Braun - Series 7 Electric Shaver - Silver

THE "BRAUN" SERIES 7-790CC SHAVING SYSTEM, IN SILVER, IS PROOF OF THE FACT THAT EVEN THE MOST BASIC, PRACTICAL, AND ESSENTIAL OF PRODUCTS CAN BE ENHANCED TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. CANDIDLY, I'VE BEEN USING MY ONCE QUITE EXCELLENT, BUT NOW QUITE OLD & WORN-OUT "REMINGTON" ELECTRIC SHAVER, AND PUSHING IT LONG AFTER IT WAS DUE FOR A CHANGE TO A NEWER, HOPEFULLY BETTER ELECTRIC SHAVER. SOME MORNINGS, WHEN MY DAY REQUIRED THAT I APPEAR AT MY BEST, I WOULD ALTERNATE WITH THE SO-CALLED IMPROVED, DISPOSABLE "GILLETTE" BLADES. BOTH OF THESE HAD CAUSED ME CONSIDERABLE IRRITATION. DURING SOME REALLY HOT/HUMID SUMMER WEATHER, SKIN ABRASIONS CAN POSE GREAT DISCOMFORT, AND ADVERSELY AFFECT ONE'S MOOD. THE LATTER MANNER OF SHAVING, WAS SIMILAR TO AND, YET, SOMEWHAT IMPROVED TO THAT WHICH I HAD OBSERVED, DURING MY EARLY YOUTH, MY ELDER RELATIVE'S ENDURING AS AN EVERY DAY FACT OF LIFE. I HAD BEEN RESEARCHING ALL THE COUNTLESS MAKES AND MODELS ALLEGING THEIR VERSIONS OF IMPROVED, NEW TECHNOLOGY FEATURES; THOUGH, NONE HAD APPEARED TO BE REALISTIC CLAIMS. SO, I HAD BEEN CONSIDERING AND DELAYING A DECISIVE MOVE TOWARD A SHAVE THAT I COULD BELIEVE IS A REALISTIC IMPROVEMENT. I, FINALLY, DECIDED IT HAD BEEN THE TIME FOR AN ESSENTIAL CHANGE, WHICH WOULD HOPEFULLY BE FOR THE BETTER. I FELT A BIT OF INITIAL SHOCK UPON LEARNING OF THE HIGH COST OF THIS "BRAUN" SHAVING SYSTEM, WONDERING IF I SHOULD TAKE THE CHANCE TO TRY IT. ALAS, I DID SO AND MY WAIT HAD BEEN WORTHWHILE, AS I NOW EXPERIENCED THE MOST IMPRESSIVE SHAVE EVER, UPON INITIALLY USING IT. UNDOUBTEDLY, IT IS WORTH THE PRICE, AS NO SHAVER COULD POSSIBLY PERFORM SO WELL. I ORDINARILY HATE EVEN THE THOUGHT OF SHAVING, BUT EACH AND EVERY SHAVE WITH MY "BRAUN" IS AN AMAZING PLEASURE. I FIND THE TRIMMER IS A CONVENIENT, ACCURATE MANNER OF DEALING WITH SIDEBURNS AND SUCH. WHILE THE NON-REPLACEABLE BUILT-IN BATTERY, WHICH AT THIS PRICE, HAD BEEN OF SLIGHT CONCERN, IT REQUIRES NO SIGNIFICANT RECHARGING TIME AT ALL. BESIDES, JUST A QUICK RECHARGE RESULTS IN LONG LASTING BATTERY POWER, SINCE I GET NEARLY A DOZEN SHAVES PER-CHARGE, OR THE POWER DOES REMAIN FOR WEEKS ON STANDBY. AESTHETICALLY, IT IS STYLED IN A RUGGEDLY HANDSOME MANNER. PLUS, IT HAS REASONABLY DURABLE CONSTRUCTION. THE CHARGING STAND IS RATHER NICE, TOO. THE ALCOHOL CLEANSING CARTRIDGE IS AN EASY, SENSIBLE WAY OF MAINTAINING THE HYGIENIC ASPECT. I DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP UP WITH PURCHASING AND REPLACING THE CARTRIDGES, SO I OCCASSIONALLY FIND OTHER APPROACHES TO CLEANING THE SHAVER, WHICH IS ALSO JUST FINE. ALL IN ALL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S GREAT IF POSSIBLE TO PURCHASE IT AT A DISCOUNT, THIS IS A SHAVING SYSTEM THAT'S WORTH THE COST, SINCE IT OPERATES QUIETLY AND EFFICENTLY, YIELDING CONSISTENTLY CLEAN, CLOSE, COMFORTABLE SHAVE AFTER SHAVE. SHAVING MADE PLEASURABLE? WELL, ALMOST. I'LL SUM IT UP IN THESE WORDS, EVERY MAN MUST OWN THIS "BRAUN" SHAVING SYSTEM.

