beautiful and flawed [SEP] the norelco arcitec is beautiful and flawed the beauty lays in the eye catching design and craftsmanship found in the shaver the flaw unfortunately is in it is primary purpose which is as a shaver as it turns out i have owned two other norelcos and a mid range braun which have proven to be dependable well made and produce a good clean shave the norelco arcitec while doing reasonably well at the job of cleaning the scruff off ones mug seems to require more passes to do the same thing the older models managed with one the trimmer is also different the idea is that you must pop off the razor head to get use of it a novel idea i suppose but i cannot say that it is any better or worse than the trimmer on my old norelcos though it is narrower want to buy an norelco arcitec then the is absolutely the model you should get as the much pricier is identical in every respect except that the led array includes a battery charge countdown which ironically draws power providing you a ballpark idea of when you will run out of juice this shaver is still a little expensive mine happened to be a gift but it is well made and should provide years of service i have had mine for over a year and the battery still holds a good charge lasting over a week of daily use the included travel carrier is useful though a little tricky to figure out how to use at first