Can anyone recommend a good electric shaver for up to £50?

[MitchT]

A couple of months ago I decided I’d had enough of dropping my trousers every time I needed some new Gillette Fusion blades and started looking for a reasonably priced electric shaver. I discovered the Wahl Ultima 7200 on Amazon which got rave reviews and, at £39.99, costs about the same as 2.5 eight-packs of Fusion blades. Great! By the time I’d been paid it had gone out of stock and it remained out of stock for several weeks. Now it’s simply shown as ‘dispatches in 2-5 months’. I can’t find one for sale anywhere else so I’ve given up hope of getting one and started to look for an alternative, however, I’m struggling to find something at that price level that gets good reviews. I know £50 isn’t much and you ‘get what you pay for’, etc., but I have to be as tight as my employer forces me to be, sadly. The reviews of the Wahl Ultima 7200 suggest that it is possible to get a good shaver at this price, so can anyone recommend one?

[grumbledoak]

Braun Series 3. Superb!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Braun-Series-340s-4-Rechar...

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Any of the Panasonic triple blade shavers. Keep an eye out for sales, got mine for £32.

[Davey S2]

Time to man up and get a real razor.

Have a look on here

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Blades cost a couple of pence each. Get yourself the Wilkinson Sword razor, soap and brush for under a tenner and see what all the fuss is about.

Yes it does take longer than using a fusion but the shave is far far better and most people tend to really enjoy it rather than it being a chore.

Beware though it can have a similar upgradeitis as cars. You find yourself looking at lovely Merkur razors and Silvertip badger brushes and buying loads of exotic creams and soaps.

Trust me its the way forward

[grumbledoak]

Davey S2 said:

Time to man up and get a real razor.

I knew that was coming.


I have a Merkur too, btw. And sometimes I do prefer the ritual. But I chose to answer the OP's question instead.

[Davey S2]

grumbledoak said:

Davey S2 said:

Time to man up and get a real razor.

I knew that was coming.


I have a Merkur too, btw. And sometimes I do prefer the ritual. But I chose to answer the OP's question instead.

Good for you

[MitchT]

Thanks for the replies. The Braun one could be the way to go then. I think manning-up and getting a real razor can wait 'till I'm retired and therefore not spending my shaving time slumped over the bathroom sink in alarm-clock induced shock! I will admit though, those Merkurs look like a nice piece of kit.