Okay, I know that is a really stupid title, but how can you make fun of Thanksgiving and somehow tie it in with shavers?
You can’t, so instead I’ll just do my yearly pontification of what looks hot in electric shavers this year, okay?
We all know that Braun Pulsonic…sorry, I mean the “Braun Series 7″ model shavers are by far the hottest thing out there in
shaving these days, having whooped the collective asses of Norelco, Remington and Panasonic together. While this fact
continues to be the case (Panasonic is the only manufacturer to come out with a new shaver this year
(see the Arc IV Model ES8249), that does not mean that the
collective scruffy-faces of mankind and their gift-hunting significant-others, should not look at all the possibilities.
So as a reminder and with a callback to past posts of yesteryear, let’s be reminded that Remington still offers some really
nice, economical options. Especially the rotary series of shavers (the R-1000, R-520, and R-825) have always proven to be
excellent alternatives to Norelco’s dominance of the rotary style of shaver. The micro screen shavers are also good standbys
and the F720 Titanium is a rinseable “lift n’ wash” shaver that is nothing to be sneezed at.
Norelco is still penitently offering up its Arcitec line to us, sticking to their guns that this design is definitely the
nextgen of rotary electric shavers. Personally, and a lot of customers agree with me, this line of shavers has really gotten
a bum rap over their first year of distribution and while Philips fights to get the recognition they deserve, rotary users
should not thumb their noses at these shavers. After all, they do give you two months to decide whether you really like it or
not. What’s to lose?
Panasonic seems to be looking for the Guinness World record for “Most Expensive Shaver, Ever” category. The Arc IV Nano Vortex
series of shaver (three words and a roman numeral that effectively mean absolutely nothing) promises the same ol’
“best-ever-washable-super-fast-billion rpm-blah-blah-blah” but ultimately looks like every other Panasonic model that has come
out over the last three years. Now, I am NOT saying that it is a bad shaver-the verdicts have not come in yet. It may be the
greatest shaver ever, but as always, time will tell. They are certainly charging enough so it better have something behind it
to justify that kind of price.
Well, here we are again at another holiday season kickoff. Basically the all too rare situations exists where all the major
manufacturers have some really good shavers, and more importantly, some really good deals considering this economy.
Have at it…
…and save me a drumstick.
