robot in disguise [SEP] at first sight this razor may cause some consternation to transformers fans who cannot be faulted for thinking that the arcitec is really the decepticon known as frenzy in disguise it stands at attention like a little bathroom sentinel on its silver base proudly announcing the shaving time on its shiny chest the three circular razor heads seemingly following your every move while waiting to transform when you least expect iteven when it is on the move it can remain snugly in its futuristic looking pod which also has charging capabilities and looks not unlike a cryogenic holding chamber from sci fi moviesfrom my and my husbands experience with this razor it would be a much better piece of equipment if it actually did something as cool as transform into something else unfortunately it is not much more than a pretty face and is not for all types of facial hair or leg hair for that matter pros it gives a reasonably close shave on coarse hair but you have to keep going over the same spot repeatedly to achieve that mens facial hair was okay but the hair on the neck and chin was almost a mission impossible ladies forget trying to shave your legs with this razor my husband had to resort to a cheaper norelco model to get those stubborn hairs and the arcitec left the area under his chin and on his neck feeling irritated and sore it took minutes to shave almost twice as long as compared to his other razor even with the larger shaving area the trimmer feature looked useful and functional but proved to be in a very inconvenient position relative to the shaving heads you will need to remove the shaving heads entirely for the trim feature to do its job and even then it was not very effective washing cleaning after use was easy enough though it meant having to open the three individual cutting heads separately a simple mechanism to pop all three open simultaneously would have been nice in addition the area for catching hair is not very big the travel pod is a nice bonus feature but on the big side if space is an issue you probably do not need the travel pod anyway since the razor comes with a safety lock very expensive and not as efficient as cheaper modelsnorelco did recommend in the manual that you should use it for three weeks without using any other razor so that your skin would adjust to the razor but at this price i am afraid i will need instant gratificationamanda richards december