Philips S7886/50

Solid Feature Rich Product at a Respectable Price – NOTE; this is the NEW version of the 7000 series (confusing product labeling on behalf of Philips). I was always curious but very hesitant to get an electric shaver, but as I have got older, I was finding I was getting more razer burn on my neck. It was time to commit. I spoke to several long term users of electric shavers and every one of them said they had tried several brands and always come back to Philips. They did say, avoid the really cheap ones.

I jumped on the Black Friday sales and here I am. I’ve been using this for a few weeks and couldn’t be happier.

For the sake of curiosity, I shaved exactly 50% of my face with a razor and 50% with the electric shaver and asked my wife to compare. Just for you, I took a photo! This alone deserves a upvote!

Visibly there was zero difference in the 2 types of shaves, by feel, it’s about 95% as good as a close shave. I was just dry shaving however, I’ve started using it in the shower - there’s less friction, and it seems to get a slightly closer shave.

I haven’t charged it since topping up from new, and it’s still above 50%. So I would expect 3-4 weeks from a charge.

There is an app with a shaving technique tracker and who knows what else. Quite frankly I have ZERO interest in downloading an app for my shaver. So I can’t comment on that.

It has a little indicator light to tell you how good your circular shaving technique is. I actually find this annoying. I know what works but I don’t need a little red flashing light to judge my performace at the end of a shave, I can easily get the green light in the shower, but getting it with a dry face is hard. Red flashing light it is! It’s by no means a deal breaker but a useless feature IMHO and I don’t like to be judged by a shaver…. Nor do I want to pay for circuits and Bluetooth components I will not use.

I bought a spare set of blades for around $50. You’re supposed to get well over a year with the original blades.

Interestingly I bought a $30 Philips AA battery travel shaver and it does a similar job albeit with a bit more work required.

It comes with a cleaning stand and disposable liquid filled cartridge. It works well. Place upside down on the stand and turn it on. It goes on and off and does its own thing for a minute or 2. My frustration with this, is the fact that the cartridge when mounted in the cleaning dock, doesn’t come with a LID!!!! I have to cover it with glad wrap else it’s liable to evaporate unnecessarily. I guess they want you to buy cleaning cartridges more often?

I always rinse with water first and don’t see why one cleaning / lube cartridge won’t last well over a year. Time will tell. I use it about once a week.

If you’re in the market. I think this is a great place to start. I bought one for my grandfather in law and a work colleague bought one after chatting to him about it. Both parties are happy with theirs.

Oh, it has a 7-8 year warranty. So. There’s that!

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