Panasonic ES4025SC Pro Curve Double Head Wet/Dry Rechargeable Shaver, Blue
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Customer Reviews of Panasonic ES4025SC Pro Curve Double Head Wet/Dry Rechargeable Shaver, Blue
Customer Review: Pretty darned good for the money. Update: a year later, still pleased
Summary: 5 Stars
For this price, this shaver does the trick for me. I don't have a heavy beard, so maybe the complaints about this product are from guys with some serious whiskers.
As with any inexpensive electric razor I've ever owned (two Brauns and a Norelco rotary): I have to check for missed hairs and go after them with some degree of focus and I can't expect it to tackle a three-day growth. But for the "I don't feel like using a razor today" morning, this shaver is just fine.
Also, it is very light (that's good) since it is very plastic. However, that does not mean it is fragile. I mean, hey, I dropped a Braun once and it broke. My advice is don't drop any shaver.
I use this as a dry shaver. When I tried out the wet process, I had a red irritations under my jaw line all day. I suppose at some point I could use it wet for a few days or weeks and let my face get accustomed to it (as advised in other reviews), but I haven't done that yet. (Is a wet shave closer? What's the advantage?)
The pop-up trimmer is fine. No worse than other inexpensive shavers.
I give it all five stars, not because it works as well as a $300 "shaving system", but because it does exactly what I expect a shaver to do at this price.
Update: one year later, I'm still pleased with it. Good battery life, but, again, my beard is not particularly heavy. I still use a razor at least one a week to get the few whiskers this product misses.
Customer Review: Great shave for a nice price
Summary: 5 Stars
I like close, smooth shaves. When I was younger I preferred shaving with a razor blade of one sort or another. But at age 45 I got tired of dealing with bleeding on an almost daily basis. Then my wife gave me a Panasonic wet/dry shaver. I loved it. I used it with regular shaving cream and it actually shaved as close as any blade ever had. When its battery gave out I tried a $50 Panasonic, which was washable but not designed for wet use. (Could have gotten a $90 wet/dry but Panasonic doesn't make a $50 wet/dry.) It lasted eighteen months. That's when I learned washable shavers are not usable wet - their blades and motors are not designed for it. So I bought another wet/dry. It doesn't have a charge indicator. It doesn't last through as many shaves as more expensive shavers. (It gives me five good shaves between charges, but I take long shaves.) But it gives a satisfying, close shave that really does rival a blade and cost me $30. If it fails in 18 months I'll get another one just like it and be just as happy. Buy one, use it with water and shaving gel and beat the blades.Customer Review: Good, close shave at a bargain price
Summary: 4 Stars
I have used electric shavers for years. I like Panasonic products and this item is no exception. At a bargain price you get a shaver that is quiet (as quiet as an electric razor CAN be) and gives a close, comfortable shave. For me it works very well as a dry shaver. I do not often use it as a wet shaver, but it certainly does well at that too. A wet shave sort of defeats the purpose of using an electric shaver for me though. I use it when I have to do a quick shave to take off the five o-clock shadow. I have to admit, for the tough, first-thing-in-the-morning beard, electric shavers, any electric shavers, are a little rough compared to the good old blade and gel. This one is typical in that respect.
Shaver is nice size and shape; fits well in your hand. Pop up trimmer works acceptably well and was a factor in my purchase.
Bottom line is a reasonably close, comfortable dry shave with option of a comfortable wet shave if you want it. Charge only lasts about 1 week (6-7 shaves). For the price I am very satisfied.
Customer Review: A good deal...
Summary: 4 Stars
Strengths: Cheap; sleek design; wet shave; retains charge for a long time
Weaknesses: Does not come with international voltage charger; not very good for hair along neckline
Summary: At its price its a really neat thing.
As Braun points out, shaving a wet skin does not give a close shave because the skin swells when wet. So I dont prefer the wet shave. Yet the feature is good for those who suffer from a rash or itch with a dry shave. It does take a bit of getting-used-to for a dry shave. Normally within 2-3 weeks most people can adapt to it.
This one like most straight-head shavers is not the best around the neckline and you may need to learn a few tricks on ur own to get a close shave around that area.
It retains its charge for upto 5/6 shaves provided you shave at least once in 2 days and of course depending on the rate of ur beard growth.
It doesnt come with any fancy accessories like a stand and brush like Braun does. But hey... u r paying half the price!
Customer Review: I'd get a better shave from a butter knife
Summary: 1 Stars
Misses about 20% of the hairs on my face....
Not sure how this can be called a shaver.
It's more like a Don Johnson 5'o clock shadow maker....
I have been so frustrated by this ..
Hoping to satisfy those TSA mugs who won't
allow me to carry shaving cream these days, I bought this.
The battery life is ok.. about 7 shaves.
But i have to go over my face so many times, i walk away redder than a
redneck responding to Atticus Finch's questions.
I also have had more ingrown hairs in the last 4 weeks
than I have had all my life of shaving.
Finally, there are parts that just dont get shaved! and
since I am chinese, I can say ... hairs have grown under my neck and ears
that rival "fu man chu".
If i could I'd return it.
I can't ... so I will use it to shave the fuzz off my sweaters.