My new fave razor!

I wasn't expecting a lot. I've used electric shavers before and not come anywhere close to a perfect shave. Let's get it out of the way immediately, if you expect the same shave you get with a manual razor, you're not going to get it. But with this, it's close, so close. I can feel tiny stubble on some parts of my leg, but mostly it's smooth. Not dolphin smooth, but pretty damn close considering it's a good deal easier.

I used this dry (rather than wet) and on full legs. As in a full 'head of hair' on the legs. I have a chronic illness and while trying to find treatment and recover, shaving is the least of my concerns. I don't have the finest hair either. It's not crazy thick and black, but more light brown and medium thickness. With that in mind, this did a great job.

I followed the instructions by angling it on an incline and using the 'front trimmer' (sharp plastic bits following by a horizontal looking jagged blade) to cut down the thicket of hair first and followed it up with using the foil trimmers at a horizontal angle, like suggested. After two fast passes all the hair was visibly gone, but you could still feel some patches when running your hands over it.

My recommendation to get the closest possible shave is this. Like when you're using a regular razor, some patches of hair grow in different directions. Unlike a regular razor, you can use your hand to find these. When you feel it's stubbly, just go over it again. If it doesn't go away, try a few different directions. Using this method, within 15 minutes and with very little effort I had legs that were visibly hair free and felt pretty smooth. I'll definitely be using this from now on as it's so much easier than a manual razor and does an almost perfect job (in fact some bad manual razors I've used in the past don't do this good a job.)

The only two small downsides to me are, firstly, that the sharp plastic spikes can scrape a little when doing the initial trim and can irritate a little. And secondly, that you do need to charge it everytime as it only hold 30 mins charge.

I also tried it on my underarms. It was a little tougher there because the skin isn't as taut, but by holding the skin taut I was able to do a fast and easy job there too, though not as smooth as the legs. I won't comment on the bikini attachment as I don't use that.

The other thing I really like about this, is as it's a wet/dry, you can rinse it clean. I always find rinsing it easier and more effective than brushing it clean.