Not a single machine: choosing the best electric shaver

Elec­tric shavers allow you to shave faster and with­out the use of foam. They can be recharge­able — then you will not depend on the pres­ence of an out­let. Accus­tomed to shav­ing with foam? No prob­lem, take a mod­el for wet shav­ing. In a word, there are a lot of options, and how to make the right choice? To get start­ed, read our guide. And the first thing you will need to decide is the type of razor.

Types of Electric Shavers

Grid

The high qual­i­ty of the shave makes these razors opti­mal for peo­ple with sen­si­tive skin. There are quite a few inex­pen­sive mod­els in the assort­ment — for exam­ple, Pana­son­ic ES-6003 with three shav­ing heads.

Rotary

A rotary razor, unlike a mesh razor, does not have a con­tin­u­ous shav­ing sur­face: it needs to be dri­ven over the face repeat­ed­ly, in cir­cles. That is why for sen­si­tive skin this is not the best option — irri­ta­tion may occur. Wet shav­ing (with foam) can part­ly relieve this. Mod­els that allow this are a lit­tle more expen­sive — for exam­ple, this one Phillips S6640/44 not cheap.

Shavers

These are small mesh type razors designed exclu­sive­ly for dry shav­ing. You can shave your face as well as your head. Shavers are often bought for edg­ing the beard, side­burns, and lev­el­ing the tem­ples. Also, such a small razor is con­ve­nient to take on a trip.

Please note that the vast major­i­ty of shavers are of the mesh type. And even where the disks are, most like­ly they are made in the form of a grid. Their undoubt­ed advan­tage is com­pact­ness and low price even for rep­utable brands. If you pre­fer to shave your head instead of get­ting a hair­cut, it is bet­ter to take a good shaver for reg­u­lar care. From sim­ple, inex­pen­sive and con­ve­nient, we can advise MOSER 3615–0050/51.

What type of food to choose?

Elec­tric shavers can be cord­ed, bat­tery-pow­ered or recharge­able. Net­work shavers are con­ve­nient because you don’t have to wor­ry about charg­ing — just turn it on and shave. They are also rel­a­tive­ly cheap­er than recharge­able or bat­tery-pow­ered ones. But, of course, you become depen­dent on the out­let. If you shave main­ly at home in one place, then there are no prob­lems — take a net­work mod­el.

Bat­tery pow­ered shavers can be tak­en with you on a trip and shaved any­where, even where there is no elec­tric­i­ty. For exam­ple, you can take it with you on a hike for sev­er­al days or to the coun­try, where pow­er out­ages hap­pen reg­u­lar­ly. In prin­ci­ple, such a device has all the same advan­tages as a recharge­able one, only it costs a lit­tle less, but you will have to change the bat­ter­ies reg­u­lar­ly.

The cord­less razor is the most con­ve­nient razor in our opin­ion, as it can be shaved in the absence of elec­tric­i­ty, and the pow­er cord does not lim­it the range. We charge like a nor­mal smart­phone. True, such a device costs a lit­tle more than a net­work or bat­tery mod­el. It is worth not­ing that most bat­tery mod­els can also be oper­at­ed from the mains (pow­er cord includ­ed). If you want to try (not ready to allo­cate a large bud­get for the pur­chase), you can take Scar­lett SC-SH65R55 — She has good self-sharp­en­ing knives, and she fits com­fort­ably in the hand.

What attachments can razors be equipped with?

In addi­tion to con­ven­tion­al cut­ting knives, razors can be equipped with the fol­low­ing attach­ments:

• Trim­mer. It can be built-in or replace­able. The trim­mer works like a clip­per. It is nec­es­sary for the care of the beard and side­burns. If you wear a beard and mus­tache, then a trim­mer attach­ment is a must for shap­ing. Con­sid­er, for exam­ple, the mod­el Phillips S3133 Series 3000.

• Styler. This noz­zle allows you to cut the hair not at the root, but at a cer­tain dis­tance (some­what sim­i­lar to the noz­zles of a clip­per). It is con­ve­nient for the care of the beard when you need to keep its length under con­trol.
• Charg­ing stand. With a charg­er in the form of a stand, it is eas­i­er to charge the bat­tery mod­el.
• Ear and nose trim­mer. This is a small cylin­dri­cal noz­zle that allows you to remove unwant­ed veg­e­ta­tion from the nar­row­est places.