Great electric shaver. Has a 180° pivot head that u can also lock into a fixed position. After a week I can admit it doesn't get every single hair. Lol it always seems to leave the curly gray ones. However, it clears about 95% on the sides of my face and cheek/chin area. It clears about 85% of the mustache area and about 75% on the neck. It does leave a nice manly finish. Not quite as clean as a baby's butt but ideal to get the job done efficiently. Ideally, you use this everyday to shave the stubble so the hairs don't get too long. When you release the head to brush out the debris, it is almost dust matter or powdered confetti. The lcd meter shows battery power and hygiene level. The first time I used the shaver, I used it to clean a lot of my longer hairs and I also tested the built-in trimmer. It immediately went to 2 bars of hygiene remaining (out of 5 being perfect). When I placed shaver in the self-cleaning reservoir, it took about 15 mins and seemed to run about 15 clean cycles(also loud as heck!). I let it dry overnight and come to realize it sterilized and also left the best smelling lemon sweet scent on the shaver. I still try to use the shaver couple times a day and brush clean the debris out following usage. I avoid using the trimmer cuz it just accumulated too much hair and mess and I'm worried the excessive cleaning cycles will deplete the alcohol cleaning solution too rapidly. I normally shave a couple times per day, brush out after each or every other, and every couple days place in the self-cleaner after losing one or two hygiene bars. The zip up holster for the shaver is also quite handy as I carry it on the go sometimes and shave while stuck in heavy traffic it makes a nice case to keep it in while storing or after cleaning so it will dry. It has a mesh net portion that allows air in and out to assist drying out thoroughly. I still use the manual razor every few days to clear that 10-20% hair growth that somehow sneaks past the cut. But overall the shaver provides a pain-free, hassle-free option for me shaving on the go or in the home. I keep a beard and stash but am tempted to say goodbye to them with trimmer and just keep the resulting slight shadow finish.

I decided to get back into the electric shaver world once again to save time with shaving and to save my face from cuts in the morning. I tried to look up the best and kept finding the Braun 7 and the Philips 9000 as the ones to buy. The 7 is a foil shaver and the 9000 being a rotary shaver. This led to my next question, well which is the best of the two? I found that this went back and forth on opinion of foil verse rotary so I decided to just buy both and try them for myself. I shaved each side of my face with both and to tell you the truth, you cant go wrong with either. Both give a shave that DO rival the shave of a razor. Now with that in mind, the one that I would say was the winner of the two would be the Braun 7, but that is buy a small margin. What gave the 7 the win is .that it gave just the slightest better shave. You could feel baby smooth skin with no stubble just like from a razor. With the 9000 you still had a pretty smooth shave, but you could feel just the smallest stubble, and I mean the smallest. I had to feel both sides of my face, then have my son feel both sides for a few minutes to really tell the difference. I then noticed that the 7 side of my face didn't need to be re shaved as quickly as the 9000 side, but the 9000 side still held its own. Neither shaver pulled or hurt to shave with my face not being shave over the last three days, and that was with a trimmer. I was so impressed with both. The next thing that gave the 7 the win was the cleaning station. Both work well, but the 7 was able to tell me if the shaver even needed to be cleaned, and even at that point, it can tell at what level it needs to be cleaned. The first level is a quick clean and then it goes all the way up to a full cleaning. This will save on how long you can go before you replace the cleaning solution. The 9000 does not do this, even at the higher price point. Now, if you have to have the rotary shaver or a wet/dry, get the 9000. You will not be disappointed one bit. The shavers are that close. If you are like me who can us either, get the Braun. It shaved just a little better, was cheaper, able to be used plugged in while using and had the smarter cleaning station. I am going to keep both at the end of the day, my son said he would love to have the 9000 if I was going to take it back, so I gave it to him to use with it being better then any shaver he has ever bought. Like I said, you cant go wrong with either....

