PHILIPS Men's Electric Travel Shaver, Cordless, Battery Powered Convenient to Carry PQ206/18

Not good

Schneidet sauber. Mehr gibt es nicht zu sagen.

Excellent value for money.

Unbelievable

Brush was not included. The shaver works well provided you have a short beard. Take note you have to provide your own batteries

Having thought for a while about reverting to an electric shaver from a wet blade, I experimented with a Braun dry foil and was disappointed with the results. In fact it reminded me why I went back to razor blades: irritated skin and an unsatisfactory shave, especially on the neck area. I had abandoned the Braun some years ago for a Panasonic wet and dry foil electric shaver. That lasted me well for years but it seemed to combine all the faff of a wet shave but still with (some of) the irritation of an electric razor. And it was heavy and it broke. Hence my going back to razor blades. This time I was determined to persist. After reading loads of reviews, it is clear that there is no one electric razor for everybody. So, I thought I would dip a toe in the rotary blade shaver market by buying this cheap little thing. Having used it for over three months I wonder why I’ve been bothering with sharp bladed razors all these years, let alone other electric razors. Using a well known high street chemist’s own brand pre-electric shave lotion (the cheapest AND the best) and this little razor provides (a) possibly the least expensive shaving I’ve had in years and (b) a perfectly acceptable finish (see photo). Admittedly I don’t have to shave my lip and chin and it probably wouldn’t do for being in an office late in the day, but you could use it twice in a day to refresh with no ill effects, ie no ingrown hairs, cuts or rashes. You could even keep one in the workplace for a quick freshen up when required. I certainly wouldn’t bother buying anything more expensive and have actually bought another one of these as back up for holidays, travel, etc. The two main disadvantages are that it only uses batteries - but see below - rather than mains, and can’t be cleaned under a tap. Just buy a compressed air cleaner for computer keyboards for that and brush out regularly. As far as the power source goes, as it uses two AA batteries, these are available pretty much anywhere and it’s no problem to carry a spare pair. They seem to last a decent amount of time anyway and you could go for rechargeable ones if you wanted to be ecologically sound, or at least recycle the old ones. I did also buy the similar sized Remington which is mains chargeable (NOT mains usable tho). It is just as convenient size-wise but isn’t as good a shave to be fair. It seems to prefer a pre-shave oil to the lotion, who knows why? So, it can be the backup to the backup, or slipped into a travel bag with a continental or similar shaving adaptor if required. For less than the price of one fancy all-singing, washable rotary shaver which, by many accounts, are just not as good as the older Philips ones, I have a conveniently sized set of three for all occasions. I’m considering snapping up the Philips ones any time I’m in that high street chemist’s shop as they seem to have very limited stock 😄 They’re a bargain.