BraunElectric Razor for Men, Series 7 7085cc 360 Flex Head Electric Shaver with Beard Trimmer, Rechargeable, Wet & Dry, 4in1 SmartCare Center with Clean & Renew Refill Cartridges, 6 Count, Pack of 1

So, I had high expectations for this device. I remember watching Braun commercials as a kid in the '80s and they presented themselves as something like the BMW of shaving devices , and appeared to have earned the right to make that claim. German engineering has historically meant tight tolerances, form following function, and endurance. So at 47 I decided I was going to plunk down nearly $200 on a device that appeared tailor made to my needs and was expecting a device with some heft and the aforementioned characteristics. The module that you hold in your hand with the on/off controls, motor, driver and battery has a nice slightly tacky rubber skin and nestles right in your hand, but once I started swapping out the shaving head, beard trimming head, buzzy chop your beard down to size head, I started to have some doubts. The receiver for these attachments and the top of the handheld module was made entirely of plastic with a couple plastic spindles that extended out of the top of the device and mated with the cutting attachment. The buzzy beard chopper worked Ok, and it was basically a couple of buzzing blades wrapped in some plastic protective shields, so they clearly weren't intended for precision shaving, but they knocked down my beard pretty well and made it shave ready, but when I added the beard trimming attachment that's when the problems started. Apart from the trimming blade itself the rest of the attachment was again made of plastic, and the clipper grabbed my beard four of five times within the first minute or two of it's first use, and gave me a good pinch on one of them, and at that moment I was glad I had held onto my Wahl peanut because the clipper on the Braun was not going to get the job done. When I finally got the beard chopped down close enough to use the foil shaving head I noted it was also mostly made of plastic, apart from the foil itself and the cutting blades, and much to my dismay the foil cutting head also tugged at my beard, also in a relatively painful fashion, so after testing all three cutting heads on the first test drive I reluctantly decided this device just wasn't going to get the job done. Given the articulating head I tried to give it a chance by exploring various angles of attack, but there was no angle that I could find that ended the grabbing and plucking problem, and by the time I had finished taking it for a test drive on just one side of my face it seemed crystal clear there were two factors creating a kind of synergistic failure. #1 was the quality of my beard, unlike the brown hair I am still lucky to have blanketing my entire head, the hair in my beard is almost entirely gray and anyone with gray hair in their beard knows they are almost as durable as the fibres in a brillo pad. The second factor was the sloppy engineering tolerances in the foil shaving attachment. In spite of the fact the foil shaving head has two foils each with its own cutting head, separated by a slight gap, the dual foil setup was incapable of delivering a clean shave even after moving it back and forth several times like a lawnmower moving back and forth along the same cutting path, but regardless of how many times I did this it just couldn't deliver a close shave. By contrast, my little $25-30 Panasonic wet drive battery powered shaver with only a single foil made quick work of cleaning up after the Braun. The foil on the Panasonic is also a complete hemispherical arc, whereas the foils on the Braun were formed in a kind of lazy arc something like if you tried to putt a golf ball at a hole ten feet away and the ball drifted maybe 4-6 inches to the right at the center of it's path of travel and then slowly drift left again and arrive at the hole in a straight line with the position of the ball when it was first struck, the takeaway from this being the foil only seemed to achieve flush contact with the skin at the apex of this arc, as such limiting the effective cutting surface of the foil to a narrow band down the middle representing 5-10% of the total surface area. I might not have the math here precise to six-sigma standards, and probably should have waited to seal the return box for the device until I finished this review, but I am hardwired for binary thinking the MBTI refers to as The Mechanic", and I held my face very close to a large mirror as I moved the razor back and forth as slowly as I could, as perfectly straight as I could, then switched to moving over a path like an ellipse so it would hit the hairs from every angle, then rotated it slowly like a Roomba confused about which direction to head in next, and even after all that, and 20 or 30 hairs that felt like they had been plucked by the coils of an Epilady, the left side of my face still looked like I tried to shave in the dark with a set of dull clippers with a cutting guard that appeared to rise and fall like the horses on a carousel because the hairs on his face ranged from long to short and then sloped backup to long again, or like a lawnmower than ran on shocks that would rise and fall like the pole running vertically through the aforementioned carousel horses. I am probably rambling now, but the first thing that comes to mind every time I reflect on my disappointment at it''s performance is the cutting heads that were each made almost entirely of plastic, and not the kind of polymers Glock uses to make every part of their high performance handguns except the barrel, but the kind of plastics those cheapo companies used to make the squirt guns you played with as a kid that came out of the bag with cracks in the seams that would leak water so fast you might get off 4 or 5 trigger pulls before the gun ran dry. If I haven't made it clear enough every one of the cutting head seems poorly constructed and flimsy, and even at 6'2" and 250# I can stomp on a lego and not damage it in the slightest, but I could probably stomp on all these attachments and the same time and they when I lifted my foot it would likely look like I stomped on some plastic oyster crackers. OaO.

