Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Philips Norelco Beard trimmer kit surprised me. I have had several trimmers over the years as a long time beard wearer and generally the expectation is that it would be a mess to clean up when I was finished. The feature of this kit that stood out to me is the hair catch integrated into the unit for the clipper head. This caught about 95% of the hair as I trimmed my beard. This was a game changer for me. The trimmer is a solid construction and has a smooth motor with a quiet function. The other head options it comes with are limited but usable and I am finding this trimmer to be a great supplement to my tool kit already. It comes with a storage/travel bag, I would have liked a hard case but it’s not a deal breaker. The unit also comes with a pretty simple to use stand charger. This is a nice touch and is an easy thing to pack away for travel. I haven’t tested the full battery life yet but past experience with Philips gives me hope it will go for several sessions between charges. Very solid trimmer from Philips and I expect to keep my beard clean and trimmed!

The Norelco Beard trimmer 7000 tries to offer some good features, unfortunately they all seem to fail. The trimmer comes boxed with a few accessories, though I’m not sure why they included 2 fading combs for a beard trimmer… Phillips included a Charging stand this time around, which is a nice feature to have for any device like this. Unfortunately, the trimmer isn’t very stable, it will fall over if you sneeze on it. In previous Norelco series, the 7000 series housed a built-in vacuum to collect loose hairs making it a life saver for not clogging up your drains. This time around they included a click-on hair collector, this is neither practical nor useful. In fact, the only thing this accessory does is clog the trimmer, making you constantly need to take it apart just to empty it. The trimmer has 40 different length settings you can trim your beard to, by attaching either the long comb or the short comb. I tried out the short comb, and I wasn’t impressed with the results I got. The comb is too bulky and extends too far to get a good precise trim, I wish they would have included a smaller piece that offers better precision. I will say with the comb off, the trimmer does do a good job at cutting; it glides very smoothly and cuts nicely. Overall, I am disappointed with this model of the Norelco 7000. I have used Norelco trimmers most of my life and have always been very impressed with how they cut, unfortunately this one just didn’t meet the standards they set. Almost all the attachments are either useless or just too big, resulting in me not getting a good trim. The charging stand is a great feature, I just wish it was more stable and didn’t fall over as easily. I really wish they would have added the vacuum inside the trimmer instead of the useless clip-on hair catcher. If you are needing a new trimmer, I would say look for another model, as this one doesn’t cut it.