BraunElectric Shaver for Men, Series 5 5118s, Waterproof, Wet & Dry Shave, Turbo Shaving Mode, Foil Shaver with Precision Trimmer, Battery Powered, 50 Minute Battery Runtime

I have owned a few different shavers . My old standby a Panasonic ES-51 , Arc 4 is still working BUT blade replacement was getting too expensive and only the main blades are availableTried a Phillips Norelco 3900 , not up to the task under-powered toy !The Brawn for right now is beating all the other 2 in every respect . Closet match to shaving with a blade I have seen in years. And blades are not that expensiveWhat I am not crazy about is no pop up trimmer , instead you gotta swap heads . No big deal for me as the Panasonic still works and has a pop up trimmer

The Braun Series 5 is the same as the Series 6 but with an easy-clean head instead of a tilting head. It's inexpensive, light weight, comfortable in your hand, relatively quiet and shaves as close as any electric. Seven shaves dropped the battery by a third, which is pretty good. It charges in about an hour, and like all wet-or-dry rechargeables, you can't shave while charging. For trimming, you take the shaving head off and snap the trimming head on. That's a lot of bother for trimming your sideburns, but quite handy if you have a beard.Note that the shaver has two modes, Locked and Unlocked. To switch modes, press the power button for 3 seconds. The shaver arrives in Locked mode, so hold the button down 3 seconds to unlock it and turn it on. After that, a quick tap on the power button will turn it on or off. When you're packing for a trip hold the button down for 3 seconds again and the shaver will go back into Locked mode and won't accidentally turn on. This is a very useful feature, but it baffled me for over an hour!

Bought S5020 Aug 2020. Prior 2 year old Norelco had shaver head pop off EVERY shave after a year's use. To their credit Norelco sent a new head mount but it didn't fix the problem, still happened. So gave up, thought to try my firstLike: Easy to hande, feels good in hand.Like: Easy to clean, just hold under running water or snap off head and hold body and head under water separately.Like: Battery life about 2 wks before need to charge.Like: Separate trimmer. I know, this is weird. But all my prior Norelco and Remington shavers with pop up trimmers, the trimmer broke or stopped working. This is less convenient but more reliable.Dislike: Doesn't shave as close as the Norelco. I don't have a heavy beard, just light-to-medium, shave daily. Have to go over every part of face and neck many times. Takes twice as long to shave with the Braun than the Norelco.This last is why I only give 3 stars. Shaving close enough is #1 priority with me (reliability is #2).Going to try new blade replacement but it's only been 1 year, seems to me it should last longer with my relatively light beard. I'll update after trying the new blades.UPDATE After purchasing a new foil head blade, not surprisingly I find my shaving experience has improved. Shaves are closer and faster, need fewer swipes to get a good shave.The orginal head was good for a year. The manual suggests replacing every 12-18 months. I consider my beard to be light-moderate so I expected the blades to be effective longer. Still I can't argue with tbe results. Upping my rating to 4 stars.

This thing is amazing. Braun is best. To me, this is the best value (under $100) electric razor. The best bang for your buck. I like this thing even better than my previous Panasonic Arc5 (a $150 razor, so like half the cost). It cuts amazing. I can get a skin close no-stubble shave with no irritation (with no shaving cream or anything, so just "dry shaving"). I think it's a got a great "sporty" design, I would say. It doesn't look cheap to me. A good light weight, lighter than the Arc5. A little about my shaving history for context. (I'm a male.) I would say I have a "stronger" beard, but sensitive (to cuts) skin in the beard region. To get a no-stubble shave, I would have to cut against the grain. With any manual razor (eg fusion 5, DE - double edge, or straight razor) using shaving cream, I would get irritation. I discovered in switching to electric razors, I could get rid of that, now I could get a no stubble shave without irritation using the Arc5. So if that describes you, you should start considering the electric razor. I tried a very cheap electric razor and it cut horrible. The blade on the Arc5 was getting dull after 1-2 years (starting to get irritation), so I looked at replacement heads. $77. To me that was high, so I thought let me try another razor just to see. Enter Braun 5. I like it better than the Arc5. And the Braun replacement heads seem like great values ($30-40, $30 for series 5), and not many people consider cost of replacement heads up-front. So it seems like a great deal all around. This thing is great for shaving any part of your body even if you don't shave a whole beard, for example, shaving part of a beard, outlining the beard or bottom of beard, shaving ears, quick back of neck, shaving any part of body (even though I don't do much, I just tested a small part), shaving back. A good way to describe it is strong, yet gentle. Strong to cut hair easily, yet gentle on skin. In general, just never push down too hard. If you have any harder to shave areas, just pinch the area a little bit with your fingers and gently glide over. If you get any irritation, just push less there in the future. I would probably even recommend this for girls (women/females) to consider, eg shaving legs or whatever. Like I said, to me, seemingly the best value electric razor, of everything I've tested so far.