I used a Philips Norelco 7700 for 2 years and switched to this Braun a years ago. Much happier with the Braun: it doesn't irritate my skin like the 7700 did, and it's easier to get a clean shave in hard to reach places. Shaves great dry, wet, or with shaving cream. I've dropped it off a 5 ft. shelf directly onto a tile floor and it wasn't damaged at all. The charger/cleaning stand is large but VERY convenient. If you're looking at a later model that doesn't have a combined cleaning/charger stand I'd definitely recommend getting this one. I've been using the same cleaning pod (cleaning after every shave, not storing the fluid in any special way) since I bought it last year and it hasn't run out yet. The cartridge is also easy to replace at home, you don't need to by expensive replacements. Very satisfied, choose this over a tri-head design if you have sensitive skin.

Purchased on 7/15/23 since I was having both hands and wrists operated on and needed to stay dry and out of the shower where I normally shave with a blade razor. At first used 5 my year old Series 3, but even with a new shaving head the shave was mediocre at best. Purchased the Series 7 on sale and couldn’t be happier. Shave clearly not as close as using a regular razor, but it does give you a really pretty nice shave. I didn’t have trouble setting up the cleaning mechanism as I skipped the instructions and went directly to YouTube where there were multiple great videos making it easy. Also got excellent tips on YouTube on how to make the cleaning cartridges last much longer. So far one month down and when my hands heal I will alternate with my regular razor which I will continue to use in the shower.

This is indeed the closest shaving electric razor I've ever used. But, it has a lot of features that I'm really not sure how to use because the user manual is an unreadable mess.Shame on your Braun for making an excellent shaver crippled by a mess of a user manual

I had been buying less expensive razors and having repeated problems and disappointments. I finally upgraded. This has a mesh screen razor and a edge razor head. VERY good for trimming longer hairs first then getting a nice clean shave. 4 different depth comb attachments for varying length of stubble/light beard. Comes with a well cleaner and cleaner liquid. Battery *much* longer lasting than lower-end razors. Save yourself buying 2-3 of those after they die for good and go with this.

Purchased this razor for my boyfriend and it was a huge hit. He had the older version and is very happy with this one. It came with a travel case and its own cleaner. Very convenient and the shave is great!

This is my second Braun shaver, my first one lasted years and still keep it as spare, this new one has great battery life, it won’t give you a super clean shave like a razor but good enough, can’t beat German quality

Easy to operate, clean shaven.

complete with a pointless bulky station and _no charger_

It is an excellent model. Battery life was absolutely impressive compared to series 7.Compared to my previous series 9 which is nothing short of a piece of junk. I had spent a huge sum to purchase and equal sum, over two occasions, comparable to a new set, for repairs within the 2nd years of ownership. Unless you have too much money to dispose of, I'd suggest to stay clear of series 9 and go for series 8 instead.

Mis 2 rasuradoras previas eran la Braun serie 3, y dudé muchísimo el comprar algo tan costoso, ya q a los 2 años dejaban de funcionar; ahora creo tendré que comprar los repuestos mejor.La barba de 1 día la rasura al ras en seco, con solo pasarla 3 veces sobre la misma área; deja el mismo resultado que ponerse fomentos calientes y usar rastrillo nuevo, pero sin irritar; En la regadera igual.No sé cómo lo hace, pero abre el poro y te afeita excelente, sin irritación. Me disminuyó el tiempo dedicado a la rasurada a 1-2 min.Respecto al ruido, es silenciosa. Se recarga en 0.5 hr, y dura 3 semanas. Hasta ahora puedo decir que vale cada centavo.Además la compre a meses sin intereses, lo que me descapitalizó menos