PanasonicES-LS9A Wet & Dry 6-Blade Electric Shaver for Men - Precise Clean Shaving with Cleaning & Charging Stand

I’ve years of experience with top of the range electric shavers - Panasonic, Braun and Philips, I’ve had the latest Braun Series 9 iteration and the latest Philips Prestige.When choosing foil or rotary in this price bracket you’re essentially choosing between a closer shave (foil) that takes longer than shaving by rotary and risks missing awkward longer hairs like those on the neck; or a slightly less close shave with a rotary but which is quicker and gets the awkward hairs first time.The Panasonic foil shaves noticeably closer than its Braun rival (and certainly closer than the Philips rotary.) It also has no irritation where the Braun can sometimes cause that when going for a close shave. Its capturing of awkward hairs is about twice as good as the Braun rival requiring only minimal deployment of the trimmer, if any. It’s just a superior shave to the Braun and is as close to a wet blade shave as I’ve experienced.In terms of cleaning, here Panasonic also wins. The current Philips cleaning iteration is the worst in the premium market. Either a Prestige model comes with no cleaning station at all (as they supplied it with a QI charging pad instead) which is silly for a top of the range shaver, or their new iteration of a cleaning pod, which is awful. The Philips pod is just a plastic container where the cleaning power is just the shaver itself going upside down and turning on. With no power to the pod there is no indication of when the liquid runs out or needs changing. Very bad,The Braun has its stalwart clean and charge station. This is very good, but the bulky plastic cartridges are over priced and run out quickly. Panasonic’s cleaning station is an improvement on Braun. It cleans better and has a long drying cycle. It has clear low indications. You use a sachet of chemical which you empty into the station and mix with water. A cheaper and less environmentally impactful proposition to the Braun.In terms of looks an aesthetics, that’s a personal choice. The Panasonic may look to some like it has an over sized head, but the hold and feel of the shaver is very good and feels more elegant in the hand than the Braun. It’s supplied with a nice case, plastic cap for the foil and cleaning brush.I surprised myself after about 7 Brauns and 4 Philips over the years that this beats both on pretty much all categories and I wouldn’t go back.

Update after 5/6 months use.This shaver is even better now my hair and face is used to electric shaving. I can even leave my stubble for several days and it will hack through pretty effortlessly. It seems electric shaving requires some practice and I finally have it down to a tee.Exceptional shaver, face feels as smooth as a wet razor shave.Since age 16 when I had decent stubble and I’ve always kept that look over a clean shave (mostly. Fast forward 22 years and my stubble is now getting grey, so it was time to say goodbye to it. I spent hours researching the best electric shavers, and Panasonic kept coming out on top.So I bought the latest version of the arc 5, the series 900.For the first couple of days I was unsure, it wasn’t particularly comfortable and I was missing a lot of hairs, but now after using it for a few more shaves I have gotten to grips with it and it is absolutely fantastic.The build quality is excellent, it feels like a very premium piece of kit. It has great ergonomics and a professional look and feel to it.It’s dead easy to clean, and the battery charges quickly and lasts well.It’s just an excellent shaver that’s very comfortable to use once you get used to it.Use it everyday, it just takes a few minutes and once your face is used to it it’ll be a very satisfying experience.Use a preshave gel to make things even comfier if you need to. Don’t press on hard, just let the shaver do the work.The only downside is the shaver doesn’t like long stubble, the shorter the better, and those tricky flat neck hairs tend to stay flat. I just get a razor out and quickly shave off any stray hairs that the Panasonic misses, but it’s only a few.Overall very happy and I think I’ll always stick to electric shavers now.

This is an excellent electric shaver

Good build quality. Very sharp and mostly shaves with 1 pass. My old razer would have me going over the same spot over and over again. Not too noisy, quite light and comes with a nice leather looking carry case. I don't shave very often but this makes it a lot easier when I do compared to cheaper alternatives.Only bad thing I've found is that the battery seems to discharge quite fast during use, but also discharges more than you'd expect on it's own without use over the period of a few weeks. I'm not sure if this is just my unit.

A series shaver, very healthy to my skin makes your shaving possible for every day shave, also would only gave 4 stars out of 5 for closeness’ overall a series electric arc 6, best buy.

Very disappointed with the product the shaver charger was faulty and even though the Amazon web site states I could return it without any shipping charges the post office would not return the item without me buying a secure bag.This experience will make me think twice about future high price items from amazon.