pretty amazing [SEP] i have been using this razor since it arrived approximately weeks ago and thinking long and hard about the score i would give it i actually intended to give it the reason being that while it is an excellent razor the price point is rather high in the end though i am so impressed that i really need to give it a full five stars in spite of the price with the caveat that you may want to take a look at one of the less expensive stripped down models this one is the flagship but all the models should be similarly excellent please bear in mind this is the only one i have used and excellent it is while my feelings have already been summed up in the opening paragraph read on for similarly styled but moderate hyperbolei have never gotten such a good shave with an electric razor norelco does recommend that you give the razor a full days of your time exclusively ie not shaving with anything else before making a judgment i have not had the luxury of giving it a full days as i need to get my review in however i have already adjusted to it so well that i cannot imagine going back to my old razors it will only get better as i get more used to it although i am perfectly satisfied at this point and unsure if it could get any betternot only do i use it to shave my face which is obviously what it was designed for and it does a great job i use it to shave my head it is not going to give you as close a shave as a traditional razor but it is also not going to scrape against your skin like a traditional razor you will also save money on shaving cream the only extra expense is buying a new razor head for it yearly the price of which i am uninformed of it works dry this is nice for me as it takes a lot of cream to shave both my face and my scalp and it does in fact do a decent job on my head it is a little stubbly even right after shaving but honestly the only thing that would do a better job would be a blade and that is a difficult way to shave i was previously using a headblade if it can shave a head where my hair was very thick i imagine it would be adequate for even the bushiest of beards and again it is designed for faces not headsif you look at the features list you will see that this model is full of bells and whistles truthfully they are mostly extras you could live without the lower end models would likely be just fine so i strongly suggest examining them as a money saving alternative the meter that shows you how many minutes of the charge are remaining is sort of handy the icon that lights to remind you to clean it is somewhat useful but to say they are necessary would be a grave overstatement in fact the wash me icon lights up after basically every use so its necessity is particularly dubious as a side note it is marvelously easy to clean in the end the product does receive my highest recommendation i think if you tried it out you would be pleased and even if you had to send it back and did not like it after three weeks via their guarantee it does take time for your skin to adjust there would be little time money wasted i would however encourage you to check out the lower end models ultimately even the high price point was not enough for me to downgrade to four stars i am normally quite critical