Electric or manual shaver?

Shavers come with plenty of options available, enough to fill up an aisle in the drugstore. Choosing the right one for you is not always easy. Which razor works best? Electric? Manual? Well, both have their pros and cons, which I’m going to explain below to help you decide what is best for your shaving style.

Electric shaver

Pros:

An electric shaver rolls up the skin, forcing the hairs up before cutting them, which means that you don’t need to cover the same areas as many times as you would with a manual razor, thus saving you a lot of time. It is also easy to carry around, so if you’re late for work you can always take your best electric razor with you and shave in the washroom when you get there. An electric razor does not require shaving products like shaving cream, soap, gel or even water, and it is quite versatile, as it can be used to shave facial hair, beard, mustache, and sideburns. Finally, your best electric shaver reduces the risks of nicks, cuts, and ingrown hair.

Cons

Electric razors do not shave as far as manual ones, so the result is not as smooth and you may have to shave more often. Since they are electrical devices, their maintenance requires more attention, and most of them cannot be used in the shower, although there are models that are waterproof. Also, the price of initial purchase and replacement parts can be quite steep.

Manual shavers

Pros

Manual shavers provide a smoother shave for a longer period of time than electrical shavers. They are simple to use, and having no electrical circuit, are less prone to defects. Manual razors are cheaper than their electrical counterparts and are easy to clean and maintain.

Cons

When you shave with a manual shaver, you also take off a very thin layer of skin. For people on blood thinning medication and those with difficulty healing, this may be problematic or even dangerous. Seniors with wrinkled skin may also experience problems when shaving with a manual razor, and because their hand is often unsteady they risk cutting themselves.

Shaving with a manual shaver takes longer because it requires special products like shaving cream; soap, gels and aftershave solution, and because you need to go over the same area several times. Another downside is that you need to change the blade often because it looses its sharpness quickly.

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3 Best Eyebrow Trimmers

What’s an eyebrow trimmer?

It would be nice if the only hair we had to deal with was on our heads, but the truth is that for most people they’re unhappy with just about all the hair on their body. Many women look for ways to sculpt their eyebrows into sleek, well groomed lines. Unfortunately for most, they usually end up plucking out most of the hair with tweezers and then penciling in their ideal eyebrow shape. With a good trimmer on hand, you should be able get the look you want, while maintaining that soft natural look to your eyebrows. In this post, we’ll describe how to pick out the features you need and identify the best eyebrow trimmer from the junk on the market.

How to choose an eyebrow trimmer

Most of the time, selection between trimmers comes down to quality and feature set. Many eyebrow trimmers come with additional features, allowing you to groom other unwanted hair such as peach fuzz, ear hair and nasal hair, and darker hairs above your lip and on your chin.

Are you just looking for something to help shape your eyebrows, or do you need something to also help remove unwanted hair elsewhere? You’ll have to decide what features you would like (or need) and which you can do without.

What’s the best eyebrow trimmer?

» Best eyebrow trimmer for her

As a lady who’s needed the absolute best eyebrow trimmer (and not to mention other trimmers) to keep her hair at bay, I can easily provide recommendations to some really great trimmers.

Panasonic ES2113PC Pivoting Head Facial Groomer

This is my absolute favorite, I can certainly attest to the quality and durability of the Pansaonic ES2113PC. It’s a great all around tool to help trim your eyebrows, since it’s lightweight and has a small pivoting head that follows the grooves and contours of your face closely. I’ve found that many shavers often pluck the hairs out instead of cutting them, but this one does a wonderful job. Even better, it can be used in a pinch to trim other areas like your bikini line since it’s so sensitive on your skin.

» Best eyebrow trimmer for him

Guys, we did not forget about you. You will love the following:

Perfect Detail Precision Trimmer with 2 Heads & Combs

Andis 13430 Platinum Personal Trimmer

These are two fantastic trimmers as well, as they can be used anywhere on your body. Wahl and Panasonic make eyebrow trimmers as well, but unfortunately, they don’t seem to have been able to make brow trimmers as good as they do for beard trimmers. Overall though, both the Perfect Detail Precision trimmer and the Andis 13430 Platinum trimmer are stylish and slender trimmers, perfect for touching up your eyebrows.

By Nat, for Best Electric Shaver.

Top 10 Beard Trimmers – readers vote

In this post we’re going to discuss the top 10 beard trimmers for the year. We put up a poll recently asking our readers for their opinions on what the best beard trimmers on the market were, and we got a lot of feedback. Thank you all for contributing, this list would have been a lot different without your contributions. We’ve compiled a list of all the top picks, and we think you’ll be very happy with the end result. All you guys with scraggly, unkept beards out there can breathe a sigh of relief. So, without further adieu, here are our picks for the top 10 beard trimmers, based on a number of criteria including price, quality, and overall value.

