# Electric razors...your opinion?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 16, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-razors-your-opinion/264683 "2004-09-16T13:41:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-razors-your-opinion/264683/21 "2004-09-18T11:38:25Z")

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Tried the electric route a couple of times. You have to shave every day so the whiskers are short enough to get clipped. And the neck! I could never shave close enough on my neck with an electric razor. I could shave my head with an electric, though. But I really like the closeness of a blade, and the irritation is at a tolerable level.

BTW, I use an old Oster dog groomer to trim my scruffy goatee. 🙂

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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-razors-your-opinion/264683/22 "2004-09-18T13:53:29Z")

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No electric razor will shave as close as a blade. In my opinion (I’ve tried them all) the NORELCO rotary head shavers work better than the linear-head ones (Braun, Wahl, Remington). If you have a heavy beard, it is important to use a pre-shave lotion (Lectric Shave)-it will make the hairs stand up and cut easier. The problem with electric razors: of you don’t use a rechargeable razor every day, you may find your batteries do not hold a charge-and replacing the NiCd battery pack is almost as much as buying a new razor. Replacement cutters for the Norelco are expensive as well…sometimes you can buy a NEW razor for less than the cost of replacing the cutters and screen.  
I use a blade now at home-on travel I use a corded electric (Wahl). This is a cheap brand, but works almost as well as the Norelco!

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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-razors-your-opinion/264683/23 "2004-09-18T23:26:56Z")

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I have a very expensive Panasonic model and like it a lot. It seems to work about as well as my Mach 3 blade razor. I think it takes a little longer, but OTOH I’m not stuck in front of a mirror fumbling about with a sharp blade while half-asleep.

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