Braun Series 7- 790cc (9595) Pulsonic Shaver

To start with, I will start with Amazon. This item cannot be returned because it has "flammable" material. Pretty lame considering I can empty the liquid and send it back. Will be _very_ careful from now on in buying anything from amazon. My local store takes it back, and I wish I had bought it there to try it out. Very disappointed. If you just want to "try" this shaver(which is probably 90% of the folks), do NOT, I repeat, do NOT buy from amazon.

**Edit** I just remembered that I had searched the entire page for "return" and did not find it. Now there is a note which says it cannot be returned. Now I am even more pissed off with amazon. This is just clearly a way to make people pay. Shame on Amazon.

Now onto the product. First off, I am an Indian guy, with a pretty hard beard and very quick growth.I HATE to shave, and I would pay anything to get a shaver that shaves my beard well and saves me the agony of shaving with a regular blade. I have tried 3 shavers before, but they ended not shaving correctly or having my skin peeling. I was hoping this is "the one", but unfortunately, not. I am writing this review to help out the folks who have a hard beard and skin which is a little sensitive. There were a lot of informative reviews, but I didnt find any reviews that gave me much information.

Let me start with the positives.
1.Much better on my skin. I dont have too sensitive skin(a lil sensitive, all right but not too much), but other shavers I had tried tended to peel the top layer of my skin. I dont mean bleed, I mean just peel, but it was slightly painful and itchy. This one did not ever peel my skin, and I pushed hard.

2. Has the cleaning mechanism, which is AWESOME. I loved it, and I so wish I could use this shaver. Oh well, one day. I am allowed to hope. Maybe Braun will address the Asian/Persian hard beard market someday.

3. For what it did shave, it was closer than any blade I have shaved with. Felt awesome to have such a super close shave. Also better than the Panasonics and Norelco's I have tried before. Doesnt peel my skin, and cuts close.

The bad
1. I have go go over the same areas multiple times. It is pretty clean in the end, but some hair is still left over on my cheeks and chin, one hair here, one hair there. I tried different techniques, but it just might be the direction of my growth which is kinda weird. Goes in all directions. So I have to finish up with a blade. Beats the purpose. Its only a "few" hair, but still..

2. Neck hair. I dont understand why, with all the technology, none of the shavers can do neck hair. it is just painful going over the neck over and over again, and then doing it with the regular blade with my neck stubble. This was one of the deal breakers for me. My neck was red at the end of a shave and sensitive. And I had to do it with the blade in the end. Why is it so hard to do?

3. If you press too hard to get a close shave, you might get breakouts. I got it after every shave I did.

Hope this helps everyone else. And again, if you want to "try" this shaver, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT buy from amazon.

Let me say that this is my first electric shaver in many years. They never really seemed to work as I have some thick stubble and it was harder in the neck area.

This does a great job. Still not as fast as the Gillette manual shaver BUT much SMOOTHER feel after the shave.


CON: The only con is it is a little loud and the clean cycle is louder.

I decided to upgrade from my 3-year old Braun Activator 8585, since that one missed occasional long hairs and stubble, particularly under the chin and around the jawline. Furthermore, it was never that close of a shave (you could still see/feel stubble), and it occasionally caused irritation, especially when I used the cleaning solution daily (instead I switched to monthly).

Having used this 9595 top-of-the-line shaver for a couple of weeks now, I must say I am a little disappointed. The end result is not noticeably better than the Activator, yet I just spent about $200. On the other hand, the new design and feel of the shaver is nice, but probably not alone worth shelling out another $200.

The product is fine....but I am not happy about paying $229.98 and now you are selling the product for $199.99......

I purchased the Braun series 790 cc (9595) on November 14th. Within less than a month, the shaver stopped working. Blue power light is on, display indicates it has power, but shaver will not turn on at all. Called Braun; they suggested I return it (at my cost) and they will refund me the purchase price of the shaver. I told them I wanted a replacement; they don't do that, bring to a service center (no locations nearby) or return it for a refund. Wow, that is some answer. Do they really think I would then consider purchasing a replacement with their refund or that I would ever again buy a Braun? For an item that cost over $200 and that I've had for less than a month, this is inexcusable. Customer service extremely uninterested.