Okay, far be it from me to not admit when I was wrong about something.
In fact, I owe the good folks at Remington an enormous apology regarding my last post (see October 24th,
2006 below) where I basically showed no faith whatsoever in the new line of Remington Rotary shavers. I
also alluded to the fact that they have a long line of shaving failures under their belt (which, I’m afraid,
is still technically true), but is still my bad that I passed judgment before touching the shaver to my face.
Remington-I apologize. You’ve got a winner on your hands here.
Now admittedly, I am not a rotary user-be it Norelco, Remington or otherwise. They have just never
traditionally worked for me because I’ve just got that kind of face, and there are a lot of us out there.
Some people can use rotary, some can use foil, and very few can use both. I am a die-hard foil user, but
in the interest of being fair, I try every new rotary that comes out for the purposes of control. Everyone
here at Shavers.com does the same (yes, even the women. Ever use a man’s face shaver on your legs? Yeesh!
What a thought!).
So as always, I post my little blog here about first impressions and the enclosed hype about the machine as
supplied by the manufacturer, and yes, I was a little hard on them. But speaking as a traditionally
non-rotary user, this machine gave me a great shave right out of the box. No adjustment period, no bad
irritation, no necessity for grinding the shaver into my skin to get those neck hairs. It just did a really
great job, and I must admit that I am perplexed. My cheeks and neck are smooth. There is no redness. It
was a clean, fast shave.
Of course (A.K.A - “but”), not everything is perfect–as no shaver is perfect. If there was a perfect shaver,
it would be the only one out there. The problems that remain with the shaver are the same problems inherent
with any rotary shaver. Edging is a problem. Moustache, beard, goatee, soul patch, micro-lines, or any other
tuft-like growth of hair on the face will be hard to get those nice clean edges we all want with a rotary
(in my case-goatee). The Remington rotaries DO have a good trimmer on their backs, which will allow the
edging we are looking for, but it does take some practice. Those of you without facial hair, no sweat
except for your sideburns (again, use the trimmer).
All right, Remington, all right, I’ve admitted that I was wrong. You’ve got a good series here and I’m
proud to sell it. Now-let’s keep the momentum going and not discontinue the line in place of some cheaply
made piece of garbage. If you can make this new trend last then maybe we will all forget what happened
from 2002 - 2005 and I won’t have to eat my words anymore. My words after all, are very filling.