Top 10 beard trimmers, readers favorite

1. Wahl Trimmer All-In-One Lithium Ion ← Best Overall

2. Wahl 9876-2001 Lithium Ion All-In-One Trimmer with Rotating Head

3. Andis Professional 04710 T-Outliner Personal Trimmer

4. Remington MB-200 Titanium Mustache and Beard Trimmer

5. Philips Norelco G480 All-in-One Premium Grooming Kit

6. Philips Norelco T980 Turbo Vacuum Trimmer

7. Philps Norelco QT4021 Stubble Trimmer

8. Wahl 9918-6171 Groomsman Beard and Mustache Trimmer ← Great value

9. Philips Norelco T780 Rechargeable Vacuum Trimmer

10.Wahl 9876-536 Rechargeable/Cordless Beard Trimmer

We’d like to thanks all the readers who responded with their feedback. Overall, the Wahl’s dominated the top spots with their high quality shaver kits. If you need to look immaculate, either for work or social occasions, you want to have the Wahl 9876-2001 Lithium Ion All-In-One Trimmer in your bathroom. This high quality trimmer took top spot on the top 10 beard trimmers because of its multitude of accessories, multiple rotating heads, and various blade sizes. If you’re not quite as serious about your grooming, you probably don’t need all the extra accessorings the Wahl kit provides. You might be better off with one of the Philips or Remington trimmers.

On this note, we will add an honorable mention to the Remington MB-200 Precision, which was with no doubt an extremely popular trimmer among our readers, therefore deserved been mentioned.

Remington MB-200 Precision Titanium Mustache & Beard Trimmer

By Jonathan Willard, writer of Top 10 Beard Trimmers for Best Electric Shaver.

Top 10 electric shavers for men: our readers favorites

Do you wonder what are the top 10 electric shavers? Are you tired of nicks and cuts, irritation, hair pulling, bad batteries, burning sensations…  If you answered yes to any of the above, please read the following.

A best electric razor will give you the convenience of a quick shaving, with no burns and cuts. But this is only if your gadget works! A good electric shaver has to provide you with a close shave, on the neck and face, above the lips like under the lips, be easy to handle, preferably be rechargeable, preferably be usable dry or wet, be easy to clean and of course, should last you many years of great shaving. And good devices with good features are not given, this is why it is important to do a little bit of research before hand and not buy a product based solely on its look or based on the brand. To make your research easier, I’ve have compiled here the best electric shaver for different categories. This is based not only on the description given by the manufacturer, but also on the reviews of hundreds of happy consumers.

Unfortunately, not all electric shavers compare. And like many other electric gadgets, price doesn’t always mean quality. Being frustrated myself with bad cuts from razor blades, and from electric razors that irritate my skin, I went on the search for the top 10 electric shavers.

After a few weeks of research, I am ready to share with you some the top 10 electric shavers, also the best selling available on the market.

Panasonic steals the show among my top 10 electric shavers this year. While the Panasonic ES-LA93-K (#2) is an incredible shaver, it is also a luxury. This is why guys often prefer the more affordable Panasonic ES8109S Vortex (#1), a wet/dry foil shaver, that can, just like the ES-LA93-K, not only be used with hot water, but can also be used with shaving creams for extra close shavings! The Braun Series 7- 790cc Pulsonic shaver (#3) also offers an incredible close shave. I found that guys especially loved the Clean & Renew System which makes shaving mess free while keeping your electric shaver like new.

Top 10 electric shavers

1. Panasonic ES8109S Vortex Wet/Dry Shaver – BEST OVERALL

2. Panasonic ES-LA93-K Vortex Men’s Shaver

3. Braun Series 7- 790cc Pulsonic shaver

4. Panasonic ES-LA63-S Arc IV Multi Flex Nanotech Rechargeable Shaver

5. Panasonic ES7103K Pro-Curve Wet/Dry Triple Head Shaver BEST FOR SMALL BUDGETS

6. Panasonic ES8243A Arc IV Nano Men’s Wet/Dry Rechargeable Shaver

7. Panasonic ES8249K Arc IV Nano Vortex Wet/Dry Rechargeable Shaving System

8. Philips Norelco 7810 Men’s Cutting System shaver

9. Braun PocketGo P-70 Men’s Shaver – BEST FOR TRAVELERS

10. Remington R-960 Titanium Rotary MicroFlex shaver

I picked the Panasonic ES7103K (#5) as one of my top 10 electric shavers because it not only has received outstanding reviews, but is also a great item for people on budget (priced under $100). Travelers? You will love the Braun PocketGo P-70 (#9). It may not be the best of the top 10 electric shavers, but this baby is sure an excellent tool for travelers. It is light and can be used with batteries, a FANTASTIC feature since I (and maybe you too), tend to forget the damn charger when going away…

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A review of the Braun 7-790cc electric shaver

Very satisfied with the Braun 7-790cc

The Braun 7-790cc electric shaver product is Braun top of the line razor model and uses the Braun Pulsonic technology which is an ultrasonic vibrating head technology. This electric razor is capable of providing a very close shave.

Review

Design of the head and foil

The head of the shaver is quite unique. There are three sets of blades, two sets with floating head at the top and bottom and a trimmer set in the middle to get the longer hair, which allow the shaver to get all the different size of hair on the beard. The screen was designed to optimize the cutting of the hair follicles. I find that the shaver is quite efficient at it.

