on this one because it cost to value ratio, and I am glad I settled on this one. If you are on the fence about buying this model, go for it; you will not regret it.

Ok as a body groomer. Does not work as a skull shaver. At least for me. I'm bald by choice have thick head of hair. Shave every day. Will not work for me. Glad I bought with points and didn't actually spend money on it. I guess if you have thinning hair and want to keep it short may work for you.