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Philips Norelco NT9110 Nose and Ear Trimmer
Philips Norelco Speed-XL 8140XL Men's
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Reviews

Braun PocketGo P-70 Men's Shaver
Braun has restructured its shaver products. The PocketGo is one of its cheaper models, aimed at travellers. You can read more at the Braun corporate website.

Here is a product description:

The PocketGo P-70 Men's Shaver by Braun is designed specifically for men on the go. Its compact design ensures that PocketGo can accompany you to work, on every business trip and holiday, or just over the weekend. It fits in every pocket and is ideal for quick touch-ups.

The shaver also features an extendable precision trimmer for those tricky spots around the sideburns and under the nose. This battery shaver features a protective Twist-Cap that automatically locks and protects the foil when closed and offers a nonslip grip for easy handling.

With PocketGo P-70 Men's Shaver, you don't have to miss the comfort of your home shaver, because the wide floating-foil technology of PocketGo provides an extra close and comfortable shave.

The Palm Beach Post asked three men to test the shaver. Here is one comment:

This is an absolutely wonderful product and just the ticket for me. I've been a Norelco triple-header guy for most of my life. But I hate taking it on the road with me. It's just big. Especially when you throw in the charger. I usually just throw a disposable blade in my bag for trips. This thing, however, is brilliantly designed for travel. Plus, it runs on 2 good ol' AA batteries so you don't have to pack a charger. The shave is extremely close - maybe closer than my first-string shaver. And no kidding, you can rinse it off in the sink!

The only flaw I found was the trimmer. It has a rounded head - making it very difficult to get a clean line when trimming sideburns. Plus, it slides out perpendicular to the shaver - very awkward. Not to mention, when I extended it, all of my shaved whiskers fell out all over the place. But don't let that deter you. This is a fantastic shaver. And for $16, it's a steal.

Otherwise, I have not been able to find online any independent, objective reviews of the shaver. However, sales sites like Amazon.com have numerous reviews from actual users, and these are often quite perceptive and can be very helpful to potential buyers.

Amazon.com offers more than 150 consumer reviews of the PocketGo, most of them highly favorable. Here is an excerpt from one:

I bought this as my travel shaver after arriving at my destination and discovering that my rechargeable electric shaver had discharged in my shaving kit.

This does an amazing job for a shaver with a single foil. I am prone to razor burn, but have not gotten one from this razor. Does not shave quite as close as my regular shaver, but close enough. Plus, I can now buy extra batteries on the road if I need them. The trimmer does a good job too. It's also not as loud as I feared. Overall a good buy!

And another:

I think it does as good a job as any other electric shaver I've owned. And I've spent a lot more than 10 or 11 bucks on those.

Bottom line: I like it and recommend it.

I use it as a travel shaver. It's "spunky" because it's battery powered. My rechargeable starts to slow down after a couple of uses and, of course, needs to be charged. This one really has some energy and so far I haven't worn down the batteries. Battery life seems good since I'd be recharging by now with my other shaver.

You might want to carry a couple of extra batteries with you when you're traveling. But consider this... the shaver itself is self-contained. You don't have to carry a recharging cord (you don't need access to an outlet) and it flips around into its own "case" so there's no case or pouch to carry around. As such, it's a good, very compact Braun shaver (with trimmer) and you sure can't beat the price.

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September 19th, 2008