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Old 12/18/2006, 12:01 PM
roons roons is offline
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who has a new braun shaver?

i see the 8995 is top of the chain it seems, but is an lcd display needed? do the lower numbers shave as good?
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Old 12/18/2006, 02:30 PM
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i have the original 8650 or something like that (going strong after 2yrs). it rocks and if it dies, i will get the new model.
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Old 12/18/2006, 03:42 PM
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Lemme say this about that: I bought one for my dad and it does a great job. I have a beard so I shave with foam.

The only problem I have is this: Braun is owned by Gilette. Gillette is the original company founded on the basis of making you buy some consumable to go with their products. (originally it was the razor blades). If you check, even their coffee makers have a Gilette-supplied consumable (water filters).

That darn cleaning fluid runs out and it's a pain to have to go get it from the department store. I finally broke down and ordered a case of it just to be done with it.
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Old 12/18/2006, 03:48 PM
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thats why you buy the refills online.
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Old 12/18/2006, 04:10 PM
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isnt it just alcohol? that leads me to my next question,is the cleaning center even needed? cant ya just brush out the blades with a brush ?
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Old 12/18/2006, 05:09 PM
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Grrrrr.. My boyfriend bought this, and all I saw was the giant price tag.. or a new mh.. or a bigger skimmer...

but anyway.. he used the stupid thing like 3 times and hasent touched it since! He says it doesent do the neck/chin part good at all and its a piece of junk.

Id like to convince him to at least keep using it and it'll 'start' to work better... but I donno what im talking about lol
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