i had to try it for myself [SEP] after reading all of the bad reviews on this new norelco shaver i swore i was not going to buy this unitwell a few months ago i realized my local stores did not stock my norelco replacement blades anymore and i about had a heart attack oh darn i am now being forced to upgrade and i was quite happy with my current shaveri have had a norelco for the past years i love this unit and it suits me well this only noteworthy things about this old unit is that i have had to have the batteries replaced only two times but this is normal since they wear out every years or sohere is my review it was painful to write but here goes this is a noisy shaver folks i graduated to a a long time ago and was surprised of the whisper quiet shave it delivered the is about time noisier than my year old norelco wth this is not good i simply cannot accept a noisy shaver this thing is inches away from my ears at and that is very annoying i need peace and quiet at those early hours and this would not work long term what a bad shave starting with a day shadow growth i shaved half of my face with my trusty and the other half with my shiny new unit i actually had my wife feel both shaves afterwords to confirm i was not being overly critical of my new toyas i suspected she confirmed my produced a better shave in about the same amount of timeas i shaved with the i realized that i was going over the same growth areas without making things smoother especially around the neck i was getting tired frustrated and irritated the pivoting head technology is clearly inferior to norelcos older units here come the skin irritations f