Additional razor features

For some, the fol­low­ing addi­tion­al fea­tures may be deci­sive in choos­ing an elec­tric razor:

• Wet shave. Mod­els with this func­tion allow you to use hot water, shav­ing gel or foam dur­ing shav­ing, which reduce skin irri­ta­tion. These are water­proof razors, which can also be washed under run­ning water.
• Auto stub­ble detec­tion. In such a device, a sen­sor is installed that deter­mines the length and den­si­ty of the bris­tles. Hav­ing deter­mined these indi­ca­tors, this sen­sor adjusts the pow­er of the device. In prac­tice, this allows you to cut even the dens­est and thick­est bris­tles in one pass.
• float­ing head. The float­ing head is con­ve­nient for shav­ing hair in the most inac­ces­si­ble places. This fea­ture is avail­able for razors with disc-shaped blades.
• Self-sharp­en­ing blades. In the process of work, the blades are sharp­ened on the grid. Thanks to this, they always remain sharp and do not require addi­tion­al main­te­nance. But, of course, they, too, will soon­er or lat­er require replace­ment.
• Self clean­ing. This func­tion is avail­able for mod­els with a spe­cial stand. After use, it is enough to put the razor on the stand, and it will clean itself. This is the clean­ing prin­ci­ple used in Braun 3050CC Series 3.

• Wire­less charg­er. Only a few mod­els sup­port wire­less charg­ing. It is con­ve­nient and safe: in a humid envi­ron­ment, you do not have to deal with con­tacts.

Conclusion

The best choice depends on your expe­ri­ence with elec­tric shavers.

“I just have to try”: You can take an inex­pen­sive net­work mod­el to under­stand how gen­er­al­ly this type of shave suits you. Just don’t over­do it with sav­ings: the cheap­est ones shave dis­gust­ing­ly, and your exper­i­ment is guar­an­teed to fail.

“Ready to exper­i­ment”: We rec­om­mend a foil razor for every­day shav­ing and a rotary razor for those who shave sev­er­al times a week. Bet­ter bat­tery.

“I know what I do”: for those who already have expe­ri­ence in “elec­tric shav­ing”, it is bet­ter to choose an advanced mod­el with a trim­mer and styler. If you have enough mon­ey, then with self-clean­ing.

By the way, fans of the effect of “well-groomed unshaven” would be use­ful to read our mate­r­i­al about the inter­est­ing trim­mer Philips One Blade. This is not a razor, but also a very use­ful device.

These are small mesh type razors designed exclu­sive­ly for dry shav­ing. You can shave your face as well as your head. Shavers are often bought for edg­ing the beard, side­burns, and lev­el­ing the tem­ples. Also, such a small razor is con­ve­nient to take on a trip.

Please note that the vast major­i­ty of shavers are of the mesh type. And even where the disks are, most like­ly they are made in the form of a grid. Their undoubt­ed advan­tage is com­pact­ness and low price even for rep­utable brands. If you pre­fer to shave your head instead of get­ting a hair­cut, it is bet­ter to take a good shaver for reg­u­lar care. From sim­ple, inex­pen­sive and con­ve­nient, we can advise MOSER 3615–0050/51.

What type of food to choose?

Elec­tric shavers can be cord­ed, bat­tery-pow­ered or recharge­able. Net­work shavers are con­ve­nient because you don’t have to wor­ry about charg­ing — just turn it on and shave. They are also rel­a­tive­ly cheap­er than recharge­able or bat­tery-pow­ered ones. But, of course, you become depen­dent on the out­let. If you shave main­ly at home in one place, then there are no prob­lems — take a net­work mod­el.

Bat­tery pow­ered shavers can be tak­en with you on a trip and shaved any­where, even where there is no elec­tric­i­ty. For exam­ple, you can take it with you on a hike for sev­er­al days or to the coun­try, where pow­er out­ages hap­pen reg­u­lar­ly. In prin­ci­ple, such a device has all the same advan­tages as a recharge­able one, only it costs a lit­tle less, but you will have to change the bat­ter­ies reg­u­lar­ly.

