Remington F7 Style Series Foil Shaver F7000AU

Probably 3 stars on the device, but bumped to a 4 star due to bang for buck value. I'm a long time electric razor user. It wasn't until my Remington RS8503 3 foil shaver finally gave up the ghost after 35+ yrs of semi regular use, that I was forced to buy another shaver. The old shaver was a reliable thing, 3 close shaving foils, a pop up full… Read more

width trimmer, perfect in the hand fit, the head shape reasonably svelte allowing even some foil based edge marking and trimming along the goatee line. The new razor had a lot to live up to.

I ended up buying the Remington F7 Style, 3 foil shaver, largely because it was a Remington, looked to have most of my old shaver's features and because it was at a decent price (have you seen the price of some shavers on offer these days?).

The pros - It does the expected job, surprisingly no better than my old shaver so it's not like the foils and cutters have improved over the years, but the shave is acceptably close. The foils are flexible. If the stubble isn't long, it powers through a reliable shave in quick time. It is somewhat of a different fit in the hand due to the long "handle" but the back of the handle is rubberised, so with a small grip adjustment it stays reasonably well positioned. It has a pop up trimmer. It has a stubble trimmer attachment that fits over the foils (not keen to give that a go though). It is cordless. Price point was excellent. The LED battery level indicator is clear and it seems that the battery will deliver the advertised 80mins of shaving per charge - at least while the battery is fresh.

The cons - it has an "intercept trimmer" between the first and second foils which is completely useless and means that the shaving head is "fatter" than 3 foils. If this had been relocated to one side like on my old shaver, it would have been a perfectly capable and usable trimmer. The pop up trimmer is about 25mm wide and in a difficult location to use effectively. It is cordless which means that at some point the battery capacity will fade (planned obsolescence?) The sides of the shaver aren't rubberised (like the old shaver) so can be harder to grip. The shaving head is much wider at the base than at the foils which obscures the vision slightly making it somewhat harder to judge when using a foil for edging the goatee line.

Not perfect but functional and adequate.

Maybe I should have splashed out for one of those more expensive shavers?!