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A good electric shaver?

ewgfewgf
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My electric razor packed in today, so can anyone recommend a good one, please? I'm looking for a rechargeable one (having to keep it plugged in when using it would be inconvenient, especially when I'm late for work and shaving on the train), and maybe from Argos (a British shop chain) as if you can recommend a really good one then I won't have to search all over town for it.

And before Mile chimes in, yes I am old enough to shave, no it's not for my legs, and no, it wouldn't be easier to forget about shaving and become a Muslim. [-X

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  • polomintpolomint
    I use one of those Philips OneBlade thingies.. Excellent shaver, although it is not a shaver to get a close shave. Blades seem to last forever, and it never pulls or nicks, and it is really quick to use too, :) Cost about 40 quid from Amazon, although Argos etc stock them as well..
    So far, so meh :)
  • ZoffyZoffy
    Better still, try Veet hair remover for men, problem solved!
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  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    Even better than that, I can heartily recommend the packing tape shave. It's cheap and whole roll will last you a couple of months.
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  • Antiriad2097Antiriad2097
    Is there such a thing as a good electric shaver now? I've not used one since the 80s and it was rubbish, so I've only ever used blades since. I can't work out how you get a close shave when there's a guard in front of the blade on an electric shaver.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    Zoffy wrote: »
    Better still, try Veet hair remover for men, problem solved!

    Haha! there's a new review on that page above the one about the "Elderly Rastafarian", that's one of the best pages on Amazon ever...
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  • guesserguesser
    My rubbish website including the redrawn Amstrad schematics and the Sinclair Wiki.
  • GwynGwyn
    At the risk of turning this thread back to serious responses:

    I've always used electric shavers since I was a teenager - I never got on with blades. And yes modern ones do give a good close shave.

    I've stuck with foil types, as opposed to Philips-style with the 3 rotating heads. Always used to buy upper-end Braun ones until about 5 years ago I read some good things about Panasonic and have used them since. The top of the range Panasonics run at a much higher frequency and in practice I get a way closer shave than I ever managed with Braun.

    The top of the range ones are expensive, but I look at them the same as any personal electronic item - spending good money on something you will use regularly over a 2-3 year period is better value than cheap alternatives that won't perform or last as well.
  • MorkinMorkin
    ewgf wrote: »
    And before Mile chimes in[-X

    Little chance of that happening.... :))

    I've yet to find an electric razor that can get hobo-esque longish hairs properly, so I tend to wet shave every few days, catch the wisps/stubbly bits that are left with a cheap electric I have, let it grow out, repeat.

    It's Xmas soon, you should ask Santa for one, electric razors are standard Xmas pressie fare...
  • VampyreVampyre
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Zoffy wrote: »
    Better still, try Veet hair remover for men, problem solved!

    Haha! there's a new review on that page above the one about the "Elderly Rastafarian", that's one of the best pages on Amazon ever...

    Yup, it truly is one of the funniest things I have ever read. I was in tears the first time I read it.

    Unfortunately I can't help ewgf, never got on with electric shavers - always seemed to come out in a huge amount of zits after using one.
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    Is weird I cut myself more with an electric than I ever did with a regular razor?

    Feels like somebody's lit a can of deodorant and sprayed me in the face with it if I use an electric, although maybe not that would possibly burn less...
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  • grey keygrey key
    Once you realise that the hair is going to grow back again you stop shaving, cutting your hair etc, yes it is painful when you tread on your beard, but hey, ho. The same goes for having a bath, once you realise the smell will return soon, and come to terms with it, then you realise the futility of washing. Same with changing clothes, when something falls off of you, you just put a new one on, Simple !
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    Yeah I smell like feet right now it's pretty grimy, but I'm not showering until I've had a couple of beers first :))
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  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited December 2016
    In all seriousness I can reccomend products by the Wahl company that you see in hair dressers and barbers. Last year I ended up buying some Wahl wirless clippers to trim my beard. I'd been buying products from the likes of Philips and Babyliss for years and trimming my beard. It was always a faff about with regular ouch moments as a hair got ripped off my face. Then there is the flat batteries just as you are halfway though the job. You then have to wait another 40 minutes for the things to have enough charge. Plastic bits break, or get all messy and hard hard to wash. The device gets full of hair over time and needs disassembly which risks damage.

    Buying the Wahl which was the same price as the other brands was a revelation. I can now trim in less than 2 minutes and no ouchy moments. The clippers come with a range of sturdy heads to suit any length and are even good for cutting the kids hair. They are shaped to be easily cleaned. Also, you can use the device whilst it's charging, so if you get a flat battery half way though the job, plug it in, keep calm and carry on.

    https://home.wahl.com/products/media/catalog/product/cache/1/base_image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/0/1002aac2-9445-4f11-8f60-d81d7bcc3302.jpg
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited December 2016
    I have even managed to destroy the might Wahl ;)

    Then again my facial hair is like an angry Brillo pad :))
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  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    Why do you want a electric shaver if you can shave with a knife like real men do?

    You fag!!! ;)

  • grey keygrey key
    edited December 2016
    Does anyone else find it funny that the new Christmas Braun Razor advert proudly calls them Brown Razors, is it because of the Eva Braun connotation ?
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  • zx1zx1
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Yeah I smell like feet right now it's pretty grimy, but I'm not showering until I've had a couple of beers first :))

    That could end badly! :D
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    That's the idea, drunk showering, gotta keep up with the hipsters with their "Shower Beer!" :))
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  • Rebelstar without a causeRebelstar without a cause
    Boozy has beer coming out of the taps. At least it looks like beer!
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited December 2016
    I'd like that idea, but beer coming out the taps, it may become boring, then I'll literally have nothing to do with my spare time :))
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  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited December 2016
    Mmm bathing in hot beer, or better still stout. Interesting idea, but one could get a nasty yeast infection.


    http://stoutsandstilettos.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/beer-bath.jpg
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  • murtcepsmurtceps
    grey key wrote: »
    Does anyone else find it funny that the new Christmas Braun Razor advert proudly calls them Brown Razors, is it because of the Eva Braun connotation ?

    Braun has always been pronounced brown in German, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braun

    I assume it will be standardisation thing, just nestle (Ryming with lay) used to be known as nestle (rhyming with hessel) and Porsche (pronounced like with an r at the end) as Porsche
  • SpexSpex
    Had a Remington for a few months from Argos. Closest shave ever.
    About 30 quid.

    Poor battery which isn't the end of the world and it feels cheap but result is good.

    What was it the owner used to say?
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited December 2016
    For the closest shave: The extra attachment is for back, crack, and sack.
    http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41cPRPXxORL._SL500_.jpg
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  • guesserguesser
    edited December 2016
    Scottie_uk wrote: »
    For the closest shave: The extra attachment is for back, crack, and sack.

    Egads, that's even more hideous than the teal Makita one.
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  • ewgfewgf
    Thanks for the advice, everyone. I haven't decided what to get (haven't looked, to be honest, as I've just been wet-shaving for now), but I might well try the foil type, as opposed to the three rotating head type (I think every shaver I've ever used was the three head type). I don't mind the cost as I'd be using it most days for years, of course.

    BTW, why is it that when you start going bald, you still have facial hair growing? You'd think the one good thing about going bald would be that other hair would stop growing too.
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    guesser wrote: »
    Scottie_uk wrote: »
    Egads, that's even more hideous than the teal Makita one.

    Didn't she record 'Toy Soldiers'? I didn't know she made shavers too.
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  • zx1zx1
    I like my Braun although it's bloody expensive when i need to change the foil (£20 a time!).
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