The best electric shaver is the Panasonic ES-LV65 . He makes his fivefold cutting system for a close shave in a few strokes. Together with the highly mobile head ensures that for little skin irritation. And if you want, the ES-LV65 can even use shaving cream or shower.

For many men heard shaving a daily ritual like brushing your teeth and morning coffee. Whether one prefers the open blade and shaved wet or rather an electrically operated shaver gives preference, is a matter of taste, the habit, but also the skin type.

The wet shave is much more thorough, but also costly. Above all, it usually takes with lathering and intermediate rinse the shaver longer. For the blade moves closer to the skin surface along, so no more stubble protrude and one can leave until the next shave a little more time.

Men with very unclean and uneven facial skin, however prefer dry shaving, because small facial injuries are almost completely precluded. Disadvantage: A daily application is actually a must if you want to always look good shaved. Because shaving with the electric device is superficial. This is gentle on the skin, but one feels - and looks - quite soon when the whiskers regrow it again.

Shaving is a very individual matter: The texture of the skin, the strength of the whiskers, the shape of the face, the desired beard hair - all that is different in every man. This makes it very difficult to give a general answer to the question "Which razor is the best?".

I have for this test ten shavers from Philips, Braun, Panasonic and Remington tried over several weeks at a time, I always shave with them, tested the trimmer which supply all models and where it went made the sample with shaving cream.

Also, I have scoured all findable reviews and collected opinions on the models in the net. Just because a razor shaved my face good or bad, must not for all or most of the people are the. Just the factor "thoroughness" is very important in an electric shaver, it can not be measured well. Therefore, the opinions of other users to have all the more revealing.

Other factors such as equipment, delivery, cleaning, handling, noise or battery life can be patched better judge objectively. Sure Opinions differ here as regards the weighting of these criteria. Nevertheless, they are not nearly as subjective and individual as the statements about the thoroughness of a shave. Therefore, I have taken exactly at my test in the bathroom mirror on these things.

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Foil or rotary shaver?

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There are two types of electric shavers: foil and rotary shaver. The most popular sized foil shaver with their elongated shaving heads. There is at least one, but frequently more perforated shaving foils. The hairs get into the tiny holes and vibrating razor including cut off.

The rotary shavers contrast three shaving units come with one round blade used. They are arranged in a triangle to each other and often stored individually flexible. Especially Philips is known for this type razor, but also Remington example, has such models in the portfolio.

The flexibility of the rotary heads and the triangular shape of the shaving head have the advantage that the shaving units nestle better the face shape. In particular, the angular chin and jaw areas can be so often shave better. Many users also point out that they are faster with rotary shavers because they shave large areas. In addition - and this can verify my test - they vibrate less and are significantly quieter.

Foil shaver contrast, act something powerful, which is also reflected by louder humming and stronger vibration. They are better suited especially for contours as the sideburns and for small-scale areas such as under the nose. The rotary shaver cost me when you try these sites to work clean, lot of time and nerves. There they simply lack of precision, because by the three rotary heads you never know exactly where the razor actually shaved.

 

Wet shaving with electric shaver

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Speaking of wet: The trend for several years clearly for electric shavers, with which you can also shave with foam or gel and in the shower. Seven of our ten test devices have this capability.

Whether the producers are trying to make followers of traditional wet shaving to convince them of their products? That would be a bad argument, because wet shaving with an electric shaver is not only less thorough than shaving with an ordinary wet razor, it is less stringent than the dry shaving.

This became clear not only in my test, so also the judgment of the subjects at the last razor test fell Stiftung Warentest  unanimously from ( issue 12/2013 ).

Although the testers found that shaving with foam or underwater feels pleasant. But that will destroy made because you have more than one edit any body with the electric shaver, which in turn leads to more irritated skin. Finally, it takes more time for foaming and subsequent cleaning when using foam. On top of that can be in this case the result during shaving due to the foam difficult to assess.

The general concerns about the wet shaving with an electric shaver brings a customer in a  review of our test winner at Amazon  very good to the point:

"Mir reveals itself not why a dry shaver with foam fully pasted in the expectation that it was now thoroughly or gentler. Then one would have to clean the appliance / rid of foam every day / dry (blank) and re-oiling. If I wanted that, I would take the blade, while significantly reducing cleaning costs. "

Unnecessary cleaning station

The issue of "cleaning" is in a personal care product, such as the razor is a also very important.

This know also the producers who often offer especially their top models in the package with a cleaning station: The unit comes headlong into it, is then cleaned with a disinfecting cleaning liquid, dried and - still oiled - depending on the model. By the way, the station invites to the electric shaver battery. Two of the razor from our test - the Braun 9090cc (Series 9)  and the Philips S9711 / 31 (Series 9000) - come with such a cleaning station.

In principle, this is also a nice thing because it works well and is easy to use. It's comfortable, easy hineinzustecken his razor after use and until the next job he is clean, charged and possibly even oil - virtually.

However, does the cleaning liquid is supplied in special cartridges, 5 to 7 euros per piece. According to the manufacturer holds a up to three months, the course strongly depends on how often and in which cleaning program to clean the shaving head.

These writes an owner of the Philips S9711 / 31 :

"The cartridges reach with daily cleaning use never a service life of the promised three months. If the shaving head knocked and the hair chamber cleaned embarrassed with a brush before the cleaning station is used, the cartridge holds a maximum of one month. If the shaver used without pre-treatment, were with me the cartridge (4 pieces) all after 12 days at the end. "

Who only manually cleans the shaver, then to put it in the station, lost a large part of comfort. Who does not do it, is struggling with high costs - apart from the additional costs that the package costs from razors and cleaning station compared to the variant without station.

We believe that one can do without a cleaning station. I might not go so far as to accuse the manufacturers pure moneymaking, as do some reviewers on the internet. However, you should save the money for station and liquid, because the shaving heads of most shavers on the market (and all devices in our test) can also make good clean under running water. Who additionally takes some liquid soap, gets the razor more than clean tidy. He may not be clinically clean, but an electric razor should anyway never share with another person.