The cord­less razor is the most con­ve­nient razor in our opin­ion, as it can be shaved in the absence of elec­tric­i­ty, and the pow­er cord does not lim­it the range. We charge like a nor­mal smart­phone. True, such a device costs a lit­tle more than a net­work or bat­tery mod­el. It is worth not­ing that most bat­tery mod­els can also be oper­at­ed from the mains (pow­er cord includ­ed). If you want to try (not ready to allo­cate a large bud­get for the pur­chase), you can take Scar­lett SC-SH65R55 — She has good self-sharp­en­ing knives, and she fits com­fort­ably in the hand.

What attachments can razors be equipped with?

In addi­tion to con­ven­tion­al cut­ting knives, razors can be equipped with the fol­low­ing attach­ments:

• Trim­mer. It can be built-in or replace­able. The trim­mer works like a clip­per. It is nec­es­sary for the care of the beard and side­burns. If you wear a beard and mus­tache, then a trim­mer attach­ment is a must for shap­ing. Con­sid­er, for exam­ple, the mod­el Phillips S3133 Series 3000.

• Styler. This noz­zle allows you to cut the hair not at the root, but at a cer­tain dis­tance (some­what sim­i­lar to the noz­zles of a clip­per). It is con­ve­nient for the care of the beard when you need to keep its length under con­trol.
• Charg­ing stand. With a charg­er in the form of a stand, it is eas­i­er to charge the bat­tery mod­el.
• Ear and nose trim­mer. This is a small cylin­dri­cal noz­zle that allows you to remove unwant­ed veg­e­ta­tion from the nar­row­est places.

Additional razor features

For some, the fol­low­ing addi­tion­al fea­tures may be deci­sive in choos­ing an elec­tric razor:

• Wet shave. Mod­els with this func­tion allow you to use hot water, shav­ing gel or foam dur­ing shav­ing, which reduce skin irri­ta­tion. These are water­proof razors, which can also be washed under run­ning water.
• Auto stub­ble detec­tion. In such a device, a sen­sor is installed that deter­mines the length and den­si­ty of the bris­tles. Hav­ing deter­mined these indi­ca­tors, this sen­sor adjusts the pow­er of the device. In prac­tice, this allows you to cut even the dens­est and thick­est bris­tles in one pass.
• float­ing head. The float­ing head is con­ve­nient for shav­ing hair in the most inac­ces­si­ble places. This fea­ture is avail­able for razors with disc-shaped blades.
• Self-sharp­en­ing blades. In the process of work, the blades are sharp­ened on the grid. Thanks to this, they always remain sharp and do not require addi­tion­al main­te­nance. But, of course, they, too, will soon­er or lat­er require replace­ment.
• Self clean­ing. This func­tion is avail­able for mod­els with a spe­cial stand. After use, it is enough to put the razor on the stand, and it will clean itself. This is the clean­ing prin­ci­ple used in Braun 3050CC Series 3.

• Wire­less charg­er. Only a few mod­els sup­port wire­less charg­ing. It is con­ve­nient and safe: in a humid envi­ron­ment, you do not have to deal with con­tacts.

Conclusion

The best choice depends on your expe­ri­ence with elec­tric shavers.

“I just have to try”: You can take an inex­pen­sive net­work mod­el to under­stand how gen­er­al­ly this type of shave suits you. Just don’t over­do it with sav­ings: the cheap­est ones shave dis­gust­ing­ly, and your exper­i­ment is guar­an­teed to fail.

“Ready to exper­i­ment”: We rec­om­mend a foil razor for every­day shav­ing and a rotary razor for those who shave sev­er­al times a week. Bet­ter bat­tery.

“I know what I do”: for those who already have expe­ri­ence in “elec­tric shav­ing”, it is bet­ter to choose an advanced mod­el with a trim­mer and styler. If you have enough mon­ey, then with self-clean­ing.

By the way, fans of the effect of “well-groomed unshaven” would be use­ful to read our mate­r­i­al about the inter­est­ing trim­mer Philips One Blade. This is not a razor, but also a very use­ful device.