This is by far the best electric shaver I've used. I prefer it over any other shaving method I've tried. I've spent hundreds of dollars on products from The Art of Shaving and tried a variety of razors and shaving methods, but I was never completely satisfied. I have pretty good skin but is a bit sensitive and prone to ingrown hairs, especially when I get a really close shave. Lately I've settled for a not so close shave from disposable razors to avoid ingrowns wrecking my complexion. The Braun 790cc gives me a closer shave than a disposable razor but not so close as to cause ingrown hair. I won't be shaving with anything else in the foreseeable future. The only bad thing I can say about it is that sometimes there are some stubborn individual hairs that it has trouble getting even after repeated passes. It's not enough of an issue to subtract a whole star from my rating but I might give it a 4.5 if that were an option. I just keep a disposable razor handy to quickly take care of the stragglers when it comes up. I bought this shaver in the store and had them price match against amazon, which saved a lot of $$$. This shaver is actually the 790cc-4, but don't be confused. On amazon it is also listed as the 790cc, without the -4, even though thats what they're really selling. The non -4 model has a white base and doesn't have the (+) and (-) buttons next to the power button. Its been discontinued so almost everywhere you see the 790cc for sale, its really the 790cc-4.

This is replacing a basic Braun shaver which left my face feeling dry and sensitive, the foil would not glide smoothly across my face (probably my fault for not maintaining it), and would leave several long or flat hairs untouched. On top of that, the trimmer effectiveness seems to have diminished to barely useful. Enter the 790cc. This thing is a whole new experience. A quick, efficient, clean and close shave with just a single pass most of the time, three sensitivity settings and the foil head pivots and contours to the curves in the face. This leaves my face feeling smooth and actually makes me feel like I can't wait to use it again for my next shave. On top of that, the base cleaner/charger keeps the shaver clean and lubed up for the next use, but I only use it once about every 2 or 3 shaves. Better than letting it get grungy like my last shaver though. Figure it'd also help a little with my sensitive skin which likes to break out often. The only thing is I can't decide whether to leave the base cleaner/charger plugged in 24/7, or if I should just plug it in when I need it. I only have two plugs and we have other things that need plugging in there. Leaving it plugged in 24/7 also means that the shaver will always have a full charge. Makes me wonder if it will wear the battery out by being constantly charged. Overall though, excellent buy.

I've used Norelco rotary razors for over 20 years. Unhappy with the cost of replacement blades so I decided to try a new brand. Researched many brands and models and decided on the Braun. Have used now for about a month and it provides a great shave. Took a couple of weeks for my skin to adjust to new razor, but now I'm getting a close, clean shave. Didn't think I needed the cleaner, but wouldn't have another razor without it. Razor comes out very clean and with a fresh smell. Only negative is this style doesn't collect as much razor hair as the rotary style, so it's a little messing if you don't shave at the bathroom sink. However, the close shave is well worth it. So impressed, I replaced my son's Norelco a couple of weeks ago with a Baun. If you get one, be patient for a couple of weeks. Your face has to adjust to any new electric razor. After a couple of weeks, you'll see a difference. Hopefully the replacement blades will work as well as the original. They are reasonable priced. Whatever razor you buy, research the cost and availability of OEM replacement blades.

My husband had grown tired of his Panasonic electric shaver which required constant cleaning. He found this one with a self-cleaning feature and after researching reviews of similar, more expensive models, chose this one. Braun has an outstanding reputation for shavers so he decided to give it a try. He raves about it; saying it gives a really close, smooth shave and it's so simple and hassle-free to use and clean. After each use, you just place the shaver back in the cleaning and charging station and the sensors tell you whether it needs to be cleaned. If it needs cleaning, you simply push a button. If you're going on a short trip, you can just take the charging cord with you and leave the cleaning/charging station at home. I actually found a much lower price on Amazon but Best Buy matched their price. I had to call in the order to get the price match. I was so amazed at how quick and simple it was to get Best Buy to match Amazon's price; I would definitely order from them again. Their customer service has always been great and I was also able to earn points toward a reward certificate for this purchase.

My old wahl standby broke and I decided to take a chance with something new. I have had razor bumps in the past, so I don't want a super close shave so that I can avoid ingrow hairs. I googled for the best type of razor for my situation and this one kept coming up in the top two or three options. I noticed that it had three settings for closeness of shave, so I set it at the least close. I was a bit nervous after the first shave because it felt like very close shave to me so I couldn't imagine what the other two settings were like. I have been using it daily for a little over a week now without any problems. It is a lot more expensive than I have ever paid for a razor before, but if I get 3 or 4 years use out of it then it will be well worth it. The only question that remains is the total cost of ownership as I pay for replacement foid cutters and the clean and renew cleaning system. I am hoping that those to factors will give me the feeling of a brand new razor for as long as I own it.