for the price it is an average shaver [SEP] i have been a buyer of norelco shavers for more than years i think norelco the best products not to say they are extraordinary just that they are the best compared to what is available the arcitec is the top of the line product i have purchased from norelco with the rationale that if i buy the best product there is for my tough and fast growing beard i must be getting the best the market offers but yet again i am disappointed to find out that like the prior replacements the next generation of norelco products are not necessarily better than the prior just different and more expensive i grow thick beard very quickly with hours like the predecessors quadra and xl series the arcitec does a good job around my cheeks and moustache area but a poor good job around the neck as prior models i usually give up in mid shave and end my finishing with a gilette razor for the neck area very disappointing not only w the arcitec but the same story has repeated w prior models i sometimes pass the shaver over and over again over hairs left behind without successi wish norelco came up w products designed to tackle thick and abundant beard i am spanish the same type of hair italian and middle eastern men grow