# For Electric Shaver User Guys **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 26, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-electric-shaver-user-guys/478786 "2008-12-26T22:46:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-electric-shaver-user-guys/478786/1 "2008-12-26T22:46:26Z")
How much time do you spend shaving? I have a light beard and it takes me about 9 minutes on he average and I use a Braun 360 Complete. A razor shave is about 4 minutes. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-electric-shaver-user-guys/478786/2 "2008-12-26T22:50:43Z")
I have a fairly light beard and I’d say it takes me only about 3 minutes with a norelco speed XL. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-electric-shaver-user-guys/478786/3 "2008-12-26T22:57:00Z")
About five minutes with a Philips three cutter thingy plus an ancient and very decrepit Braun Synchron for the upper lip where the Philips is totally useless. Wet shaves, not attempted in many a year, take forever. Mainly due to incompetence and a reluctance to improve. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-electric-shaver-user-guys/478786/4 "2008-12-26T23:20:43Z")
A couple of minutes. I haven’t tried shaving with a manual razor in years. Using an electric razor is much less work and results in a better shave. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-electric-shaver-user-guys/478786/5 "2008-12-26T23:26:10Z")
I use a Braun 7526 every day except Monday. Then I shave with a blade. The reason being that an electric razor cannot, ever, shave close under the chin and parts thereof. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-electric-shaver-user-guys/478786/6 "2008-12-26T23:34:10Z")
Opinion polls go better in IMHO. Moved. **samclem** Moderator, General Questions [sub]who last shaved in 1978. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-electric-shaver-user-guys/478786/7 "2008-12-26T23:38:04Z")
3-5 minutes or so; I have a reasonably thick beard, but I also don’t particularly care if I have a great shave day to day. Actually I only shave every other day or so, and am one of those guys who is permanently semi-scruffy unless there is a special event. If I am suiting up for something I’ll probably be meticulous and push it up to the 8-10 minute range, but I’ll also get a perfect shave out of that. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-electric-shaver-user-guys/478786/8 "2008-12-27T00:02:33Z")
Twenty seconds with a Braun 6520 I’ve had for years. [This is the result.](http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/151/brenthr9.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-electric-shaver-user-guys/478786/9 "2008-12-27T00:57:01Z")
Hmmm. Sounds like I need to replace the blades. Thanks Q