Further upping the Luxe Quotient, Philips 9000 Series Prestige also comes with a wireless Qi charging pad, which you can also juice your phone and other compatible gadgets on. Battery life is solid – I get several weeks worth of shaves out of every charge. Another big thing in the favour of the Prestige is that it looks way better than the Braun Series 9 – and, come to that, all Philips’ own other shavers. When you pick it up, you might be a bit disappointed that it is actually plastic and not the steel that it looks like. However, the grip is really comfortable and ergonomic, and there’s no denying it looks great. This is an unusual situation where the product at #1 is slightly less good than the one at #2.
While the Series 7 is powerful enough for most shaving situations, Braun’s Series 9 is the top-performing shaver we’ve tried that we find worth the additional expense—at least for certain situations. If you have particularly curly or coarse hair, or if you wish to shave less frequently but achieve the same level of closeness, this may be the shaver for you. The most obvious difference that sets the Series 7 apart from other Braun models is the flexibility of the shaving block at the top. The Series 5 remains fixed, the Series 6 pivots up and down, and the Series 7 pivots up and down and left and right, keeping the cutting block in contact with facial curves more of the time. In addition, we weighed each model and measured the noise of each razor during operation.
However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The unit and its accessories are completely washable, thus this procedure is possible. A charging cord is included with the Braun Series 5 7100. Duncan has been writing about tech for almost 15 years, during which time he has attended every event going, apart from Apple ones, as he mysteriously doesn’t get invited to them. He has covered everything from smartphones to headphones, TV to AC and air fryers to the movies of James Bond and obscure anime.
You can also consider it if you don’t shave every day as it works decently with longer hairs, even though you’ll have to work a bit harder if they also grow in different directions. The closeness and especially the comfort are good and the more expensive models don’t really bring anything significant in terms of performance. Considering the shaver’s performance and its price, the new Philips Norelco 2300 (S1211/81) is in my opinion the current best pick for an inexpensive, rotary razor. The three cutting heads are now exposed and you can remove them one by one and clean them thoroughly with water, again making sure not to mix the blades and combs between them. In order to gain access to the cutters, you must completely detach the shaving unit from the razor.
I experienced this first hand when I neglected to clean the shaver after three shaves. On the fourth shave, the blades were noticeably cutting worse than when I first got the shaver. If the battery runs flat on you, a 5 minute charge is all that is needed for 3 minutes of shaving. If you don’t mess around, that is plenty of time for a full shave. From my experience, only frequent shavers will need to change the shaving heads yearly.