This best electric shaver has a very active head (10,000 micro vibrations per minute). The shaver has a swivel head, which goes twice as far as other Braun shavers and that gives you more flexibility. The head also has a locking button and you can simply lock the head when you need to access an area where you want to head to remain straight, like under the nose.

The foil uses the Gillette blade technology and last about 18 months, where after you will need to change it, and an indicator will even tell you when it’s time to replace it. The foil easily pops out so you can easily change it.

Trimmer

One of the nice feature the unit has is the pop-up trimmer, which is especially good if you have sideburns.

LED indicator

A the bottom of the best electric shaver, an LED indicator tells you the battery life and the level of cleanliness of the shaver. The Braun 7-790cc can last up to a week of daily shaving on a full charge.

Base

The base will not only charge the device, but will also clean it. The stand uses the “clean and renew” cleaning product with lemon scented oil that will lubricate the razor blades, with a really nice and refreshing scent. This makes it very convenient. After shaving, all you need to do is to put the shaver back on its stand, hit one button, and it it goes to work to not only charge the battery, but also to sterilize the blades. The stand has different levels of cleaning needed depending on your need – from an eco quick clean to the super duty cleaning. There is also the option of a 20 seconds fast clean.

If you are travelling, there are great options for you. First, the shaver can also be washed under running water, so you don’t need to “clean and renew” you shaver all the time. For charging, you have the option of plugging your charger to the well by taking the cord right out of the base and charging the shaver directly. Plus the shaver comes with a nice hard plastic travel case.

Conclusion

The shaver is made in Germany and have a very good hold and feel to it. So this ends my review of the the Braun 7-790cc electric razor which is probably, in my opinion, the best electric razor I’ve ever owned and gives a nice clean tight shave.

Tips

Tip when using this electric shaver:

• The manufacturer, Braun, recommends to shave before showering or washing your face, has the oil on your face will protects from irritation.
• Unlike for manual shaving, it is recommend to shave against the grain with the Braun 7-790cc.

Jonathan Willards, for Best Electric Shaver.

A review of the Philips Norelco Arcitec 1090 Men’s Shaving System

Philips Norelco arcitec 1090 Men’s Shaving System

Good everyday shaver – Disappointing for beards and mustaches

The Philips Norelco arcitec 1090 Men’s Shaving System is the very latest product in Philip’s Arcitec line of shavers, but this product unfortunately does not completely stands the high expectations from the previous Norelco generations. Philips Norelco claims that the boasting innovative new enhancements such as the 360 degree range of motion swivelling head, and advanced tube trimmer, makes this rotary Philips Norelco one of the best electric shaver on the market in 2010.

It is true that Philips offers here a 360 degree swiveling shaving head and a state-of-the art sleek design, making the Arcitec the most advanced Philips Norelco shaver yet. Compared to other Philips Norelco shavers, Arcitec offers new flex & pivot technology, a more aerodynamic design, and an advanced tube trimmer.

Pros:

Let’s start with the good stuff. First off in any shaver review, you want to know just how well does this thing shave? Well, be assured that this thing delivers a smooth, comfortable shave. The new “Flex and Pivot” technology really shines here, making it easy to reach every spot on your face without revisiting. I have a couple problem areas, especially around my neck/ear area and I was pleasantly surprised to find that it caught the hairs there without any trouble.

Also, although this doesn’t actually affect how well the shaver performs, this is one attractive shaver. You might almost declare this the best rotary elecric shaver of 2010 solely on the state of the art design. It’s a beautiful shaver, with it’s carbon fiber exterior and slim ergonomic design, it fits snugly in the palm of your hand.

State-of-the-Art Design: arcitec’s ‘central drive’ technology makes it possible to design an ultra slim ergonomic body that fits snugly in your hand — making it more comfortable to hold and effortless to use. The central drive technology connects all rotary blades to the shaving motor using only one spindle (axle) for a more comfortable grip.

Cons:

The old adage “You get what you pay for” is more or less true for the Philips Norelco arcitec 1090 Men’s Shaving System, as this is no budget shaver. Quality comes at a price, but luckily the shaver isn’t too expensive at well under $200 with an Amazon sale.

So for the bad stuff, I noticed that this trimmer is a lot noisier than the previous generation, which is a bit disappointing. This wasn’t a big deal, as I’m not trying to shave while spying on people, but it would be nicer if the shaver ran quietly.

While the Arcitec is actually pretty good when you use it daily for a clean shave, I find that it lacked the power to cut long whiskers. If you miss a few days of shaving, you will need to use a trimmer before finishing off with the Philips Norelco Arcitec 1090.

This model also features a built-in trimmer like previous generations. Unfortunately, it’s a bit narrow and I found it wasn’t that effective.

This reviewer (RalphyDaly28) summarizes exactly what I think:

“I will admit that it is light, feels good in the hand, and shaves well if you use it every day. If you skip shaving for a few days it takes many passes before it shaves all the long whiskers. I typically need to use a trimmer to cut some strays down before finishing off.”

Conclusion :

By Jonathan Willard