From: Michael Black on
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, VT wrote:

> I want to know Philips Norelco electric razor is good ?. How is blade
> quality?
>
With the rotary heads? Those are the only electric razors I've had, but
then I didn't shave until I was 34.

They seem fine, but I have no real comparison. I did try a non-rotary
electric and I found it awful. I'm not sure the blades stay sharp as
long as they should, I get the feeling they don't shave as well not
that many years after buying.

I got my first one in 1993 (only 2 heads) and then bought another one
two or three years ago because I wanted to try a 3 head and it wasn't
that much more (on sale at Christmas) than a new set of blades). I note
the later one is significantly lighter, and isn't as noisy, which suggests
it's not as "powerful" but perhaps it's simply that they've made it
lighter and quieter. The second one says "Made in China", I don't recall
that on the first one.

I'd like them better if the replacement blades were more reasonably priced
(when I bought a set in 1997, I'm sure they were about $20, which is half
the $40 I paid for the first razor in 1993.

Michael