My 77 year old father-in-law lives with us and is always complaining
about how his electric shaver doesn't do a very good job. Like a lot
of older people, he doesn't like to shave everyday (maybe only once or
twice a week) and has kind of a wrinkled face. I understand that
elecric shavers are best when used every day, but was wondering if
anyone knows of any that are good for shaving less often?

I am hoping for either a) personal or anecdotal experience with a
product or b) a list of sites that have reviews and can easily compare
products/features.

He did originally buy the cheapest model (which is probably why it
doesn't work as well as he hoped), but as this will be a gift, the
price in unimportant if it actually will give a nice close shave
without having to be used everyday.

Hello jackih,

How kind of you to be concerned about your father-in-law’s cheeks!
Three years ago, after suffering blood clots, my husband had to be put
on anti-coagulants. The doctors told me, shortly after his admission
to the hospital, to buy him an electric razor, as he could no longer
risk bleeding from nicks and cuts. Knowing nothing about electric
shavers, I bought the model that “looked” nice, a Panasonic. My
husband was unhappy about using an electric shaver in the first place,
and he was very unhappy with the first one. Shortly after, he bought
himself a second shaver, a Norelco. It too fell short of his
expectations.

We researched shavers online about 6 months ago, and he settled on the
Braun 7526. We wanted a model that worked well, and was
environmentally correct - no batteries.  I was skeptical of the extra
“bells and whistles”, but…it turned out to be a wonderful shaver, and
my husband is very happy with it. It has  a high RPM, self charges in
it’s own cleaning/charging unit, and is relatively quiet.(Turns out
having more RPMs does affect performance) My husband has a somewhat
wrinkled face, and a significantly wrinkled neck, and the shaver does
a terrific job, with no cuts or nicks. He does however, shave
everyday, due to a thick beard. If your father-in-law has a light
beard, he may get away with every-other-day shaving.

The biggest  problem he had with the first two shavers was that the
heads and screens wore out quickly and were expensive to replace. The
Braun has outlasted all of them. The feature that we both like is the
self-cleaning function. You buy a disposable unit filled with cleaner,
snap it into the unit, and the shaver cleans and recharges
automatically. My poor husband can be technology-challenged at times,
and he has no problems maintaining or operating this unit. He gets a
good comfortable shave.


You can see, and even buy the Braun 7526 here:

http://www.shavers.com/search.asp

The Braun site also has a newer version, featuring an LCD readout:
http://www.shavers.com/productDetail.asp?iStockID=747&icatid=130&imain=6

http://www.arazorhouse.com/braun/7526.html

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/cellpoint/braun75synsy2.html

http://electronicsemall.com/braun75synsy.html

http://www.shavercentre.com/braun_7680.html

Many Braun models to choose from here:
http://www.goodmans.net/product_list.asp?dept=5&last=44

Here are some epinion reviews on a similar model:
http://www.epinions.com/well-Personal-Electric_Razors-All-Braun_Synchro_7570_Electric_Razor/display_~reviews

I didn’t intend to focus only on Braun, but I must say that it came in
the top on evey site I visited! Here are some other choices however:

Here are some Remingtons
http://www.shavercentre.com/remingtonshavers.html

And some Norelco choices:
http://www.shavercentre.com/norelcoshavers.html

BizRate reviews of several brands:
http://music.bizrate.com/marketplace/search/search__cat_id--11510000,keyword--shavers,minprice--,maxprice--,de_id--200.html

Wishing your father-in-law smooth cheeks !

Regards,
crabcakes

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Clarification of Answer by crabcakes-ga on 26 Nov 2002 09:37 PST

Glad to help, jackih, and thank you for the  stars and the tip!
~crabcakes

Thanks, this is exactly the type of information I was looking for :)