so far so good [SEP] update a year and a half of good service my would not start even with the cord plugged in unless i left it connected for a couple of hoursobviously not an option when you are trying to get to work i was about to order another one already cursing for having to go back to blades even if only temporarily but before that i took it to a specialized shop they opened it and showed me it was wet on the inside and told me the circuit was fried i explained that i had followed the manual to the letter cleaning the shaving heads and the hair chamber with hot running water they suggested taking the shaving unit off when i rinse it use only warm not hot water and not cleaning the hair chamber with water they essentially sold me a brand new philips as a replacement to use with my existing shaving unit for a reasonable price it looks exactly the same except it has a low red lightthe interesting bit is that i had gone to them about a month ago to buy a new shaving unit and they told me the heads would work fine with these models not just the the feel even better so much so that i would definitely buy the series which use the it was only when the failed that i realized just how much i depend on it and how well it has worked out my technique still needs to improve and shaving still seems to take too long but no going back to blades for me as a wet shaving refugee i did not know what to expect i was just tired of getting cuts everyday and paying an exhuberant tax to the wet shaver companies i did not want to buy a top of the line model in case things did not work outthis has been a very pleasant surprise as i am getting close shaves with less fuss and no irritation i beginning to get the hang of this and even the neck area is doing wellthe batterys first run lasted for days but i may be taking a lot longer than normal while i learn the battery light starts blinking when it is fuly charged by the wayi have the philips branded verion of this and it still says made in holland