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(More customer reviews)First off my background. I have always used electric shavers. I do not like vibrating shavers at all.
Long ago, circa late 1990, I bought a Hitachi rotary shaver. Although it had unique problems I really liked that shaver. It had two spinning heads that were ultra smooth with zero vibration. But alas Hitachi left the US market and I could not get parts to replace the heads. So I moved on to Norelco. The heads on Norelco's rotaries, 3 circular heads, are not nearly as smooth as Hitachi's cylinder rotary.
Fast forward to 2008. I discovered that Hitachi makes a rotary shaver under the Eltron name sold in the US. It has the same rotary cutters as my previous Hitachi but only one. At around $50 I had to give it a try. Could I get the magic back?
Review: This rotary shaving system is the same as my old one. It has some features that are improvements and some are not.
First the not so good. The case is made of kind of a cheap plastic. This is definitely not one of Hitachi's high end machines, which are apparently only available in Japan. It only has one cutter head. This is not a problem but I would have spurged for a two head model. This model also has an inherent problem at both ends of the foil, as previously reported. Hair does tend to get stuck in there and it pulls. This is a design flaw. However, I have discovered that if something like clear nail polish is applied to the ends the problem disappears. Also if the shaver is low on battery the shaver can stop during shaving while still locked on the beard. This can be unpleasant but it rarely occurs. It also does not do particularly well with a beard grown for a few days (that was also the problem with the original Hitachi).Leave that to Norelco which is also more quiet. Lastly, the battery is nickel cadium so it is subject to memory loss.
The good: This shaver is ultra smooth with no vibration, but please remember that this shaver is designed to work in one direction. It is currently my everyday favorite shaver. I use it in conjuction with a Norelco 9000 series for those days when I have skipped shaving for a couple. The Elton shaves at least as close or closer than the Norelco. It has a unique, built-in cleaning method that is excellent. The popup trimmer is easier to use than the one on the Norelco. If the battery is low it can be used with the cord immediately. It comes with a nice case and is a steal at $50.
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