Panasonic ER411NC Nose and Ear Hair Groomer
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Customer Reviews of Panasonic ER411NC Nose and Ear Hair Groomer
Customer Review: Don't Fear the Ripper
Summary: 2 Stars
Around my house, we call this The Ripper. This is a product for men. Manly, manly men. Men who wear flannel shirts and drink instant coffee and beer from cans.
This is not a nose hair removal system (I don't call it a trimmer, and you'll find out why soon enough) for limp-wristed metrosexual prettyboys who squeal with pain when they spill their mochalattechino coffee-like substance on their extended pinkie fingers, because it doesn't just cut the hair. It rips it right out.
Ever pulled a nose hair? Ever experienced that very unique burst of sharp pain?
Count all the hairs in your nose. Then imagine a tiny version of that big drill-thing from the Schwarzenegger movie "Total Recall" boring into your nostril, grabbing each hair, then tearing it violently from its follicle.
That is this what this product does. If you're man enough to remove nose hairs this way, you shall reap the dividends, because a plucked hair takes longer to grow back.
If you're a sissy, go with another product... one that simply trims the hairs.
Customer Review: You get what you pay for
Summary: 1 Stars
Heard from my barber that this was a good unit. I bought it, and it was... for about a month. Then? New batteries notwithstanding, one day it simply wouldn't work any longer. Wouldn't turn on and defied me to figure out why. So, for twenty bucks who wants to hassle with warranty or repair issues?? Not me! The most effective, most practical solution seemed to be to hand launch the unit on a ballistic course over the fence of my back yard. It's now slowly becoming one with nature, sort of in the manner of "dust to dust" (plastic to plastic?), seeking its own destiny with nature and the future.... Hopefully the relic will be found one day by some future being, perhaps a member of a new civilization. Maybe he or she will ponder it, come to terms with it, and thereby gain more of an insight as to just how weak the underpinnings of the old America were, how the inoperative little hair trimmer is at some level symbolic of the failed American experiment as a Constitutional Republic, or the American failure as "Emperor of the World."
Customer Review: YMMV
Summary: 2 Stars
I read the reviews before buying one of these to replace an older Panasonic model that I liked. Quite a few reviewers reported this model pulls on the hair. I didn't know if they just had sensitive nostrils so I thought it worth a try. Well, I'm sorry I did as mine gives a very painful experience and I'm not an experienced hair trimmer user. And other models don't have any better reviews, including the one that worked well for me before it died.
I think the reason for the mixed reviews is a good number of these units come right from the factory with poor cutting blades, hence some love it and some winch over it. In hind sight I should have returned it but at the time it didn't occur to me this type of health and beauty items could be returned. The unit is reasonable well-made so I give it two stars, for performance alone I would it it none as I haven't found any use for it. If I had the box it came in I'd wrap it up and give it to my worse enemy LOL.
Customer Review: This product has changed....for the worse
Summary: 1 Stars
Many of the reviews here 2 years and older refer to an earlier verison of this model.
Panasonic is now using a less powerful motor and apparently changed the blade design as well. I used to think this was a superior trimmer. Now, it is on par with all the others.
I purchased this product about 2 years ago based on all the positive reviews, and I loved it. I will admit it that the only drwaback was that it would very slightly pull hairs if they were too long, but that could be avoided with routine use.
My kids recently broke mine. Without hesitation, I reordered from Amazon. I was shocked to discover this newer version has a less powerful motor. I knew the second I turned it that the motor was different. It sounded like my old one with nearly dead batteries!
It took longer to trim hairs and did not even do a thorough job.
What a disappointment!
Customer Review: Not The Same Trimmer
Summary: 1 Stars
I have been happily using Panasonic's ER411 (not ER411NC) for the last few years. I use the trimmer daily due to a family curse (lol). The ER411 is the best trimmer I have ever used...and I tried them all. The ER411 trimmed hair very close to the skin. Well, I dropped my ER411 and the trimmer was dead. So, I purchased the ER411NC thinking the trimmers were the same. The trimmers are not the same.
As other reviewers have stated, the ER411NC is a re-design of the ER411. The newer model does not work nearly as well as the older model. The newer model just ignores my annoying ear hair. Panasonic changed the blade design in the ER411NC. In an act of desperation, I replaced the cutting blades in my new ER411NC with the cutting blades from my dead ER411, now the trimmer works great. Great move Panasonic!
If you need a trimmer that cuts hair close to the skin, the ER411NC is not a good choice.